Hi everyone, I like this textbook idea. Y?all know I love writing. In the meantime, I want to encourage everyone to be sure that you don?t overlook the value of publishing your ideas, knowledge, and perspectives in the Braille Monitor and in the Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research (JBIR). I spend a lot of time on this, and I frequently cite the work of fellow authors on this email list. I have personally cited Jeff Altman, Edward Bell, Natalia Mino, Roland Allen, Eric Woods, Arlene Hill, etc., many times. The more you all write, the more material I have to use. I can cite you in conversations at work and in the community, as well as when I write my articles. Some of you?especially anyone who went through Louisiana Tech?have a lot of papers sitting in folders on your computers, which you wrote for a class, which could be valuable professional literature if you submitted them for publication in JBIR. If you feel like your work isn?t good enough, let me say this: let the editors make that decision. If it needs tweaking, the editors will tell you. Gary Wunder is great at this with the Braille Monitor, and the editorial team for JBIR is also, in my opinion, very good at telling me how to improve my work before it goes out. It was nerve-wracking the first time, and I was a bit afraid of rejection, but I did it, anyway. The best way to make sure your work doesn?t get published is to not submit it anywhere. Stay well, and write often! Justin Justin Mark Hideaki Salisbury he/him/his Phone: 808.797.8606 Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu<mailto:President at Alumni.ECU.edu> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin_Salisbury ?Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.? Cesar Chavez From: Merry-Noel <owinm at yahoo.com> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2021 4:53 PM To: msjenniferkennedy at gmail.com; s.colin.wong at gmail.com; 'Dezman Jackson' <jackson.dezman at gmail.com>; 'Edward Bell' <ebell at pdrib.com>; Justin Salisbury <PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu>; 'NOMC Mailing list' <nomc at lists.nbpcb.org> Subject: Re: [Nomc] Article about SDCT in the April 2021 Braille Monitor Hello everyone, Soon, The ABCs of Structured Discovery Cane Travel for Children will be published. It offers some ?textbook type? material for instructors that can be used for children and adults alike. It is in the final stages of publication. Merry-Noel Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone<https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS> On Friday, April 2, 2021, 2:59 PM, msjenniferkennedy at gmail.com<mailto:msjenniferkennedy at gmail.com> wrote: Hi all, I?ve talked with Dr. Bell about this for years. Count me in as I?ve got all kinds of random bits and pieces I?ve written that could be useful. Something else to consider would be a group who is willing to interview and write articles based on what has been learned by seasoned instructors who perhaps don?t teach currently or aren?t much for writing. For example, my entire Tech cohort is either now in management or other areas of rehabilitation, but we had 35+ years of teaching experience between the three of us. Perhaps that?s its own story in itself. Jennifer From: NOMC <nomc-bounces at lists.nbpcb.org<mailto:nomc-bounces at lists.nbpcb.org>> On Behalf Of s.colin.wong at gmail.com<mailto:s.colin.wong at gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2021 12:45 PM To: 'Dezman Jackson' <jackson.dezman at gmail.com<mailto:jackson.dezman at gmail.com>>; 'Edward Bell' <ebell at pdrib.com<mailto:ebell at pdrib.com>>; 'Justin Salisbury' <PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu<mailto:PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu>>; 'NOMC Mailing list' <nomc at lists.nbpcb.org<mailto:nomc at lists.nbpcb.org>> Subject: Re: [Nomc] Article about SDCT in the April 2021 Braille Monitor I would also love to be a part of this working group. From: NOMC <nomc-bounces at lists.nbpcb.org<mailto:nomc-bounces at lists.nbpcb.org>> On Behalf Of Dezman Jackson Sent: Monday, March 29, 2021 1:12 PM To: 'Edward Bell' <ebell at pdrib.com<mailto:ebell at pdrib.com>>; 'Justin Salisbury' <PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu<mailto:PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu>>; 'NOMC Mailing list' <nomc at lists.nbpcb.org<mailto:nomc at lists.nbpcb.org>> Subject: Re: [Nomc] Article about SDCT in the April 2021 Braille Monitor I was just talking with someone about the need for updated literature from the standpoint of SD. I would love to be a part of this working group. Dezman From: NOMC <nomc-bounces at lists.nbpcb.org<mailto:nomc-bounces at lists.nbpcb.org>> On Behalf Of Edward Bell Sent: Monday, March 29, 2021 3:28 PM To: 'Justin Salisbury' <PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu<mailto:PRESIDENT at alumni.ecu.edu>>; 'NOMC Mailing list' <nomc at lists.nbpcb.org<mailto:nomc at lists.nbpcb.org>> Subject: Re: [Nomc] Article about SDCT in the April 2021 Braille Monitor Justin, Thanks for sharing. This reads pretty good. Last summer, he contacted me about writing a Structured Discovery textbook. I suggested that folks like Merry Noel, Jeff, myself and others like you have been at this writing business for a while, some some collaborative effort would be best so as not to work across purposes, but we never got back around to it. Perhaps it is time for a small group to consider taking on this task. Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC, Director, Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness Louisiana Tech University 600 Mayfield Ave / 210 Woodard Hall PO Box 3158 Ruston LA 71272 Office: 318.257.4554 Fax: 318.257.2259 ebell at latech.edu<mailto:ebell at latech.edu> www.pdrib.com<http://www.pdrib.com> ************* "I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." -- Stephen Jay Gould From: NOMC <nomc-bounces at lists.nbpcb.org<mailto:nomc-bounces at lists.nbpcb.org>> On Behalf Of Justin Salisbury Sent: Monday, March 29, 2021 11:43 AM To: NOMC Mailing list <nomc at lists.nbpcb.org<mailto:nomc at lists.nbpcb.org>> Subject: [Nomc] Article about SDCT in the April 2021 Braille Monitor Hi everyone, There is an article in the 2021 issue of the Braille Monitor, and I?d like to call your attention to it. Structured Discovery Cane Travel in Context: Arguments for Its Continued Practice in Our Current Environment by Ryan Carsey https://nfb.org//images/nfb/publications/bm/bm21/bm2104/bm210413.htm<https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm21/bm2104/bm210413.htm> I teach in Pennsylvania, and I actually did not realize that this guy lived in Pennsylvania. I wonder if we ought to step up to do more writing like this to help spread the word throughout the Federation about what we?re experiencing as teachers of the blind right now and to dispel myths about remote instruction. I?m not really in a position right now to grasp the fullness of it, but I think it?s worth reading. Aloha, Justin Justin Mark Hideaki Salisbury he/him/his Phone: 808.797.8606 Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu<mailto:President at Alumni.ECU.edu> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin_Salisbury ?Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.? Cesar Chavez _______________________________________________ NOMC mailing list NOMC at lists.nbpcb.org<mailto:NOMC at lists.nbpcb.org> http://lists.nbpcb.org/listinfo.cgi/nomc-nbpcb.org