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7/26/16 1 UEB Ready? Day 2: Technical Materials August 2016 Frances Mary D’Andrea, Ph.D. [email protected] With many thanks to Lorraine Banks, Darleen Bogart, James Bowden, Josie Howse, Phyllis Landon, Holly Lawson, Jenny McFadden, Janet Reynolds, and Catherine West Objectives By the end of this training, parDcipants will be able to: demonstrate understanding of basic principles of UEB by brailling example sentences. braille technical code symbols for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) content use references within the UEB Guidelines for Technical Material manual and other resources to produce intermediate and advanced levels of STEM content describe and use appropriate grade one indicators within technical and mathemaDcal transcripDon. Remember: Technical materials in UEB follow the same symbols and rules for nontechnical materials • consistency of rules across contexts • follow spacing of print (mostly) • "stand alone" rule (when is it a contracDon?) • grade 1 mode rules There is no "UEB Math Code"—it's all ONE code. other countries that have adopted UEB are using it only the US is the only country that is maintaining its old math code in addiDon to adopDng UEB so we have no model to follow

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UEBReady?Day2:

TechnicalMaterials

August2016FrancesMaryD’Andrea,[email protected]

WithmanythankstoLorraineBanks,DarleenBogart,JamesBowden,JosieHowse,PhyllisLandon,Holly

Lawson,JennyMcFadden,JanetReynolds,andCatherineWest

Objectives

Bytheendofthistraining,parDcipantswillbeableto:•  demonstrateunderstandingofbasicprinciplesofUEBbybraillingexamplesentences.

•  brailletechnicalcodesymbolsforSTEM(science,technology,engineering,andmath)content

•  usereferenceswithintheUEBGuidelinesforTechnicalMaterialmanualandotherresourcestoproduceintermediateandadvancedlevelsofSTEMcontent

•  describeanduseappropriategradeoneindicatorswithintechnicalandmathemaDcaltranscripDon.

Remember:

•  TechnicalmaterialsinUEBfollowthesamesymbolsandrulesfornontechnicalmaterials•  •consistencyofrulesacrosscontexts•  •followspacingofprint(mostly)•  •"standalone"rule(whenisitacontracDon?)•  •grade1moderules

Thereisno"UEBMathCode"—it'sallONEcode.•  othercountriesthathaveadoptedUEBareusingitonly•  theUSistheonlycountrythatismaintainingitsoldmathcodeinaddiDontoadopDngUEBsowehavenomodeltofollow

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TwoImportantRules!

•  Standalonerule:SecKon2.6•  “AleUerorleUers-sequenceisconsideredtobe‘standingalone’ifitisprecededandfollowedbyaspace,ahyphen,oradash.”(Canbeeitheraregulardashorlongdash.)Thisisimportantbecauseithelpsyoudecideif/whenyouneedtousegrade1indicators.

•  Grade1Mode:SecKon5.1•  “Agrade1indicatorisusedtosetgrade1modewhenthegrade1meaningofasymbolcouldbemisreadasacontracDonmeaningoranumericmeaning.”

•  Somesymbolshavea“grade1meaning”andthereforeneedagrade1indicator.

•  Note:“Uncontractedbrailleisdifferentfromgrade1mode.”SecDon2.5.2

TheReaderRules!•  InUEB,youmustalwaysthinkfromthebraillereader'sviewpoint—whatwillpotenDallybeconfusedormisread?That'swhytheStandingAloneRuleandtheGrade1rulesaresoimportant.•  Tocheckyourwork,alwaysask:"Couldthissymbolbeconfusedwithsomethingelse?"•  Thatalsomeansthatintechnicalcontexts,theremaybemorethanonewaytodosomething.•  Thebasicruleofthumb:Trytominimizeindicatorsinthemiddleofanexpression.

UniCicationofLiteraryandMathematicalTexts

•  UEBisdesignedtounifysignsacrossliteraryandmathemaDcalcontexts.

•  Numbersandsymbolsarethesameinallcontexts.

blue "6 yell[ "7 gre5

blue+yellow=green.

