[UEB Maths] Tasks ahead for the Maths focus group

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 12:47:07 +1200

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Hello again everyone.=20

After our rush to get the Mathematical Guidelines ready for the April
meeting of the ICEB executive I think we have all been glad of a
breather, but it is now time to progress other items assigned to our
committee. I should also apologise for not circulating the results of
the Maths session at the executive meeting to this group earlier. Our
recommendation that the document we presented should be released for
trial use was approved. The to do list from the meeting asked executive
members to "circulate the math guidelines within your country during the
next six months and ask for feedback (send to Janet)". It has begun to
be used in parts of Australia and feedback is already being gathered. In
New Zealand I will be gathering feedback as I use it for training
producers (probably in 2007). Helen, are you aware whether there is
likely to be any Maths training scheduled in Canada that will be using
it? I will check with Antonnette for South Africa and Jean for Nigeria.
There may also be people in the US and UK that will be interested in
looking more closely at it now that it is in the public arena. Darleen
has asked that the release period should be finite and that a revised
version should be prepared for the next General Assembly. As part of
that process we need to revisit the need for a more compact Maths "Rule"
as we discussed at our last teleconference.

In the meantime we have other areas to address. Our bit of the executive
to do list had the following listed.

- labelling diagrams to be completed
- additional symbols to be assigned, especially chemistry ones
- add examples of hexadecimal numbers to the maths guidelines
- resolve issue of page numbering in the braille edition of the
guidelines
Also:
- assign a symbol for a blank space=20

The last one above has arisen more recently when brailling maths
problems that have a space to be filled in. Joe's suggestion is that we
could use the symbol that is already assigned for a significant space in
a programming context (dots 346 I think) but we need to formally word
this and pass it to the overarching committee for approval.

It would be good to hear from everyone, if only to say that you received
this message and to indicate if you have a preference for what we should
tackle first. Any input from observers to this list is also very
welcome.
Janet=20

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Hello again everyone.

After our rush to get the Mathematical =
Guidelines ready for the April meeting of the ICEB executive I think we =
have all been glad of a breather, but it is now time to progress other =
items assigned to our committee. I should also apologise for not =
circulating the results of the Maths session at the executive meeting to =
this group earlier. Our =
recommendation that the document we presented should be released for =
trial use was approved. The to do list from the meeting asked executive members to =
&quot;circulate the math guidelines within your =
country during the next six months and ask for feedback (send to =
Janet)&quot;. It has begun to be used in parts of Australia and =
feedback is already being gathered. In New Zealand I will be gathering feedback as I use it for training =
producers (probably in 2007). Helen, are you aware whether there is =
likely to be any Maths training scheduled in Canada that will be using =
it? I will check with Antonnette for South Africa and Jean for Nigeria. =
There may also be people in the US and UK that will be interested in =
looking more closely at it now that it is in the public arena. Darleen =
has asked that the release period should be finite and that a revised =
version should be prepared for the next General Assembly. As part of =
that process we need to revisit the need for a more compact Maths =
&quot;Rule&quot; as we discussed at our last =
teleconference.

In the meantime we =
have other areas to address. Our bit of the executive to do list had the =
following listed.

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diagrams to be completed</FONT></SPAN>

<BR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">- additional =
symbols to be assigned, especially chemistry ones</FONT></SPAN>

<BR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">- add examples of =
hexadecimal numbers to the maths guidelines</FONT></SPAN>

<BR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">- resolve issue =
of page numbering in the braille edition of the guidelines</FONT></SPAN>

<BR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">Also:</FONT></SPAN>

<BR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">- assign a symbol =
for a blank space </FONT></SPAN>
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The last one above =
has arisen more recently when brailling maths problems that have a space =
to be filled in. Joe's suggestion is that we could use the symbol that =
is already assigned for a significant space in a programming context =
(dots 346 I think) but we need to formally word this and pass it to the =
overarching committee for approval.

It would be good =
to hear from everyone, if only to say that you received this message and =
to indicate if you have a preference for what we should tackle first. =
Any input from observers to this list is also very =
welcome.

<P><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Janet =
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