[blindkid] Virtual Teaching using Remote Access

[Dr. Denise M Robinson]

When one of my students is having difficulties with their Jaws or needs help
installing it, I need to connect to their computer a different way than
through Jaws TANDEM <http://www.yourtechvision.com/products/jawsinternet>.
There are many ways to do remote access, but I chose to connect yesterday
through SKYPE <http://www.yourtechvision.com/products/jawsinternet>. For
those new to the idea, remote access is where someone can help you resolve
computer problems, no matter where you or they are in the world. You just
need a phone line, but better is a wireless connection...anything works
though.

The student called and then I gave her directions on the key
commands<http://www.yourtechvision.com/products/jawsinternet>so I
could call up her computer.

Within minutes her Jaws was fixed. I then gave her the JAWS commands to pull
up her computer using JAWS
TANDEM<http://www.yourtechvision.com/products/jawsinternet>and
continued her lesson.

When you connect remotely using anything else other than JAWS
TANDEM<http://www.yourtechvision.com/products/jawsinternet>,
you will not be able to hear JAWS unless the person turns him way up, which
I have done also depending on the issue, but you miss too much information.
To truly check to make sure JAWS is working correctly you must pull the
students' computer up using
TANDEM<http://www.yourtechvision.com/products/jawsinternet>.
I had her and SKYPE <http://www.yourtechvision.com/products/jawsinternet>on
one of my monitors, still connected remotely and then pulled her computer up
using TANDEM <http://www.yourtechvision.com/products/jawsinternet> on the
other monitor. I could easily watch the interaction on both screens,
tweaking as I needed. Well actually having her tweak. In general, I will not
touch my keyboard to control their machine, as this is a great chance for
the student to learn how to fix their own problems.

The point is giving them applicable skills that will work for a lifetime, so
when they are on their own, they can fix their own issues as they come up.
My older students who have long since graduated, can just email me now with
a problem and I can give them the answer back through email. Rarely do I
have to pull their machines up.

Give someone a fish and they eat for a day.
Teach them how to fish and they eat for a lifetime!

-- 
Denise

Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D.
CEO, TechVision
Specialist in blind technology/teaching/training
Email:  yourtechvision at gmail.com <deniserob at gmail.com>
Website with hundreds of lessons: yourtechvision.com