,simple z #a "6 #a "7 #b4

Simpleas1+1=2.

#a"6#a "7 #b

1+1=2

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Numbers

•  Numericmodeindicatorisconsidereda“prefix”inUEBandletsthereaderknowthatwhatfollowsarenumbers.Itsets“numericmode.”Itisdots3-4-5-6#

•  Theonlysymbolsthatmaybeusedinnumericmodeare:digits,decimalpoint(period),comma,simplefracKonline,numericspace(dot5),andthelineconKnuaKonindicators(usedwhendividingverylongnumbersbetweenbraillelines).Anythingelseterminatesit!

Numbers•  Thenumericindicatoristerminatedbyaspace,signsofoperaDon,hyphen,dash,colon,apostrophe,ellipsis,parentheses,slash,etc.somustberepeated.Here'swhy:

,an #h-cab fleet ,! vote 0 #h-#cab4

An8-cabfleet Thevotewas8-312. •  Thenumericindicatoralsosignifies“grade1”modesocan’tuse“th”and“st”contracDonsamernumbers•  #ast floor 1stfloor

Grade1ModeandNumericIndicator

•  Thenumericindicatoractsasagrade1indicator.Thismeansthatwhatfollowsanumbersignhasitsuncontractedmeaning.

•  Asymbolthatdoesn'tfollowanumericindicatorandcouldbeamisreadasanumberorcontracDonneedsthegrade1indicator.

•  InUEB,a"word"isdefinedas"stringofsymbols"calledasymbols-sequence.Itisterminatedbyaspace(orthegrade1terminator).

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Grade1Indicators

;indicatesthefollowingsymbolisingrade1;; indicatesthefollowingwordisingrade1;;; indicatesthefollowingpassageisingrade1 ;' (dots5-6,3)terminatesthegrade1passage.Whengrade1modeissetbythenumericindicator,itisterminatedbyaspace,hyphenordash.Theeffectofanumbermaybeterminatedbutgrade1modeconDnues.Inotherwords,morethingsterminatenumericmodethanterminategrade1mode.

Grade1Indicators

•  Ifabraillesymbolalsohasacontractedmeaningthenthegrade1indicatormustbeusedunlessgrade1modeisalreadysetorifthere’snoambiguitywhenfollowingUEBrules:

3g 3G 3m3m

Grade1Indicators

•  Ifabraillesymbolalsohasacontractedmeaningthenthegrade1indicatormustbeusedunlessgrade1modeisalreadysetorifthere’snoambiguitywhenfollowingUEBrules:

•  #c;g #c,g #cm #c ;m

3g 3G 3m 3m

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Grade1IndicatorsBecausethereisnoambiguity,agrade1indicatorisnotrequiredwhenanycapitalleUeroranyoftheleUersk-zfollowanumber.AsimplearithmeDcequaDongenerallywillnotneedgrade1indicators. Anyalgebraexpressionmayneedagrade1wordindicatoror,ifitincludesspaces,agrade1passageindicator.

SignsofOperationandComparison

"6 + (plus) "- - (minus)

"8 x (multiplication sign) "4 � (multiplication dot)

"/ ÷ (division sign) "7 = (equals) @< < (less than) @> > (greater than)

OtherUsefulSigns

",- long dash (centered line) 3+1 = — .- underscore 3+1 = _

+ general omission/"visible space" 3 + 1 =

#= infinity ∞ .p Pi π ,* therefore ∴ .=" continuation indicator for long expressions (dot 5) See your UEB Rulebook for additional symbols.

