Sharon’s Shortcuts Pocket Podcast
October 2017
Sharon’s Shortcuts Pocket Podcast for October is now available. This month we talk about using Google Drive.
After School Touch Typing Classes: Autumn Term
Sharon’s Shortcuts (in association with Searsol) is now providing this course in Clane and now Maynooth, Co Kildare.
The purpose of Searsol’s after school touch typing course is to provide an environment to help develop the typing skills of students while, at the same time, increasing their level of confidence, self-esteem and motivation.
Touch typing skills are particularly useful for students with learning differences such as dyslexia and dyspraxia, and the course is designed with these learners in mind.
Course locations:
Maynooth Boys National School, Moyglare Road, Maynooth
Breathing Place Yoga Studio (Opposite Esso), Clane
Course Time:
Maynooth: Wednesdays 4:30pm
Clane: Thursdays 4:30pm
Sharon’s Shortcuts at Clane Enterprise Town Event
September 2017
Bank of Ireland hosted Clane Enterprise Town on 29 September 2017, to demonstrate the community focus to bring schools, businesses, families and local communities together. We all got together at the local GAA club and enjoyed sharing our business offerings, contemporary and irish dance demos, music, interviews and craic together. Sharon’s Shortcuts and Searsol were represented giving Typehands demos and free Cadbury’s Buttons! (Get it?… shortcut keys, keyboards…Buttons!)
Sharon’s Shortcuts Pocket Podcast
September 2017
Sharon’s Shortcuts September 2017 Pocket Podcast is now available. This month we introduce the Chromebook and the inbuilt ChromeVox screen reader.
Sharon’s Shortcuts at Freedom Scientific/VFO Seminar in Dublin
August 2017
On Wednesday 9th August, Freedom Scientific and Sight and Sound visited the NCBI in Dublin. And Sharon’s Shortcuts was there!
For information on other similar events happening in the UK, see the Sight and Sound Website.
Freedom Scientific is a leading brand of software and hardware products, dedicated to improving the lives of those with vision impairments or learning disabilities.
Sight and Sound Technology is the UK’s leading provider of hardware and software to the blind, visually impaired and those with learning and reading difficulties.
Sharon’s Shortcuts Pocket Podcast
August 2017
Sharon’s Shortcuts August 2017 Pocket Podcast is now available. This month we look at accessing Web-based Gmail.
Searsol’s Summer Touch Typing course in Clane
July/August 2017
Following on from a successful term of New After School Touch Typing classes, and due to popular demand, Searsol Touch Typing classes are running from end of July to end of August. A fast track course with flexibility to allow for holidays!
The Searsol course is specifically designed to teach touch typing to children in a classroom environment with a trained tutor. The purpose of Searsol’s after school touch typing course is to provide an environment to help develop the typing skills of students while, at the same time, increasing their level of confidence, self-esteem and motivation. Touch typing skills are useful to everyone that uses a computer! But they are particularly useful for students with learning differences such as dyslexia and dyspraxia, and the course is designed with these learners in mind.
Location:
Breathing Place Yoga Studio
Clane
Co. Kildare
Course Time:
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4pm or 5pm
Classes are 45 minutes
Cost:
15 euro per class
First Class Free!
For more information about summer camps happening all over Ireland, see Searsol’s Website.
Sharon’s Shortcuts Pocket Podcast
July 2017
Sharon’s Shortcuts podcast for July 2017 is now available. This month I cover some Office 2016 Accessibility Tweaks.
Without the Mouse Workshops in Dublin
July 2017
This summer, Sharon’s Shortcuts ran some hands-on, practical workshops in association with the NCBI Training Centre in Dublin.
These workshops are primarily aimed at people with sight loss, but they are open to anyone that wishes to improve their keyboarding skills when working on a PC.
The workshops ran on two Saturday mornings and afternoons in July.
The first two workshops took place on 15th July:
Saturday 15th July 11am to 1pm – Windows 10 Tweaks: Making your laptop more useable
Saturday 15th July 2pm to 4pm – Email for Beginners: Accessing Messages with Thunderbird/Outlook or Web-Based Gmail
The second two workshops took place on 22nd July:
Saturday 22nd July 11am to 1pm – Browsing the Web
Saturday 22nd July 2pm to 4pm – Using Facebook or Skype (depending on demand)
Sharon’s Shortcuts on NCBI Technology Podcast
June 2017
Sharon’s Shortcuts podcast for June 2017 is now available. This month we continue talking about Windows 10 Accessibility Tweaks.
