Hi Stuart Yes i can go on the 14th instead of the 15th of March. Also, I will be available to go to the iPhone demonstration on thursday. Thanks Stuart Tina ----- Original Message ----- From: Stuart Lawler <stuart.lawler@xxxxxxx> Date: Sunday, March 4, 2012 4:10 pm Subject: [NCBI_ECDL_class] Some important information for the ECDL class To: "'ncbi_ecdl_class@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' (ncbi_ecdl_class@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)" <ncbi_ecdl_class@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Hi everyone, > > We have a couple of class updates that I would like to share > with you in this email. > > 1. Joe and I attended the annual conference of the Irish > Computer Society (ICS) on Friday last. ICS are the body who > oversee the running of ECDL and a number of other technology > related training programmes in Ireland. This event gives > technology trainers and centre coordinators important updates on > the latest trends in ICT training, ECDL developments and other > related activities. There is a new ECDL syllabus in development > stage and it promises to be very exciting and will offer even > more choice than at present. > > 2. On Thursday 19th April, ICS and NCBI would like to jointly > host an event to mark the significance of ECDL training at the > centre, and to recognise the achievement of all of you as > students who have undertaken or who are undertaking the > certification. I will give you more information nearer to the > time but for now, please make sure you are available on that evening. > > 3. We need to change the date for class next week, and are > proposing Wednesday 14th March instead of Thursday 15th. Please > let Joe or myself know if this may pose a problem for you. > > 4. Finally, this coming Thursday NCBI are running a mobile > devices information evening, from 6:00 pm, for about 90 minutes. > As part of this event we are testing some new technology that > will allow us to open it up to a virtual audience, comprised of > other NCBI service users around the country, who will join us > via the internet, to partake in the evening's seminar. > The subject material will focus on three types of accessible > mobile phones, Android, iPhone and Cymbian. There will be three > presentations on the evening with time for questions at the end > of all three. > We have invited a number of service users in the Dublin area to > join us on the evening, but I also wanted to open this event up > to the Thursday ECDL group, so, if any of you would like to > attend, you would be more than welcome to do so, instead of > having a regular class. > > If anyone has any questions on the above please reply to this > email and I will be able to answer them via the class list. > > Kind regards, > > Stuart. > > Follow us on Facebook: > https://www.facebook.com/ncbiworkingforpeoplewithsightlossFollow > us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ncbi_sightloss > > Check-out NCBI's Micheal O Muircheartaigh appeal on the > following link. > http://youtu.be/25P2tiuCi0U > > ******************************************************************** > National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI) is a company > limited by guarantee (registered in Ireland No. 26293) . > Our registered office is at Whitworth Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9. > NCBI is also a registered Charity (chy4626). > > NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any > attachments > is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the > intended > recipient you should not use, disclose, distribute or copy any > of > the content of it or of any attachment; you are requested to > notify > the sender immediately of your receipt of the email and then to > delete it and any attachments from your system. > > NCBI endeavours to ensure that emails and any attachments > generated > by its staff are free from viruses or other contaminants. > However, > it cannot accept any responsibility for any such which are > transmitted. We therefore recommend you scan all attachments. > > Please note that the statements and views expressed in this > email > and any attachments are those of the author and do not > necessarily > represent the views of NCBI > > > ******************************************************************** > > > > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the > ECDL pilot email list at NCBI. > > If you have any queries about this list, or about the course in > general, please contact Stuart Lawler. email: stuart.lawler@xxxxxxx