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10VerySimpliCiedRulesKISSforUEB1.  +-x÷=alltakedot52.  moneysymbolstakedot4andarefollowedbynumbersign(but

canalsostandalone!)3.  operaDonsignsareunspacedbothsides4.  comparisonsignsarespacedbeforeandamer5.  greaterthanandlessthansignstakedot46.  simplefracDonline–/ 7.  mixednumerals–repeatnumbersign8.  superscript–changelevelup(9)9.  subscript–changeleveldown(5)10.  squareroothastoopenandclose(% +)

Source:HitchhikersGuidetoUEB(NewZealand)

SimpleArithmetic#ab"6#ce "7 #dg

#ej"/#e "7 #aj

#h"4#c "7 #bd

#ib @> #hc

SimpleArithmetic#ab"6#ce "7 #dg

12+35 = 47 #ej"/#e "7 #aj

50÷5 = 10 #h"4#c "7 #bd

8�3 = 24 #ib @> #hc

92 > 83

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SpacingofMathProblems

•  Thereissomeflexibilityinspacing.•  Ingeneral,spacingconformstoprint,however...•  ThereisastrongpreferencenottospaceoneithersideofasignofoperaDonandaspaceonbothsidesofasignofcomparison.

•  Ifpreparingsimpleproblemsforyoungchildren,permissibletospacearoundsignofoperaDon.

SimpleFractionsandMixedNumbers

.=/ simplenumericfracDonline

.=./ generalfracDonline

.=( generalfracDonopenindicator

.=) generalfracDoncloseindicator

.=_/slashmark

Fractions

•  A true fraction has one number written above another number: use the simple numeric fraction line.

•  In fractions with numerals, there is no need to repeat the numeric indicator after the fraction line (because it’s allowed in numeric mode along with commas, decimals).

•  Mixed fractions are treated as two unspaced numeric items. •  Follow print to differentiate between a fraction line or slash.

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Examples

#a/c #b#a/b #b4e/c4e

Examples

2 1213

#a/c #b#a/b #b4e/c4e

2.53.5

FractionsinOrdinaryPrint

Used when the print fraction is written with the numerator and denominator written horizontally or linearly instead of vertically. In this case, the slash mark is used:

5/6 of the class can go. #e_/#f ( ! class c g4

Model A257/6 has new features. ,model ,a#beg_/#f has new f1tures4

7/6 #g_/#f Date?Somethingelse?

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GeneralFractionIndicatorsinUEB

ForfracDonsthatdonotmeetthedefiniDonofasimplefracDon,thatis,“verDcal”fracDonsthatincludeanythingotherthananumber,acomma,adecimal(“notenDrelynumeric”),usegeneralfracKonindicators:

( )

;(x./#b) ;;;y "7 (x./#b);'

y = x2

x2

GeneralFractionIndicatorsinUEB

WithgeneralfracDons,youneedto"open"and"close"itandusethegeneralfracDonline.Youmayalsoneedtousegrade1indicatorsifleUersarestandingalone,orifindicatorscanbeconfusedwithcontracDons.Inotherwords,yousimplyapplythesamerulesaswithanyothercontext.

GeneralFractions,cont.•  SomeDmesit'sonlynecessarytousethegrade1symbolindicator.•  Intheseexamples,the"opengeneralfracDon"indicatorcouldlooklike"of"soitneedsagrade1symbolindicator.The"closegeneralfracDon"isundertheinfluenceofthenumericindicatorsodoes

notneedagrade1symbol.

;(x./#b) ;(x"6y./#b)

x2

x + y2

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GeneralFractions,cont.

•  SomeDmes,it'seasierandlessobtrusivetousethegrade1"word"indicator.

•  Pusngthe"word"indicatorinfrontmeansthatallthesymbolshavetheir"uncontracted"meaning.Andthatwayyoudon'thavetointerrupttheexpressiontokeeppusnginsymbols.

•  The"word"isterminatedatthespace.

;;(a./b) a

b

GeneralFractions,cont.•  Eveningrade1wordmode,youmayhavetoincludeagrade1symboltodisDnguishaleUera-jfromanumber.

;;(#c./#ab;d)

312d

GeneralFractions,cont.

•  AndsomeDmesit'sbesttoputtheenDreexpressioninagrade1passage.Thatway,thereaderknowstheenDreexpressionisuncontractedunDlthepassageterminatorisused.

•  ThepassageishandyforequaDonsbecauseitgoesacrossspaces.

;;;y "7 (x./#b);'

y = x2

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Keepinmind...

•  Thinkthroughwhetherit'sbesttouseagrade1passageindicatororgrade1symbolindicators.

