Hello Everyone, Aproximately twenty years ago I started working on writing a replacement to the Mettler textbook; however, I ran into a number of challenges, difficulty inm finding the resources necessary to underpin the work, having a full-time job teaching Travel, and my own inexperience in turning my knowledge and research into a manageable manuscript. Eventually I lost my focus on the project; although I do believe there is some very valuable material that came of this effort. At the very least it helped me to better understand Structured Discovery, and has improved my teaching. In any case, I have attached it to this e-mail, and I hope that it may provide all of you with some useful material. Yes, some of this book did become a part of the 29th I.R.I, which is in itself a significantly important document in the history of Structured Discovery, thanks to the contributions of Dr. Bell and others. Dr. Schroeder played a critical role in the writing of the 29th I.R.I., and therefore I felt that I should also include him in this e-mail. In any case, if I can be of help in this project, please let me know. Jeff Altman From: NOMC [mailto:nomc-bounces at lists.nbpcb.org] On Behalf Of Edward Bell Sent: Monday, March 29, 2021 2:28 PM To: 'Justin Salisbury'; 'NOMC Mailing list' 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 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> On Behalf Of Justin Salisbury Sent: Monday, March 29, 2021 11:43 AM To: NOMC Mailing list <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 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin_Salisbury 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