On 10/31/15, Merv Keck <blind5sparrow@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,Merv, great to have dreams. Hold onto them, and may God bless you in
I am working on my Jaws and Magic certifications now just for fun. I am also
learning NVDA as a backup on my systems. And I am pretty familiar with the
IOS system as well. But the one full-time teacher they have over there is
pretty impressive and I have not even had a chance to really meet the second
one yet other than share a cab a couple of times.
I do have my Masters in a non-tech, academic related field so I would love
the opportunity to teach again one day. As much as I love working at the
Lighthouse and have a wonderful chemistry with everyone there, my dream is
to head back to Pennsylvania one day and leave Florida behind.
Steven Covey always talked about rescripting our lives if needed. I'm open
to any opportunity that comes my way, smile!
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[mailto:blind-philly-comp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jan Lattuca
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2015 3:01 PM
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Subject: [blind-philly-comp] Re: Merv's volunteer work
Merv, sounds like your first day was a great success.
Congratulations, again, on landing this wonderful volunteer assignment. Any
chance it could lead to paid employment? Are you interested in such an
outcome? (Can you tell I was a rehab counselor in my pre-retirement days?
Smile).
Jan
On 10/27/15, Merv Keck <blind5sparrow@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,You are invited to visit the moderator's Web site at WWW.DavidGoldfield.Info
I didn't comment on the group as far as I can remember. However, it
was actually a pretty successful day. The lighthouse of Pinellas is
one of several Lighthouses across the country. This one serves
Pinellas County, Florida. They have two full time computer instructors
there and one was actually born with extremely low vision in another
country but through some medical miracle has now gained enough vision that
he actually drives a car.
He is building a working replica of the Knight rider vehicle in his
garage so you can imagine how fascinating he is to communicate with.
The Lighthouse decided they wanted to have an Alumni day once a month
and invite people who have completed classes with them to come and
take anything from my tech workshops and one on one sessions to other
types of classes that are being provided by instructors and
volunteers. That first day in the beginning of October we probably had
close to 100 people attend. Not all were mine but participation was
pretty good. The next one is scheduled for November fifth. Our biggest
issue going forward will be transportation as this is a big county and
most of us depend on DART which is your version of paratransit. It is
pretty good but sometimes there are issues with delays and the rates just
increased this month.
As for my class in October. I had steady work from 9:20 until 12 and
then after lunch I had the Windows 10 workshop from 1 until 2:15. They
have given me use of a computer lab and they have equipped it with
Windows 10 machines with very large screens. I can't see them but there
were others who could.
I was so tired when I got home because I'm not accustomed to being on
full throttle for an entire day without stopping that I completely
forgot about the little Plantronics Voyager edge I keep in my ear. I
now can say for certain that those little Bluetooth devices will
withstand a washer and dryer and still work like a charm, laughs!
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[mailto:blind-philly-comp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jan
Lattuca
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 4:56 PM
To: blind-philly-comp <blind-philly-comp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [blind-philly-comp] Merv's volunteer work
Deara Merve,
Please forgive me if I missed an email you may have sent, but I'm
wondering how your first session as a volunteer computer instructor
went. I think it was during the first week of October? Would love to
hear all about it and what your schedule is going to be.
Jan
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