•  Trytokeepexpressionsononeline.Ifthat'snotpossible,dividetheexpressionatthegeneralfracDonlineusingtheconDnuaDonindicator(dot5).

•  Theonlythingsthatterminategrade1modethathasbeensetbyanumericindicatorarethespace,hyphen,ordash!

SuperscriptsandSubscriptsinUEB

.=9 .=5

levelchangeup levelchangedownsuperscript subscriptdots3-5 dots2-6

SuperscriptsandSubscripts

Inordertopreventconfusionwiththelowergroupsigns,inoren,usethegrade1indicator.

Vitam9 ,b;5#f

#i yd;9#b

#cm9#b

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SuperscriptsandSubscripts

Inordertopreventconfusionwiththelowergroupsigns,inoren,usethegrade1indicator.

Vitam9 ,b;5#f vitaminB6

#i yd;9#b 9yd2

#cm9#b 3m2

BrailleGroupingSymbolswithSuperscriptandSubscriptandConceptofanItem

Theeffectofthelevelindicatoronlyappliestotheitemornextindividualsymbol. .=<braillegroupingopen.=> braillegroupingclose

a.  An"item"includes:•  •EnDrenumberwithcomma,decimalpoint•  •EnDrefracDon•  •EnDreradical•  •Anarrow•  •Anarbitraryshape•  •AnythinginbraillegroupingindicatorsOtherwisethe"item"isthenextindividualsymbol.(11.4.1)

Groupingindicators

•  KeepanexpressiontogethersothereaderknowstheenDreexpressioniswithinasuperscriptorsubscript.NegaDvesuperscriptsandsubscriptsmustbeenclosedinbraillegroupingsymbols.

#e9#bx #e9<#bx> #d9<"-#c>

52 x 4−352 x

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RadicalsinUEB

.=% openradical(root)

.=+ closeradical(root)LikethegeneralfracDonindicators,radicalscomeinpairs.Whatyouopen,youmustclose.SomeDmesinprint,thevinculumdoesn'thavethehorizontalline:√

ThereisaUEBsymbolforthis:"%

RadicalsinUEB

• Placetheopenradicalsignbeforetheexpressioninsidethesquareroot(radicand).•  Theradicanditselfmaybeanyexpressionwhatsoever,andmaythereforecontainradicalsaswellasothermathemaDcalstructures.•  SinceboththeopeningandclosingradicalsignshavealternaDvecontractedmeaningsusethegradegrade1indicators,asneeded.

SimpleRadicalsinUEB

;%#af+ ;;%x"6y+ ;;%x9#b"6#c+

;;%(x./y)+

#e%a+

16

yx+

yx

a5

x2 +3

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CubeRoots•  Iftheradicalindexisprintedaboveandtothelemoftheradical,inbraillethatindexisplacedasasuperscriptimmediatelyfollowingtheopeningradicalsymbol.

3√8 mn√xy

;;%9#c#h+ ;;%9<mn>xy+ [Note:Intheseexamples,thereshouldbeahorizontallineovertheradicand.Annoyingly,PowerPointwouldn'tletmedothis!!!!]

Keepinmind...

•  Thinkthroughwhetherit'sbesttouseagrade1passageindicatororgrade1symbolorwordindicators.Generally,ifit'sanequaDon,usethepassage.•  Trytokeepmathexpressionsononeline.Ifthat'snotpossible,dividetheequaDonatsignofcomparison.•  Theonlythingsthatterminategrade1modethathasbeensetbyanumericindicatorarethespace,hyphen,ordash!Thinklikeabraillereader.

Parallel,PerpendicularandBasicShapes

#l parallel to ∥#- perpendicular to ⊥$ shape indicator : shape terminator $#c regular (equilateral) triangle △$#d square

¨

$= circle ¡

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RulesforShapeIndicators• Usethegrade1indicatorbeforeashapeindicatorunlessnumericmodeisalreadyset.• DonotuseashapeterminaDonsigniftheshapeisfollowedbyaspace.• UseashapeterminaDonsignwhentheshapeisfollowedbyapunctuaDonmarkorothersymbols.

