FYI:
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From: blindtlk-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:blindtlk-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of David Andrews
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 3:05 PM
To: david.andrews@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Blindtlk] Free iPhone marathon training day
Feel free to share this. I will send it to blindad and to trainer-talk
and will announce it in Tidbits. Feel free to put it on any other
lists where you think it belongs.
Thanks to the generosity of Jackie McBride of Brighter Vision
Technologies, who is letting me use a Talking Communities room at no
cost, I am organizing a day of free iPhone training and information,
Saturday, 5 May.
Here is what I have in mind. We'll see if it works, or if it is
needed. I hope lots of trainers, and trainees, will drop by!
The day is divided into three sessions, two of which are of identical
scope.
Sessions A. and C. Hands-on Assistance for Beginners:
Session A: 13:00-14:30 GMT (9:00-10:30 A.M. Eastern, 6:00-7:30 A.M.
Pacific.)
Session C: 19:30-21:00 GMT (3:30-5:00 P.M. Eastern, 12:30-2:00 P.M.
Pacific.)
Session B: Intermediate Assistance, General Questions of all sorts:
16:00-18:30 GMT (12:00-2:30 P.M. Eastern, 9:00-11:30 A.M. Pacific.)
More details:
Sessions A and C: Many people have difficulty with basic iPhone use,
making and receiving calls, navigating the home screen, and the like.
The idea is to try to get those users the help they need. Depending on
the number of attendees and the needs of each, we'll be able to help
some in the room, while it is my hope that some expert users will be
willing to be present and perhaps team up with frustrated users to
offer some individual assistance elsewhere. If it turns out that this
sort of help isn't needed, we can answer any and all other questions as in
Session b.
Session B: this longer session is designed for a wider variety of
discussion and assistance. What is the best app to do so-and-so? How
do you accomplish this (slightly more advanced) task? How does iPhone
compare to this or that phone? I certainly can't answer all, or even
most, of these questions, so I hope that many iPhone aficionados and
experts will be present to lend a hand.
Structure: Ideally, people will be present at the beginning of the
session they wish to attend. At that time, I will ask each person to
detail his or her expectations, questions and contributions. From
this, I will create an agenda and we will strive to cover it. We may
not quite succeed, but we'll try. As others come in, I will try to get
your concern added to the agenda and your contribution noted. This is all
an experiment.
This endeavor will be useful, if it is needed, to the extent that
people make the contributions they can make and are respectful of the
process.
How to take part: Come in to the room a few minutes before the session
starts. The room is at
http://test.tcconference.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs950a0abb900d
Your username is your first and last name, no handles. No password is
needed.
If you haven't used Talking Communities before, you'll have to download
the free client, which the site will invite you to do.
Consider jackie for your needs in web hosting, web development
training, JAWS scripting and tech support. You can write to her at
abletec@xxxxxxxxx
If you want to communicate with me regarding this training/discussion,
feel free to write to dean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
See you all Saturday!
Dean
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