<div dir="ltr">I recommend the scrollable mouse with magnification for the visually impaired so that they can use those features simultaneously. I taught a boy who was visually impaired, (he was also extremely bright), and he was quite successful doing programming in Alice.<div>
<br></div><div>Hope that helps.</div><div><br></div><div>Take care,</div><div>Susan Rivas</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 8:06 AM, Don Slater <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:djslater107@gmail.com" target="_blank">djslater107@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Questions for the list<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br><blockquote type="cite">
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium">"Winters, Connie" <<a href="mailto:Connie.Winters@tsbtigers.org" target="_blank">Connie.Winters@tsbtigers.org</a>><br>
</span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium"><b>A few questions</b><br>
</span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium">May 22, 2013 6:01:50 AM PDT<br>
</span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium">"<a href="mailto:don@alice.org" target="_blank">don@alice.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:don@alice.org" target="_blank">don@alice.org</a>><br>
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<div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Have anyone tried to implement ALICE with the visually impaired ? I teach Science to the visually impaired.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">If I want to teach my own personal children about programming (14yr. old triplets and a 16 year old) Is ALICE a good start? Where do I begin? Thanks.<u></u><u></u></div>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Connie<u></u><u></u></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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