[Nomc] Cane Travel Meeting Follow-Up

Hi Becky, This is all really good. I am willing and able to add resources to either the PDRIB or NBPCB web pages. Just let me know what and where and I can get it done. Of course, anyone subscribed to this list can also post information here to get it out more quickly. I also believe we have a YouTube channel if there is video to post. Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC, Director, Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness Louisiana Tech University 600 Mayfield Ave / 210 Woodard Hall PO Box 3158 Ruston LA 71272 Office: 318.257.4554 Fax: 318.257.2259 ebell at latech.edu www.pdrib.com ************* "I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." -- Stephen Jay Gould From: NOMC <nomc-bounces at lists.nbpcb.org> On Behalf Of Keller, Becky Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 10:24 AM To: NOMC Mailing list <nomc at lists.nbpcb.org> Subject: [Nomc] Cane Travel Meeting Follow-Up Good morning everyone, Thanks so much for all of your input and energy last night. We had some really good discussion, and the two hours seemed to fly right by. At one point, we had 28 folks in attendance. Pretty neat if I do say so myself. Jedi and Jane, thank you also for volunteering to give us an example of your virtual drop routes. We look forward to hearing it when you send it out to everyone. Below you will find the last remaining questions we had on our original agenda. We touched a little bit on some of them towards the end of our meeting, but I included them just in case you had additional thoughts or suggestions. Between now and Monday the 4th, please send me any further topics or questions that you wish to have posed to the group. In addition, a proposal was introduced last evening that focused towards developing a new, or expanding our current Structured-Discovery websites, to include resources, readings, O & M media, etc., sort of an information portal for instructors. I've pasted our current links below for everyone. Dr. Bell, we were hoping to get your feedback and counsel regarding this topic. Thanks again everyone for your participation and contributions. Have a wonderful week, and talk to you soon. Take care, http://www.pdrib.com/ https://nbpcb.org/index.php Questions: How could we work with folks to plan detailed hypothetical out of town trips, so they have an understanding of what goes into planning for a vacation or business trip? This way we could potentially utilize O&M as well as tech skills. How can we get folks thinking about mental mapping places they haven?t been yet? How can we help our students overcome fear, especially in uncertain times? In general, not necessarily focusing solely on cane travel... Becky Keller, NOMC, COMS Lead Orientation and Mobility Instructor Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired 401 Azalea Avenue Richmond, VA 23227 (804) 371-3093 becky.keller at dbvi.virginia.gov Facebook: VDBVI Worldwide Web: Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired YouTube: VRCBVI "Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome." -Arthur Ashe **CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE** This message (including any attachments) contains information that may be confidential. Unless you are the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the intended recipient), you may not read, print, retain, use, copy, distribute, or disclose to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If you have received the message in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail, and destroy all copies of the original message (including any attachments).