Philanthropist Ms. Kathleen Patton is not only one of the Cofounders of Crossing the Digital Divide, she is also the organization’s CEO and Executive Director. With a solid background in business, having started her first NPO in her early twenties, Kathleen Patton was more than prepared to take on the challenge of opening a computer training facility. This facility has been on the cutting edge of “Reentry Programs”. City officials are heralding RP’s as being vital to the cities success as they offer support to some of the most at-risk adults who are recovering from drug abuse and other challenges. Kathleen Patton’s organization, which was formed in January 2004, gives recovering addicts the opportunity to change their lives by learning how to use today’s technology to earn a living. Crossing the Digital Divide, which is located in Los Angeles, California, has three locations to better serve the community of high-risk adults in recovery.
Kathleen Patton utilizes her business smarts to manage and oversee the operations at Crossing the Digital Divide. Because of Kathleen Patton’s efforts, the Crossing the Digital Divide staff, and the numerous volunteers, Crossing the Digital Divide is an award-winning organization that has received recognition from the local government, including the mayor of the city of Los Angeles.
In addition to her work with CDD, Ms. Kathleen Patton also enjoys a close family, friends and colleagues. Kathleen Patton relaxes by participating in swimming, volleyball, hiking, music and film.
Kathleen Patton finds special meaning in the quote, “The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.” Ms. Kathleen Patton also finds inspiration and deep meaning in a quote credited to one of her favorite writers, world-renowned author and poet Maya Angelou: "All great achievements require time."
WEEKLY CLASS REPORT
Walden House/ Tuesday 02-15-2011
Opening Comments:
Ralph Mendoza was handling some paper work with the students when the instructors arrived. In addition Ralph introduced the CDD program and instructors to the students before leaving the class room.
Attendance:
We had 14 students in class. We started with 15 but Paul Martinez left at the beginning of the class.
INTRODUCTIONS OR OVERVIEW:
The CDD Instructors introduced themselves before the students got to talk about their Computer experience and expectations for the class. It seems that 50% of the class has very little to no experience with the computer. Soni went over the attendance rules and expectation especially the paper expectations.
1ST TOPIC COVERED:
Gritt handled the first 6 terms of the computer discovery section. It was fun. The class was very interested and asked questions. Even the students with very little experience with computers seemed to be able to understand and comprehend quickly. We used to have an open computer for demonstration purpose, which would have made the lecture even more informative and help the students to recognize the different parts of the computer.
2ND TOPIC COVERED:
Soni and Gritt as a Team lectured the workbook section “ How to use the mouse” and keyboard together.
LAB TIME:
During Lab time the students practice the different mouse function( left and right click ) plus learned plus practiced typing on the keyboard in the Mavos Beacon program.
FINAL NOTES:
Overall the class is very excited and eager to learn. At this point, I am not foreseeing any difficulties for any students.
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