Examples

;$#c ,,abc

;$#c:,,abc

NoDcehowthesecondexampleisunspaced.

Examples

;$#c ,,abc △ABC

;$#c:,,abc △ABC

NoDcehowthesecondexampleisunspaced.

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GeometryExamples•  Followprintforusingothersymbols.AB||CD AB||CD ;,,AB #l ;,,CD ,,AB#_,,cd

XY⊥GH,,XY #- ,,GH

∠ ABC=45º_[,,ABC "7 #de~j

Trigonometry• Generallyspeaking,followprintintheuseofsymbols.• WhenconsideringtheabbreviaDonforsine(usuallywriUenas"sin")thinkaboutwhetheritisingrade1modeornot.Spellingitoutcanbehelpfulsothe"in"isnotconfusedwiththesuperscript.• KnowyourGreekleUersymbols!Seep.10inHHGandSecDon4.5intheUEBRulebook.

Othermath• Calculus,matrices,vectors,settheory,grouptheory,barsover,andarrowscanallbedoneinUEB.•  SymbolstobrailletheseexpressionscanbefoundintheUEBRulebookAppendix3(thesymbolslist)andintheGuidelinesforTechnicalMaterials.

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Calculus

;;!x9#b;dx ∫x2dx

;;!(dx./%#a"-x9#b+) ∫dx√1-x2

SetTheory

.6 .8 ~e union intersecDon isanelementof

_<#a1 #b1 #c_>.8_<#b1 #c1 #d_> "7 _<#b1 #c_>

Chemistry

,ions ,h;9"61 ,cl;9"- & ;;,Ca9<#b"6>

IonsH+,Cl-andCa2+

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SpatialMathIfthemathproblemispresentedspaDallyandnotlinearly,generallyfollowprint.

However,theUEBRulebookallowsfortheAustralianconvenDonofpusngthesignofoperaDonamerthefirstnumber.

YoucanalsousethenumericpassageindicatorbeforethespaDalproblemandterminateitattheend.Youcanalsodothisforaseriesofproblemsonapage.

ThreeExamples:

1. 2. 3. #abc #abc "6 "6# ad # ad ## "333 "333 adie #acg #acg "8 bc "3333 ddhe biij

"33333

cdche

#'

Canceling

•  Usethe"linethroughpreviousitem"symboltoshowcancellaDon

.=`: 15 315 320= 204=4

## c

ae ae`: c

"33– "7 "3333 "7 "3

bj bj`: d

d

#,

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NemethIntheUS• NemethCoderemainsanofficialcodeintheUnitedStates.• ResoluDonspassedbybothACBandNFBin2012.• MoDononwhichtheUSmembersofBANAvotedcanbefoundontheBANAwebsite.• BANAconDnuestosupportNemethcodeandhasanacDveMathTechnicalCommiUeeaswellasaChemistryCommiUee.

Nemeth-UEBTaskForce•  RecogniDonthatincurrentNemethcodetranscripDons,thenonmathemaDcaltextthatsurroundsthemathemaDcsisbasedonEnglishBraille,AmericanEdiDon(EBAE),whichisbeingreplacedbyUnifiedEnglishBraille(UEB).

•  BrailleuserswouldneedknowtwosetsofrulesforcontracDons,capitalizaDon,emphasis,punctuaDon,spacing,andsoon.

•  NeedforaccuratetranslaDonbothfromprinttobrailleandfrombrailletoprintbecomesanincreasinglycriDcalconsideraDonwithmoreelectronicfiles.

•  Developmentofaprovisionalguidancedocument,thenmadeaddiDonsandclarificaDons.BANAMathCommiUeecreatedafinaldocument.

GuidanceDocument•  “GuidanceforTranscripDonUsingtheNemethCodewithinUEBContexts”• UseofacodeswitchingsymbolforgoingintoandoutofNemeth.•  SymboladdedtoUEBRulebookin2013.(SeeSecDon14inUEBRulebookformoreinformaDon.)• GuidancedocumentonBANAwebsite.

