Hello again. I'm back for another weekly update, and wow are things getting crazy, and by crazy I mean insanely busy.
I'm wrapping up my work here at the Lexington Library. It's hard to believe it's well into June already, that I've been working here for over 6 months now, and that the year will be over before I know it. Still, things are going well. There's still some interest in the assistive tech computer. I've been shoing it to other customers as well as other organizations and libraries who are interested in what we have. Next Monday I'll be meeting with a few people from a newly formed MELSA library assistive technology interest group. They are really interested to see what we have, and may try to start something like this in their libraries.
I'm also continuing my prep work for Dayton's Bluff library. I've been contacting other colleges and universities to see what they have for AT and what's been working the best for them. I may also set up an upcoming presentation for the Freedom Box over the next month. I did find out that they do now have a special public account organizations can buy that addresses some of my concerns in our last meeting. Chat and e-mail features are disabled for these accounts, but the users would still have access to all the other links and resources on the network, as well as System Access Functionality.
The AU committee is still working on the video and toolkit projects. Laureee is working more on the video and I'm devoting more time to the toolkit right now. I do wish our committee hadn't lost half its members, but what can you do... I really just need to take a day to work on nothing but the toolkit, and I think we'd be well on our way to getting it done, but I haven't had much time with everything else going on lately. It's wierd because other committees are starting to really wind down, and we're working like mad. Still, I think and hope our final projects will be useful to current and upcoming CTEP members.
I have also just started a summer class for my Masters program this week that goes until the middle of July. I wanted to take the summer off, but the class is only offered during the summer, so I decided it would be a good idea to take it. It's the intro class to the degree, and shouldn't be too bad. It's mainly just a lot of reading, discussion posting, and a couple projects. My first one is due around the 20th. We have to research someone in the Instructional Design field, and do a PowerPoint Presentation with another audio plugin that describes a bit about them, their past and present contributions to the field, and any publications they've written. I chose to be one of the first to get mine done since I thought things would only be crazier later on in the semester. The other project is to do a paper on something in the field, but I'm not sure because I haven't looked at that assignment yet...
Finally I've been doing a lot of job hunting lately, and finding lots of potential jobs. The good news is a couple have called me back. I'm currently in the process of trying to get a job in Florida and California at the moment. The one in Florida sounds really really sweet. Not only is it pretty much what I'm doing here at the library, teaching people computers and assistive technology, but it's in a campus style area with tons of other organizations and resources for the blind and visually impaired right there, including the worlds biggest collection of braille and audio books. I really want this job! I had a phone interview earlier this week, and they just called me again this morning. They would like to do a Internet video interview using Skype. Skype and a headset I have, a webcam I do not... So that's also on my immediate to do list. I need to find a webcam and get it working quick so I can let them know I'm ready to schedule my next interview. Anyone have a webcam I could borrow for a couple days?
The other job is also quite interesting. It's in California and also deals with assistive technology. Basically I'd be helping people who are trying to find jobs, learn technology, and make their job site accessible. I'd perform technology evaluations to see what they'd need and what might work best for them in their situation, do on-site evaluations, and lots of other stuff. I'm also hoping for this one. I had a phone interview for this one on Monday, and they should be getting back to me any time now about a possible second interview.
On top of all that, I managed to catch another virus of some kind this weekend, which is odd because I rarely get sick. It's been really quite annoying actually, and on Tuesday I stayed home because of it. I got some work done, but not as much as I'd have liked. I've pretty much gotten rid of it now, except for the occasional coughing. Now I just have to make up for a few lost hours on Tuesday, but with the amount of stuff I have to do this weekend, that won't be a problem.
That's about all for this week.
Update: Sorry for the duplicate posts. My Internet connection was being extremely slow and seemd to refuse to actual post this entry. Turns out it eventually did, 3 times... It's fixed now though.
I'm wrapping up my work here at the Lexington Library. It's hard to believe it's well into June already, that I've been working here for over 6 months now, and that the year will be over before I know it. Still, things are going well. There's still some interest in the assistive tech computer. I've been shoing it to other customers as well as other organizations and libraries who are interested in what we have. Next Monday I'll be meeting with a few people from a newly formed MELSA library assistive technology interest group. They are really interested to see what we have, and may try to start something like this in their libraries.
I'm also continuing my prep work for Dayton's Bluff library. I've been contacting other colleges and universities to see what they have for AT and what's been working the best for them. I may also set up an upcoming presentation for the Freedom Box over the next month. I did find out that they do now have a special public account organizations can buy that addresses some of my concerns in our last meeting. Chat and e-mail features are disabled for these accounts, but the users would still have access to all the other links and resources on the network, as well as System Access Functionality.
The AU committee is still working on the video and toolkit projects. Laureee is working more on the video and I'm devoting more time to the toolkit right now. I do wish our committee hadn't lost half its members, but what can you do... I really just need to take a day to work on nothing but the toolkit, and I think we'd be well on our way to getting it done, but I haven't had much time with everything else going on lately. It's wierd because other committees are starting to really wind down, and we're working like mad. Still, I think and hope our final projects will be useful to current and upcoming CTEP members.
I have also just started a summer class for my Masters program this week that goes until the middle of July. I wanted to take the summer off, but the class is only offered during the summer, so I decided it would be a good idea to take it. It's the intro class to the degree, and shouldn't be too bad. It's mainly just a lot of reading, discussion posting, and a couple projects. My first one is due around the 20th. We have to research someone in the Instructional Design field, and do a PowerPoint Presentation with another audio plugin that describes a bit about them, their past and present contributions to the field, and any publications they've written. I chose to be one of the first to get mine done since I thought things would only be crazier later on in the semester. The other project is to do a paper on something in the field, but I'm not sure because I haven't looked at that assignment yet...
Finally I've been doing a lot of job hunting lately, and finding lots of potential jobs. The good news is a couple have called me back. I'm currently in the process of trying to get a job in Florida and California at the moment. The one in Florida sounds really really sweet. Not only is it pretty much what I'm doing here at the library, teaching people computers and assistive technology, but it's in a campus style area with tons of other organizations and resources for the blind and visually impaired right there, including the worlds biggest collection of braille and audio books. I really want this job! I had a phone interview earlier this week, and they just called me again this morning. They would like to do a Internet video interview using Skype. Skype and a headset I have, a webcam I do not... So that's also on my immediate to do list. I need to find a webcam and get it working quick so I can let them know I'm ready to schedule my next interview. Anyone have a webcam I could borrow for a couple days?
The other job is also quite interesting. It's in California and also deals with assistive technology. Basically I'd be helping people who are trying to find jobs, learn technology, and make their job site accessible. I'd perform technology evaluations to see what they'd need and what might work best for them in their situation, do on-site evaluations, and lots of other stuff. I'm also hoping for this one. I had a phone interview for this one on Monday, and they should be getting back to me any time now about a possible second interview.
On top of all that, I managed to catch another virus of some kind this weekend, which is odd because I rarely get sick. It's been really quite annoying actually, and on Tuesday I stayed home because of it. I got some work done, but not as much as I'd have liked. I've pretty much gotten rid of it now, except for the occasional coughing. Now I just have to make up for a few lost hours on Tuesday, but with the amount of stuff I have to do this weekend, that won't be a problem.
That's about all for this week.
Update: Sorry for the duplicate posts. My Internet connection was being extremely slow and seemd to refuse to actual post this entry. Turns out it eventually did, 3 times... It's fixed now though.
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