Project Math Access DVD 05 - Geometry - Part 15
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Audio Description: Part fourteen, constructing on-the-spot tactile diagrams; method two.

TEACHER: This is Quick Draw Paper that's by APH, that comes with highlighters, water-based highlighters that when you draw on the paper... the paper swells up a little, so it's able to be tactually read. And I’m just going to make a couple simple diagrams... 

Audio Description: The first diagram the teacher draws is a triangle. The second figure the teacher draws is a circle. The ink causes the paper to swell slightly.

TEACHER: This is nice because it is able to be done fast, and it's able to be done by somebody who does not have a background in visually impaired. So, it can be used in the classroom. I’m going to see if John can do the shapes; there’s two shapes on there. 

JOHN: One of which is a circle. 

TEACHER: Yes. 

JOHN: and the other is a triangle, I should point out that right now they look very clear, but one disadvantage to this paper is that after only... several times of going over the figure, it begins to fade away and then you can no longer feel it. And if you try and redraw it with the highlighter, it does not swell up again. 

So it is good for, you know, really quick stuff, but I would never want to see a graph on a test or on a worksheet done with swell paper, especially... because it's very thick and very fragile, it's like cardboard almost, like a thin sheet of cardboard.

TEACHER: Quick Draw Paper. Another thing is this can't be done, it doesn't last very long, so if I were to make it the night before... for him to use in class, then the lines decrease, so they're not as easy to be read. 

So it's nice for stuff that has to be done right on- the-spot and that he's not going to have to tactually go over it a lot with reading.