STEPS FOR COMPLETING LA 9
I hope that your Big Fat Disk (BFD) will serve as a resource for you whenever you actually begin to function as a VI Teacher or O&M Specialist, so I want to allow you maximum flexibility in developing it. However, I also have to give you a grade on it, so I need to give you at least some minimal guidelines. Here are the MINIMUM requirements:
You may use a series of floppy (3.5 inch) disks if you have NO other alternative, but I actually prefer (and believe that it will be more helpful for you in the long run) that you use either a Zip disk or a CD ROM. On this disk, create the following folders:
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Structure of the Visual System
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Visual Dysfunction |
Optics and Prescriptions |
Normal Visual Development |
| Interpreting Eye Reports | Pharmacology | Low Vision Devices |
Eye Care Professional's Instruments |
| Direct Functional Vision Evaluation |
Resources |
These section roughly reflect the topics that you will be working with in this class. If it would be helpful for you to break some of your topics into sub folders, feel free. Regardless of your specific breakdown, be sure that each reading that has a dancing dot (
) in front of it gets included in your BFD.
I'd also like to see that you've done some research in each area on your own. You don't have to be excessive about putting extra materials in, but you should show that you've done some looking. You might, for example, want to use a data base to keep up with sites that you think might be helpful in the future. You might also want to save information that you plan to use later and insert it on your disk. I would think that 10-15 extra sites or resources would be sufficient. Most of your sites will come as byproducts of the work you do in either Learning Activities or Web Instructional Activities.
The BFDs all have to be kept on record in my office for accreditation office, so they MUST reach me by the assigned date.