OSSB PODCAST

Today we are joined by former students ASia and Sam. We talk about how to maintain a guide dog team and some entertainment at the end of the podcast. Thank you for tuning in and supporting what we do.

The podcast crew are joined with their peers via Zoom and discuss the many ways they are staying organized and being productive at home. Also we discuss ways they are staying busy and the kids give a few special shout outs. Thank you again for tuning into our special editions of the OSSB podcast. If you would like to share something, drop and audio clip or email me at dkelley@ossb.oh.gov or you can leave me a voicemail at 614-468-8866.

In this special edition of the OSSB podcast I have a conversation with alumni President Edward Schwilk. If you would like to contribute to the podcast, please drop me an email at dkelley@ossb.oh.gov. You can write an email or attach an audio clip. You can also leave me a voicemail at 614-486-8866. Share what you are doing during this time in which we are home for an extended period of time. Or if you want to give a special shoutout or hello to someone. We would love to hear from you. Also remember you can get those OSSB morning announcements on the OSSB Facebook page.

In the March edition of the OSSB podcast, Dr. Lou Maynus, gives us an update on The Ohio State School for the Blind and what we are doing during COVID19. We will hear some segments that were recorded at the beginning of the month. Students have been working on different areas of the expanded core curriculum and will be sharing what they have learned. Thank you seventh grade and tenth grade for your submissions this month. Our Alumni focus this month is Brendon who has started a podcast called “OSSB Inside and Out.” He will share how he came up with this idea for his podcast and how he put it together and where you can listen. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1248-ossb-inside-and-out-54604516/ We’ll meet a new member of the podcast team. We had one meeting of the podcast club this month, so they will share what they have learned about a digital recorder called the Eltrinex Pro v12.

Thank you for listening to the February edition of the podcast club’s podcast. In episode 3, students continue to work on interviewing skills. We look at how to use Voice Memos on an iPad to record an interview. We will hear some new music produced by our students as well. James does some field work and covers a field trip to Laser Craze and covers the valentines day dance put on by the residential program. Thank you so much for listening each month.

Thank you for tuning into the February edition of the OSSB podcast. This month’s episode is packed full of exciting things going on at the Ohio State School for the Blind. Students traveled to Cincinnati to the Clovernook Center for the Blind to compete in the fourth annual Braille Challenge. Matt gives an overview of how the Polaroid Pop camera and app work. To honor black history month we join our wrestlers and cheerleaders in Little Rock, Arkansas when they visited Central High School. Matt talks with members of the student council about the valentines day dance that took place on February 13. If you are interested in how our history book project is coming along, you will hear from Mr. Schwamburger and Claudia Retter who will give us an update and let you know how you can contribute to the project. The fourth grade class will continue learning experience with coding. They share with us “if then” statements. And we conclude this month’s podcast talking with a team of individuals from Humanware who were in town and stopped by OSSB for a visit. They have some exciting news to share about hardware and software. Thanks again for tuning in and we hope you enjoy our student’s work. If you have any questions or feedback please drop us an email at dkelley@ossb.oh.gov

This month the podcast club had a great time creating commercials and working on interviewing skills. Great conversation was had in the studio. We talked about our winter break and plans for the remainder of the year.

In this edition of the OSSB Podcast, the team welcomes in the new year. Want to listen to our podcast on your Amazon Alexa? Matt and Emily explain how to set up your Alexa to play podcasts. If you would like more information, you can visit: The Applevis Podcast. https://www.applevis.com/sites/default/files/podcasts/AppleVisPodcast1278.mp3 The 4th grade class explores what happens to candy canes in different substances. January 4th was World Braille Day. The students celebrated a few days late, but there was still fun activities, such as a trivia game, fun braille activities, and a movie at the end of the day. We listen in to a panel of alumni who talk about their experiences with reading and writing braille beyond OSSB. We also mention the Ocali lending library where you can borrow technology to see if it fits your needs. Be sure to check that out. https://filemaker.ocali.org/fmi/webd/Library%20V2?script=findfmdev The art and vocational classes visited the Rife Gallery for their Ohio Art Exhibit. https://oac.ohio.gov/Riffe-Gallery/On-View Finally, we wrap up this month with our pep rally for the wrestling and cheer leading team as they head to Arkansas for their conference. As always, we thank you for tuning in this month, and we can't wait to see what's in store for us next month.

This is a special edition of the ossb podcast. It is brought to you by the ossb podcast club. This group meets once a week for a couple of hours. Some students have no computer skills, but all students learn the basics of podcasting: VoiceOvers, mixing audio and much more. We range all over topics from our weekends to story telling, to saying what podcast club is like.

