Starting over

This morning, I met with Judy from Wavlink. It had been a while since she even thought about the project and seemed a bit overwhelmed with getting going again. She had her old notes from previous meetings with ideas but it was dated early December. Christmas came and went and the new year began without having the time to go back and think about what to do next.

It seemed starting fresh was going to be the best way and when I asked who was involved, she pointed to herself. We then discussed who else at Wavlink would benefit from getting involved. She's pinpointed the person. A real "Aha!" moment. He helps out with their disability computer class as a volunteer. We have made another appointment to talk together this Friday to make a firm plan.

Judy felt much better after we talked as she is very keen to be involved herself but moreso by working with another person. I think things will roll a little smoother and will take the pressure off Judy herself.

This afternoon I met with Karin & Lisa from Orana. Leeann (manager) was ill unfortunately but they were still keen to meet. Who was I to argue? Orana hadn't started anything on the project so far so it was another blank canvas to work with. Lisa has been managing the Orana website for at least 12 months now and has been doing a brilliant job :)

Orana have a private label wiki which is currently under-utilised but that is set to change. The plan they came up with is to make a wiki to house the tutor's A-Frames, and any other documentation they may need to access if they are working offsite. They also wanted to add a calendar, listing the room bookings so if they wished to add another class, they could see what rooms were available. I think I might pinch that idea :)

Their aim is to have the tutors involved in the process so I am hoping that by learning how the wikis work, they could be utilised in their computer classes.

In the absence of Leeann, we came up with a good plan to present to her when she is well and plan to meet after the holidays.

I also showed them the elluminate room and how it worked, including how to set up their audio. A few funny things happened on their computer but in the end we got there. They have been given the link to the ementor wiki and the recordings so they can see what's happened before.

In both cases, we are starting from scratch but it won't take me long to get things happening.