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We have a system that allows us to write on a computer tablet electronically and it's all displayed via the multimedia projector onto the board [bit like an electronic OHP I suppose] - we can write over PowerPoint presentations, we can save annotations into the PPT file or we can save the writing / drawing to file. Dr John S Conway FGS FRGS MNADP FHEA Disability Officer / Principal Lecturer in Soil Science / Chair, Research Committee Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Glos GL7 6JS 01285 652531 ext 2234 fax 01285 650219 http://www.rac.ac.uk/index.php?_id=590 email [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ian Webb Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 3:37 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: LEFT HANDERS AND WHITEBOARDS What about an OHP? Ian Quoting Steve O'Melia <[log in to unmask]>: > Dear all > Any ideas? > I have a Student who is left-handed and has been taught to hold his pen in > a hooked position. This is putting additional strain on his wrist and > sometimes pain if he writes for long. This is a bit of a problem but is > manageable within the usual exam adjustments. > > However, He is on a teacher training programme with primary age kids. This > involves a lot of board writing. When writing on a whiteboard the position > means his hand wipes the letters/words after he has written them. He has > attempted to alter his grip but so far this has not been successful. > > I have advised the student to seek further advice from an Occupational > Therapist through a GP referral. > I have also advised our teacher training dept that It would be helpful if > the student could use a keyboard and interactive whiteboard as much as > possible, rather than writing by hand onto the whiteboard. However, this > isn't always possible because of the nature of the lessons. We have also > discussed using flip-charts but he finds a similar problem with the pen > then as well, leading to smudging. > > Any ideas? > Steve O'Melia > Disability and Academic Skills Co-ordinator > University of Chichester > -- Ian Webb Disability Adviser/Assessor MNADP This e-mail is confidential to the intended recipients. Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and unlawful. The recipient acknowledges that the Royal Agricultural College cannot control the content of information received in transmissions made via the Internet. Royal Agricultural College (Registered in England No: 99168) & Royal Agricultural College Enterprises Ltd (Registered in England No: 2752048) are the trading names of the Royal Agricultural College Registered Office: Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 6JS