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BANAFall2015Boardmeeting

•  Lengthydiscussionregardingtechnicalmaterials.Passedoverwhelmingly.

•  "TheBrailleAuthorityofNorthAmerica(BANA)recognizesand

appreciatesthegenuineconcernsfromthebraillecommunityregarding

thetransiDontoUnifiedEnglishBraille(UEB).BANAstandsbyouroriginal

moDontoadoptUEBasacompletecodeaswellastheimplementaDon

statementissuedin2014inwhichweexpressedthattheNemethCode

remainsintegraltobrailleintheUnitedStates.TheBoardofBANAcould

notreachconsensusregardingtheestablishmentofasinglestandard

codefortechnicalmaterialsforbrailleintheUnitedStates.Thedecision

touseUEBortheNemethCodewithinUEBcontextfortechnicalmaterials

shouldbemadebasedonbraillereaders'individualneeds."

Indiana:ConsiderationsforNemethandUEB•  DevelopedbyIndianaUEBTransiDonTeamtoprovideguidanceforIEPteams.

•  ConsideraDons:•  InstrucDon•  Ageofonset(whenswitchingfromprinttobraille)•  CogniDvefactors•  InterestsandapDtude•  Currentbrailleskills•  Otherfactors(moDvaDon,Dmetocompletetasks,etc.)

•  LinkisontheBANAwebsite.

BANAWebsite• BANAmaintainsadynamicwebsiteofconDnuouslygrowingresources,materials,news,andlinksinaccessibleformats

• Newareaforbraillereaders

• Newareaforteachers&transcribers

• NumerousBANApublicaDonsareavailableonthewebsite

• Visitusatwww.brailleauthority.org

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TranscriberTraining• NLStranscribercourse hUps://n�.org/braille-transcribing

• NLSexaminaDontooaddaleUerofUEBproficiencytoexisDngcerDficaDon.

hUps://n�.org/ueb-resources

Training•  LinkstotrainingcoursesandotherresourcesforpracDDonerswhoknowEBAE:• Hadley• CNIBcourse• ManualsfromAustralia&NewZealand• ABCsofUEBcomparesEBAEandUEB(Risjord)• UEBtoEBAECompanionresource(Lhotka)• WisconsinCenterfortheVisuallyImpaired• UEBotonlinecoursefromNorthernIllinois

Resources:Training

• Morelinkswillbeaddedtowebsoon

• UEBPREPfromPortlandStateinprocess

•  Forpeoplewhodon’tknowEBAE:• UEBOnlinefromAustralia(linkonBANAwebsite)

• AshcrombookforuniversiDesfromSCALARSPublishing

• NLSTranscribingmanual

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ResourcesandSupport•  SCALARS:BrailleEnthusiast’sDicJonaryupdatecomingsoon

• AFBPress:BurnsBrailleGuideupdateForReaders:

•  NBPmaterialsinUEBsuchasSyndicatedColumnistsWeekly

•  UEBMaterialsfromNLSavailableinBARD

•  "ListofFrequentlyUsedSymbols"onwebsite

ForTeachers&Students• AmericanPrinDngHousefortheBlind:BuildingonPaNerns,manyothers

• NaDonalBraillePress:Children'sBrailleDicJonary,andtheirBrailleBookClub

•  Seedlingsbooks•  "UEBToo"supplementtoBrailleTooand"SixDotCelebraDons"frombrl2.com

•  LessonsonthePerkins'PathstoLiteracysite•  "UEB/EBAEchecklist"(Peaslee)• BrailleChallengeacDviDesmovingtoUEB

Resourcesformathmaterials

•  ICEB'sGuidelinesforTechnicalMaterials:hUp://www.iceb.org/ueb.html• NewZealandresource:TheHitchhiker'sGuidetoUEBMaths• hUp://www.banzat.org.nz/documents/HHGMaths.pdf

•  CanadianresourceguidebyHeatherHarlandandCherylRoberts:"UnifiedEnglishBrailleforMathforSightedLearners."hUps://www.prcvi.org/files/braille/UEB_Braille_for_Math_2014.pdf

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Resourcesformathmaterials

•  AvailablefromAPH:•  Feel'nPeel:BasicMathSymbols,sDckersformathavailableinUEBaswellasNemeth.

