Podcasts and Blog posts sharing tools for success, ideas and successes from others who have transitioned from high school to college and to the workplace.
Play Robin Ennis Robin Ennis @Walking_TheTalk tells her story through blindness. Losing her eye-sight and facing her return to college, entering graduate school and facing the largest obstacle of gaining employment. Robin prevales through her determination and her ability to never give up on herself.
Keyboard Ninjas Using Blackboard Collaborate: The Basics By MoeLucie Many colleges/universities are utilizing Blackboard Collaborate as an on-line classroom. If you are beginning a new on-line learning experience there are a few hotkeys you should be aware of. Let’s get to the Ninjaing! If you want to begin typing in the chat box press control M (Mike) for PC users Command M (Mike) for Mac users Type out your message and press enter to send....
F Something By MoeLucie @moelucie There are these mysterious keys at the top of our keyboard. You have to stretch out your fingers a little bit more to get to them. However, could they hold the key to efficiency? These functional keys have hidden powers! The first one we will pick on is the F1 key. He is not all that exciting though. He is the universal help key. Press him in any application or file and he will give you a dialog box of helpful...
By MoeLucie @moelucie Welcome! I am always looking for an easier way to ninja through keyboard commands There are often many ways to do the same thing but, sometimes there is a quicker way and easier to remember. Have you ever found yourself pressing control c, control v, alt tab, control x, alt tab, control v…? It is like you are doing some type of keyboard Olympics! Not to mention the frustration of alt tabbing back and losing your original...
Play Challenging the Higher Expectations BATeenCast Channel Presents Christopher Meyer, a Blind college student taking on the challenges of the higher expectations those he surrounds himself with and pushing forward through his determination and experiences. Not only is what he has learned from his journey through high school, Blind Inc. and his year in college, he has gained a vast amount of future resources in the fellowship he took on in...
Blind Abilities Presents a podcast interview with Cindy Bennett who has made great strides and accomplishments during her journey through High School, College, Summer Camps and is now embarking upon getting her PHD. She is focusing on an area that really got my attention, getting accessibility into the curriculum of developers so that access is not an after-thought. Join Lori Thompson and Jeff Thompson from Blind Abilities as they travel along...
Lori and Pete interview Megan Bening, a college student attending Minnesota State studying IT. Megan is Blind/Visually impaired and talks about what works for her as she breaks down the barricades that try to block her from the goals she has set for herself. From the tools she utilizes on a daily basis to the joys of life that puts her out side the typical "comfort zone" that society has expected her to be in, Megan forges forward...