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."

CDD Class Report Uhuru 7-20-10

                                              WEEKLY CLASS REPORT

House of Uhuru, 7-20-2010
 

INTRODUCTIONS OR OVERVIEW:

Nine of ten students were present at the start of the class.  Michael Alcantera has dropped the course.  The workstations do not have Mavis Beacon or MS Office installed, so capabilities are somewhat limited.  Peter started off the class by giving an overview of today’s lesson. 

 

1ST TOPIC COVERED:

Juliane reviewed the outline process, and discovered that 8 of 9 students had completed their outlines.  Wayne did not complete his outline, as he expects to leave the center next week.  Five students presented their outlines to the class, and the outlines were critiqued by the instructors and students.  The outlines were all within the scope of the paper.  Some outlines were structured more like the actual paper (in complete sentences, etc) and this was pointed out to the students. 

 

2ND TOPIC COVERED:

Peter reminded the students that there will be a quiz on the computer discovery terms next week.  He then went over the last five discovery terms, using examples for each term.  The class seemed to comprehend the terms.  Peter briefly reviewed all 17 terms, in preparation for the quiz. 

 

BREAK

Break went as planned, for 10 minutes.  All students arrived back from break on time. 

 

LAB TIME:

The students continued to work on their papers, using Wordpad or by writing them on paper.  Juliane took the time to review some of the basic components of Windows with Wayne, since he is the least experienced user in the class.  Peter assisted the students with various issues in Wordpad (formatting, etc) and showed them how to adjust the settings in the Control Panel. 

 

FINAL NOTES:

Two of the students, Deanna and Prince, were talking during the lab and were being somewhat of a distraction.  They were told to begin working on their papers.  It was a successful class, but the issues with the lab still need to be sorted out.