Assignment 6

I filled out the CyberGuide evaluation on the Helen Keller Kids' Museum. The Museum is geared toward children and uses kid-friendly language about Helen Keller's miraculous life. Students that explore the site can look at Keller's life on a linear representation (timeline), as well as in photographs creating a type of scrapbook style. There is also an interactive section called "Braille Bug" that introduces students to the challenge of reading Braille. While students are not "technically" reading Braille (they are looking at it on the screen instead of feeling it with their finger tips), they are able to compare and contrast similarities between the English and Braille Alphabet. Studying about Helen Keller is part of the 4th grade curriculum for studying Famous Alabamians. Keller is unique in her many abilities. After visiting this site students should have a new respect for people with disabilities and the obstacles that they overcome.