[Athen] Noaki Inaba Math Puzzles

[Karthikeyan, Ramya via athen-list]

I agree, tactile are the way to go..PIAF or embossed with a braille embosser or 3D printed.. Will need to wait longer for the multi-line braille displays to become economical to make it accessible electronically..

Ramya Karthikeyan
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UCLA Center for Accessible Education
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.. or 3D print them!



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Those would be perfect for the Pictures-In-A-Flash (PIAF). That big ole easy bake oven will make that content tactile with thermofoam paper in seconds.



You just need to install the SimBraille font and replace the numbers with the SimBraille output, keep in mind that SimBraille only produces grade 1 output if you’re including instructions.



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Having trouble with sending links from Google today. Hope this one works:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qOD4d2TJoGYw9Z9x_Vl1h48S0XJ1sBmyFel_55NrMPk/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.rw8fzw1o7s6f



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All,



A unique kind of Math puzzle was shared with me from faculty as an example of a fun assignment she likes to assign students: Naoki Inaba Puzzles<http://All,%20%20A%20unique%20kind%20of%20Math%20puzzle%20was%20shared%20with%20me%20from%20a%20Math%20faculty%20as%20an%20example%20of%20a%20fun%20assignment%20she%20likes%20to%20assign%20students:%20%20%20The%20idea%20is%20to%20look%20at%20the%20numbers%20and%20design%20of%20the%20connected%20circles%20to%20identify%20a%20pattern%20and%20then%20fill%20in%20each%20blank%20circle%20with%20the%20correct%20number.>.



The idea is to look at the numbers and design of the connected circles to find a pattern and then fill in each blank circle with the correct number. It reminds me of Sudoku.



We started chatted about how to make these accessible to AT users, and I must admit that I was stumped. I don't think alt text will provide an equivalent experience.



Some thoughts I had were - Would Desmos be helpful here at all to "listen" to patterns? I do not know enough about Desmos though, so I did not go down that route with the faculty. I asked her to explain the essential learning outcome of the assignment to me and asked if an alternate assignment could be offered. She was open to this idea, but also commented, "I don't want to remove all my fun assignments from the class."



What would you advise?



Thanks!

Monica



Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers)

Policy Associate – Accessible IT Coordinator

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