Braille Bits

Braille Bits Podcast

Braille Bits is a correspondence-guided class conducted by the Iowa Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, providing braille lessons online or by mail.  This podcast corresponds with each Braille Bits lesson.  It features each Braille Bits Lesson and an interview with a special guest to discuss all things braille.  Check out the Braille Bits Page for more information about Braille Bits.


Braille Bits:  Lesson 1 with special guest Sarah Willeford, Library Director, Iowa Library for the Blind and Print Disabled


Braille Bits:  Lesson 2 with special guest Emily Wharton, Director, Iowa Department for the Blind


Braille Bits:  Lesson 3 with special guest Karen Cunningham, Instructional Materials Center Librarian


Braille Bits:  Lesson 4 with special guest Sandi Ryan, Commissioner, Iowa Department for the Blind


Braille Bits:  Lesson 5 with special guest, Beth Pieters, Literacy Consultant for Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired


Braille Bits:  Lesson 6 with special guest, Kayla Bartholomew


Braille Bits:  Lesson 7 with special guest, Matt Nemmers, Activities Coordinator for the Education and Training Team at the Iowa Department for the Blind


Braille Bits Lesson 8 with special guest, Jerry Cole, Braille Transcriber for the Iowa Library for the Blind and Print Disabled/Instructional Materials Center


Braille Bits:  Lesson 9 with special guest, Nami Wallace, Orientation Center Instructor and Karley Prinds, Orientation Center Home Management Instructor for the Iowa Department for the Blind


Braille Bits:  Lesson 10 with special guest, Laruen Thompson


Braille Bits:  Lesson 11 with special guest, Karen Keninger, Director of the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled


Braille Bits:  Lesson 12 with special guest Chelsea Page, Vocational Rehabilitation Teacher for the Iowa Department for the Blind


Braille Bits:  Lesson 13 with special guests Cody and Bettina Dolinsek


Braille Bits:  Lesson 14 with special guest Helen Stevens, Education and Training Director for the Iowa Department for the Blind


Braille Bits:  Lesson 15 with special guest Leland Smith, Vocational Rehabilitation Teacher for the Iowa Department for the Blind


Braille Bits:  Lesson 16 with special guest Terri Wilcox, Vocational Rehabilitation Teacher for the Iowa Department for the Blind


Braille Bits:  Lesson 17 with special guest Enrique Mejia, Orientation Center Communications Instructor for the Iowa Department for the Blind


Braille Bits:  Lesson 18 with special guest Judy Dixon, Consumer Relations Officer for the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled discussing the importance of braille.


Braille Bits:  Lesson 19 with special guest Kay Escobedo, a para-educator in Iowa.


Braille Bits:  Lesson 20 with special guest Roger Erpelding


Braille Bits:  Lesson 21 with special guest Sarah Willeford