I wish I could answer this, but I haven't actually used any books from Bookshare in my schoolwork ... it sounds like a neat idea though so I hope some others will be able to help more than I can.
MissWings At 12:22 AM 8/23/2007, Lisa Friendly wrote:
To all listers who are students, parents of (print-disabled) students or who are affiliated with K-12, college or graduate school education, I am forwarding this email to you from one of our Bookshare.org summer interns, Tiffany Medina. At Bookshare, Tiffany is assisting Susie Mckinnon with outreach to schools and students. In the email below, Tiffany describes a very exciting and important federal grant we are bidding on at Benetech to bring Bookshare.org and accessible textbooks to print-disabled students nationwide at no cost. Part of our proposal must include testimonials from those in the education community whom we serve. We have already written to a few students we know personally who are Bookshare subscribers, but Tiffany and I thought we'd cast the net a bit wider and write to the list membership as well. Please read Tiffany's message which follows, and if you'd like to respond, follow her instructions below. Thanks very much, Lisa and the Bookshare.org team ----------------- Hi everyone, my name is Tiffany, and I'm an intern at Bookshare.org this summer. I'm writing to tell you about an exciting project that we have going on at Bookshare and to ask for your help. The Department of Education just put out a fast-track request for a grant proposal, and it fits Bookshare.org really well! We are going to propose to serve all U.S. students (K-12 and postsecondary) with Bookshare.org and basic assistive technology software at no charge to the school or student. If we receive this grant, we would also be able to expand our services, improve the quality of our books, add more textbooks (including math/science books) to our collection, and implement other changes with the goal of better serving students. We are hoping to get your support. We need to submit our proposal electronically next week, because this is federal fiscal 2007 money and has to be committed by the government next month. We are looking for students, parents of print-disabled students and educators to submit testimonial quotes about the ways in which Bookshare.org has helped them or their students or their schools. A paragraph from you would be a big help as we compile our testimonials for the grant. If you're interested/able to help out, please send the following to me and to Lisa Friendly (who I am Ccing on this message) as soon as you can: - Your quote (anything from 2 sentences to 2 paragraphs would be great!) - Your full name - The school you (or your student) attend(ed) or are affiliated with - Your/their area of study - Your affiliation with any disability or academic communities Thanks so much for considering this! Please be in touch by phone or email if you would like any more information about the grant or projects going on at Bookshare. I will be out of the office until 8/28, but I am pretty sure that I will be able to check e-mail over the weekend, and Lisa certainly will be online. Best wishes, Tiffany Medina Outreach Coordination Intern Benetech's Bookshare.org Phone: 650-644-3407 E-mail: Tiffany.M@xxxxxxxxxxxx www.bookshare.org To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.-- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.2/967 - Release Date: 8/22/2007 6:51 PM
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