<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hello everyone,<div><br></div><div>Below is an opportunity that some of you may be interested in. The training is being done by Chancey Fleet, an active member of the New York affiliate. <br><br><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="WordSection1"><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p style="background:#F5F6F7"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear Community Member,
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<p style="background:#F5F6F7"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">This is a call for both students and volunteers to attend a Web Development Workshop and Study for screen reader users interested in learning how to create websites! The workshop will
be held between 2:30pm and 5pm, on Saturdays between August 22nd and October 10th (8 sessions in total). All sessions will be held remotely, using Zoom.
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<p style="background:#F5F6F7"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Students:
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Prior to starting, you will be asked to complete a survey to help us improve the course. During the workshop, you will be asked to complete unit quizzes, and a follow up survey on the final day. Once complete, we will be reaching out by email to invite you
to a 1-on-1 interview about your experience in the workshop. All activities are completely voluntary.
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<p style="background:#F5F6F7"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Volunteer Assistants:
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Prior to starting, you will be asked to complete a survey and meet with the instructor and go over strategies to assist students. During the workshop, you will be asked to partner with a student to assist them in building a basic website in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
After the workshop concludes, you will be asked to complete a survey about your experience. All activities are completely voluntary.
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<p style="background:#F5F6F7"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Here is an outline of the workshop:<br>
Session 1: Intro to the web (websites, browsers and the net), web languages, file structure, text editor and other software to be used.<br>
Session 2: HTML and build a basic site<br>
Session 3: HTML refresher and Intro to CSS<br>
Session 4: CSS<br>
Session 5: CSS refresher and Intro to JavaScript<br>
Session 6: JavaScript Continued<br>
Session 7: JavaScript and uploading a site to a server<br>
Session 8: Project Development (Work on websites)<br>
To register your interest, please use this link. <br>
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You're also welcome to reach out for more information by emailing Claire Kearney-Volpe at
<a href="mailto:Claire.kv@nyu.edu">Claire.kv@nyu.edu</a>.</span></p></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000">Sarah Patnaude</font></div><div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000">Corresponding Secretary, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia</font></div><div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">patnaude.sarah@yahoo.com</div><div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="tel:(804)%20591-6153" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="12/1" style="text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.26);">(804) 591-6153</a><br></span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.nfb.org/">www.nfb.org</a><br></span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.nfbv.org/">www.nfbv.org</a><br></span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Follow us on Twitter @NFBVirginia<br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Find us on Facebook @NationalFederationoftheBlindofVirginia<br><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Live the life you want.<br><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.</span><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div></div></div><style><!--
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