Sharon’s Shortcuts presenting at Learning Tech Labs Meetup
June 2017
Sharon’s Shortcuts presenting the whole idea of using a computer without a mouse at a Meetup in Dublin.
Learning without Limits: Technology and Disabilities
Date: Tuesday 6th June, 6pm to 8pm
Location: Bank of Ireland, 1 Grand Canal Square, Dublin
Meet Up Invitation Link
Sharon’s Shortcuts on NCBI Technology Podcast
May 2017
Sharon’s Shortcuts podcast for May 2017 is now available. This month we start talking about Windows 10 Accessibility Tweaks.
ICT in Education Conference
May 2017
Sharon’s Shortcuts attended and exhibited at this extremely informative conference all about making education more immersive with the use of technology.
Date: Saturday 6th May 2017
Location: LIT, Thurles, Co Tipperary
New After School Touch Typing Classes in Clane
April 2017
Sharon’s Shortcuts (in association with Searsol) is now providing this course in Clane, Co Kildare.
The purpose of Searsol’s after school touch typing course is to provide an environment to help develop the typing skills of students while, at the same time, increasing their level of confidence, self-esteem and motivation.
Touch typing skills are particularly useful for students with learning differences such as dyslexia and dyspraxia, and the course is designed with these learners in mind.
Course location: TECHCREATE, Clane Business Park
Course Time: Tuesdays 4pm or 5pm (during school term)
For more information about classes happening all over Ireland, see Searsol’s Website.
Sharon’s Shortcuts on NCBI Technology Podcast
April 2017
Sharon’s Shortcuts podcast for April 2017 is now available and it is all about using the Speak feature in Office applications.
Free Without the Mouse Workshop
April 2017
As part of Tech Week 2017
- Learn how to use a computer with keyboard shortcuts instead of the mouse or touchpad.
- Try out Typehands TM , a program that helps teach touch typing in After School Clubs nationwide.
- Experience the benefits of using the keyboard more effectively.
- Obtain an awareness of how people with sight loss access a computer.
Date and Time: Tuesday 25th April 2017, 11am to 1pm
Location: ICS Skills, 87-89 Pembroke Road, Dublin 4
Sharon’s Shortcuts Club Reaches 100 Members
March 2017
On 26th March 2017, the Shortcut of the Week Mailing List reached 100 members!
Sharon’s Shortcuts on NCBI Technology Podcast
March 2017
Sharon’s Shortcuts Pocket Podcast March 2017 is now available. This month, we talk about Using Skype without the Mouse!
AHEAD Conference: UDL – It’s Time to Talk About the ‘Why’?
March 2017
Sharon’s Shortcuts at UDL Park Marketplace Exhibition.
And hosting Discussion in Conversation Corner…
Touch typing skills: Essential, nice to have or may be irrelevant in the future?
Date: 13th and 14th March 2017
Location: Croke Park, Dublin
Sharon’s Shortcuts Joins Twitter
February 2017
@sharonshortcut
Sharon’s Shortcuts on NCBI Technology Podcast
February 2017
Sharon’s Shortcuts Pocket Podcast for February 2017 is now available.
This month, we talk about accessing radio stations on the Web.
Articles on Perkins eLearning Blog
January 2017
Diane Brauner writes two wonderful articles about keyboard shortcuts on the Perkins School for the Blind Technology Page in the US.
Part 1: Keyboard Shortcuts Part 1: Sharon’s Shortcuts
Part 2: Keyboard Shortcuts Part 2: Students with Low Vision
Interview on Mediascope with Ellen Gunning
January 2017
Sharon’s Shortcuts was interviewed for Ellen Gunning’s show – Mediascope – on 103.2 Dublin City FM.
Date and Time: Tuesday 31st January 2017 at 1.30pm.
Podcast: Mediascope 31st Jan 2017
Interview with Enable Ireland
January 2017
Sharon’s Shortcuts interview with Sean Loughran from Enable Ireland on the A.T. and Me Podcast.
Podcast: ATandMe Podcasts Page
Website Launched
January 2017
Sharon’s Shortcuts interview and website launch with Stuart Lawler on January’s edition of the NCBI Technology Podcast.
Podcast: Introduction to Sharon’s Shortcuts: January 2017