Checklist For Making Decisions About A Tactile Graphic

Why is this picture/map/figure important?
What are the most important elements to communicate?
Who will use this material?
- age group
- mental and/or physical condition
- students ability or experience with reading graphics
How will this figure be used?
- with or without help from a sighted teacher
- with other children who are sighted or blind
- with actual concrete objects
Where will the material be used?
- in a classroom setting
- at home for leisure reading or games
- as part of a test instrument
- as an orientation map
How will the map be produced?
- to be used for one copy, one time
- to be used as a master from which many copies can made

Source: American Foundation for the Blind Braille Literacy Mentors in Training: The Next Generation - Teaching Special Codes: Nemeth, CBC, and Tactile Graphics - Workshop in Fremont, California (August 7-9, 1997) and Atlanta, Georgia (September 11-13, 1997). Diane Spence and Susan A. Osterhaus

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