[Pibe-division] The Braille Literacy Crisis

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September 1, 2009

Seminars at Hadley Presents: The Braille Literacy Crisis

Date: Friday, September 11, 2009 
Time:  11:00 PM CDT, 16:00 GMT 

Description:  This seminar will discuss the importance of learning
braille for both children and adults, including information on the value
of using braille at school, home, and in the workplace. Topics include: 

*    Definition of literacy
*    3 levels of literacy
*    Braille literacy crisis
*    Why learn braille?
*    Reasons to teach braille to children
*    Braille and employment
*    Uncontracted or contracted braille?
*    The benefits of braille and auditory learning
*    Learning braille with residual vision
*    Promoting braille

Join Hadley instructors Debbie Siegel and Susan Fisher in this frank and
informative discussion. This 60 minute seminar will allow ample time for
questions and answers. Dawn Turco, senior vice president at Hadley, will
moderate.

As always, listening to the seminar remains free of charge. There is a
US $25 fee associated with completing the seminar for credit (1 CE
hour). Professionals interested in receiving continuing education credit
will be required to successfully complete a quiz and brief survey before
a certificate is issued. (ACVREP approval pending)
To register for this seminar, please follow this link.

13 Braille Courses Available through Hadley
Teaching braille reading and writing has been a priority for The Hadley
School for the Blind since its founding in 1920. To this day, braille
courses are our most popular courses. Hadley currently provides 10
braille courses for those who are blind or visually impaired and three
courses for sighted individuals. Follow this link for more information. 

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feedback at hadley.edu and tell us what you thought of your Hadley braille
course(s) and how you use braille in your daily life.

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Subject: [Pibe-division] Zumo Drive

Good afternoon everyone,

    Some of you on certain lists probably heard me saying, "I'm putting
my 
files in the clouds." I'm doing this via a neat service I heard about on
a 
Web 2.0 Podcast. The service is called "Zumo Drive." It's a hybrid cloud

storage application that permits you to store files remotely so they'll
be 
available from any computer you use. Unlike other types of remote
storage 
solutions Zumo Drive integrates with your PC and is accessed via My 
Computer. Those of you that use external drives know that it appears as
an 
additional drive whenever you enter My Computer or Windows Explorer.

    Think of Zumo drive as an auxiliary drive without the physical
hardware. 
Instead of your files being stored on a physical drive they're stored on
a 
secure remote server which can be accessed from multiple computers and 
mobile phones. This is achieved by downloading and installing the Zumo
Drive 
Application which you can obtain from their Web Site. Both the Zumo
Drive 
Web Site and the application are accessible and very easy to use; 
particularly because it appears as an additional drive on your computer.
I 
believe this is what's commonly called a virtual drive. The only 
accessibility glitch I encountered was when I needed to register my copy

with their service. Using your screen reader's mouse cursor should allow
you 
to complete the registration on your own once the "Registration" Icon is

activated.

    Once installed and your account is created Zumo Drive works exactly
like 
any other drive on your PC. It's possible to store files locally on your

computer, or save them on your Zumo Drive from within any application; 
although larger files may take longer to save due to their having to be 
transferred to the remote server. It's also possible to save a file
obtained 
from another Internet location directly to your Zumo Drive. I did this
this 
morning and think it's pretty cool.

    Depending on their type the files saved remotely will be downloaded
and 
open in the application or in the case of audio and video content will 
stream to your PC. For example I was able to listen to a podcast on
Virtual 
Colonoscopy on Mary's computer though the file does not reside on her 
machine. It was a simple matter of opening up  QuickTime, and typing 
Z:\path\filename. The file opened and the documentary began playing
exactly 
as it would if stored on the local machine.

    Upon creating your Zumo Drive Account you receive 1 GB of storage
space 
to allow you to try the system out. There are several subscription plans
you 
can purchass depending on the amount of remote storage you require. But 
enough from me. For additional information visit:
http://www.zumodrive.com

    Since file storage is always an important concern I wanted to share
this 
information with everyone. All the best for a great weekend.

Peter Donahue

 "Given a chance to dream it can be done.
The promise of tomorrow is real.
Children of Spaceship Earth the future belongs to us all."
Flying for Me,
John Denver 

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