We are so excited to bring you the December edition of the OSSB podcast. This month’s episode is packed full of exciting news of what is happening at the Ohio State School for the Blind. We streamed our winter concert and it is available right here. Below are the links to the 2019 Winter concert https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/e0cabc64-39be-45bd-ae19-4c89f7ba543f?channelId=f22e0090-5f10-4368-b414-210d95168a83 https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/fe25bff1-cfd4-4149-b8c4-9a1abb7d9040?channelId=f22e0090-5f10-4368-b414-210d95168a83 https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/8226cc13-bff0-4119-9942-acedfa6fa55b?channelId=f22e0090-5f10-4368-b414-210d95168a83 https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/ef3fcccb-4c8f-4694-9f99-7bf75eae2098?channelId=f22e0090-5f10-4368-b414-210d95168a83 https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/afcb6f65-f16f-43ae-b69a-4f52df211b98?channelId=f22e0090-5f10-4368-b414-210d95168a83 https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/fb33062e-6a91-41a3-b09d-6490dd8e64bc?channelId=f22e0090-5f10-4368-b414-210d95168a83 We drop in for a visit with the alumni association during their holiday chat and Mr. Kelley learns the day he was born. Who would’ve thought? And what the weather was like on that great day.

The November edition of the OSSB podcast is packed full of fun. We meet 2 new members of the OSSB family, our librarian and our transition coordinator. OSSB hosted the first ever Delta Gamma day on November 19 so we will meet them and hear from students at all grade levels about their experience on DG day. Delta Gamma’s motto is “do Good.” To learn more about Delta Gamma visit www.deltagamma.org. Want to eat better, especially when you need to be in a hurry, we join MS Honse and the ILS department on a field trip to Clean Eats where they tell us about cleaner alternatives and using a budget. President Edward Swilt of the OSSB alumni association talks with Mr. Kelley via phone and discusses the upcoming alumni holiday party on December 6-8. Our students in fourth grade under the instruction of MS McCumber are preparing for the future. They are learning to code. Jobs in coding are on the rise according to Fast Company. Mrs. Bardon takes us on a field trip to the Ohio Historical Connection so our students can realize different ways of presenting historical information. We are working on creating the history project of OSSB. Emily talks with MS. Salvagna and the catering department about pumpkin rolls and other delicious holiday treats. We’re going to use Google forms again to offer holiday ornaments for sale this year. The link is below. You can also check out the items in the canteen, stop by the graphics room, or ask a graphics student. Customized pictures can also be sent to this email. sgrim@ossb.oh.gov https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScq8lU1kaGh6NmYVcBQowWH6Ej--dvP3uZGnGspORTnh5OQIQ/viewform The link below is for our OSSB Panther Wear for 2019. We added some hats and sweatpants this year. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdP9IHfYgwKTQ3f0NR21UPkCDOdBTDD0OX0Zq-rlBhcOh7jQg/viewform

We are excited to bring you the October 2019 Edition of the OSSB Podcast. In this episode we will travel down to the Kentucky School for the Blind with the Elementary for the Bill Roby games that happened on October 3rd. Students in our ILS department bring us to Links Lemonade and talk about what they had to eat and how to use a budget to plan a meal. This month our health classes did some research on health organizations which have significant impact on our community. We will learn about Women’s International Center - Honoring, Encouraging, and Educating Women Around the World (WIC), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the World Health Organization. Each month we introduce a new staff member in our OSSB family and this month we meet our IEP coordinator Mrs. Welch. Our goalball team invited us to a practice and we catch up with some alumni from our championship team: Donald and Brandon. We talk with more alumni who have come back for our transition to work program. October 15 is white cane day. You can order your white shirts today by visiting the following link. https://www.customink.com/g/wtc0-00c0-ue7w Mrs. Butler’s class will pick some pumpkins, take a hay ride and feed some animals. And we conclude this episode with some fun end of October activities. Stay tuned for a great story written and produced by the podcast team at the end of the show. And always, thank you for listening and being part of our incredible journey.

Welcome to the September edition of the OSSB Podcast. This month we will be talking about the preparations our track team has made to get ready for track conference which will be held at the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. We meet our new fourth grade teacher and had a podcast discussion with the fourth grade class. If you are interested in reading the fourth grade blog, you can find it here. https://ossb4thgrade.edublogs.org/ We talked to Mrs. Wendy who is now an advisor at the Ohio State University. For the first year Ohio State School for the Blind and the Ohio State University are collaborating to help up and coming teachers at the undergraduate level be better prepared to work in the field of vision. We are very excited to have had a visit from Captain John Turnbull. He is an active duty captain in the army who lost his eye sight in a terrorist attack. His story is captivating, and motivating. Emily gives us a glimpse into the catering program as they completed one of their first events this year. Thank you as always for being great listeners and supporting what the students are doing at the Ohio State School for the Blind.

In this edition of the OSSB podcast we welcome you back to school by meeting a few groups of students and hearing from our new principal Michelle Wagner. We meet the new podcast crew for the 2019-20 school year. We welcome Mr. Schwamburger, our new social studies teacher. In the coming months we will speak with all of our new staff. We speak with James from operations. A former student Selvin Linder shares memories of his time OSSB and what he is doing now. Kevin Maynus, Dr. Lou’s brother-in-law stops in for a visit and we had a great conversation. New school initiatives and projects are on the way as well. Mr. Jeff Schneider discusses what he does at OSSB and gives us many memories about the Ohio State School for the Blind Marching Panthers.

In this special edition of the podcast you will meet some of the OSSB alumni and we look back into the past and listen to what types of things were happening at OSSB as far back as 1952.