Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MARCH 8, 2008
Micronesia left quite an impression on me. Apparently, typhoons are a big deal in Micronesia. Micronesia is hard to sum up in a few words. Some of these interactions lead to disabilities, such as the children blind from Vitamin A deficiency, which didn't happen before rice supplanted traditional foods.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MARCH 5, 2008
The final stop for my Micronesia trip was Guam, a U.S. The Consortium is made up of six island nations, commonwealths or territories: American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia (including Chuuk and Pohnpei), Guam, Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 20, 2008
The main goal of visiting Micronesia is for me to gain a real-world perspective on schools and books for students with disabilities. This was a big relief, since we would be responsible for making sure these books are accessible to disabled students in Micronesia. The books were by major publishers that I recognized.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 22, 2008
In addition to meeting with key leaders and visiting schools, Donna McNear really wanted me to see blind children in their homes. But, she's a teacher with a national reputation and a fierce dedication to improving and reforming the system for educating blind children. She has also made Micronesia her professional mission focus.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 26, 2008
They've worked together on screening children with vision impairments. We're planning on scanning these in, and the team gave us permission to add these books to Bookshare.org. Donna has a good friend, Kathy Mori (not sure of the spelling), who works in the health agency.
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