• BothUEBandNemethoutputareavailableontheOrionTI-84Plusversion2calculatorthatconnectstoaBaumorAPHRefreshabraille18.

• MathRobotAppforiPadsupportsbothUEBandNemethcodes.

• MathWindowkitsavailableforbothNemethandforUEB.www.mathwindow.com

AssessmentIssues• Needsofstudentsinthestate

• Assessmentsshouldbeinthecode(s)studentsareusingfortheirschoolwork

• AssessmenttranscripDonprocess

•  Thinkingahead,planningahead

• Assessmentdecision-making

• AddressduringIEPprocess

•  Teamdiscussionanddecision

Collaboration&Communication

}  DiscusswithteachersandparentsthegoalsofUEBinstrucDon

}  ShareawriUenplanofinstrucDonforusingUEBduringthetransiDon

}  ScheduleinstrucDon,includingamountofparDcipaDoninclassroomacDviDesandamountof“pullout”fordirectinstrucDon(forolderstudents)

}  Discussandplanforongoingassessmentofliteracylearning.

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PlanforStudentTransition

• Don’tassumestudentswilllearnUEBwithoutinstrucDon.CreateaplanfortransiDon.

• Collectprogressdatatodocumentstudent’sacquisiDonofUEBskill/knowledge

• AdvocatefordirectinstrucDonDme

• Don’tletfocusoncodederailfocusonreading,wriDngandmathemaDcscontent!

• OurfirstjobistoensuresuccessingeneralcurriculumandECC

FinalThoughts• Renewedinterestinbrailleliteracy!

• Developmentofnewbrailletrainingtools

• MoreconversaDonsaboutinstrucDonalstrategiesforSTEMacademicareas

• MorecollaboraDonwithinstatesandnaDonally.

References•  Bogart,D.,D’Andrea,FM,Koenig,A.(2004).Acomparisonofthefrequencyofnumber/punctuaDonandnumber/leUercombinaDonsinliteraryandtechnicalmaterials.RetrievedfromhUp://www.brailleauthority.org/research-ueb/contentanalysisfinal11-15-04.pdf.

•  Gentle,F.,Steer,M.,&Howse,J.(2012).NewdotsDownunder:TheimplementaJonofUnifiedEnglishBrailleinAustralianschools.BriDshJournalofVisualImpairment,30,197-200.

•  Herzberg,T.S.,&Rosenblum,L.P.(2014).PrinttoBraille:PreparaDonandAccuracyofMathemaDcsMaterialsinK-12EducaDon.JournalOfVisualImpairment&Blindness,108(5),355-367.

•  Holbrook,M.C.,&MacCuspie,P.A.(2010).TheUnifiedEnglishBrailleCode:ExaminaDonbyScience,MathemaDcs,andComputerScienceTechnicalExpertBrailleReaders.JournalOfVisualImpairment&Blindness,104(9),533-541.

•  Holbrook,M.C.,D'Andrea,F.M.,Sanford,L.(2014).AshcroU'sProgrammedInstrucJon:UnifiedEnglishBraille(API-UEB).Germantown,TN:SCALARSPublishing.

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References•  InternaDonalCouncilonEnglishBraille.(2014).GuidelinesforTechnicalMaterial.RetrievedfromhUp://www.iceb.org/ueb.html.TheBrailleAuthorityofNewZealandAotearoaTrust.(2013).

•  InternaDonalCouncilonEnglishBraille.(2013).UEBRulebook,2ndEdiJon.RetrievedfromhUp://www.iceb.org/ueb.html.

•  TheHitchhiker'sGuidetoUEBMathemaJcs.RetrievedfromhUp://www.banzat.org.nz/documents/HHGMaths.pdf

•  UBCEvaluaDonReportUSA.(1991).RetrievedfromhUp://www.iceb.org/ubcevus.html.