Category: Lifelong Learning

Why wait until high school? Grade/middle school students love coding!

High school students are all about computers but get little instruction in computer science Their lives swirl in technology, but the nation’s high school students spend little time studying the computer science that is the basis of it all. Few are taught to write lines of code, and few take classes that delve into the…

April 24, 2014
Coursera | Shaping the Way We Teach English, 1: The Landscape of English Language Teaching

I was so happy to see this course and I signed up immediately! Since I spend much of my week as a JABA FISH ESL Tutor/Mentor and as a Literacy Volunteer for an adult student who is learning English, I am sure this Coursera MOOC from the University of Oregon will help me discover new and effective…

April 10, 2014
Earth Day Presentation by Marlene A. Condon, author of “Nature-Friendly Garden” April 22, Harrisonburg

PRESS RELEASE Friendly City Food Cooperative in Harrisonburg is sponsoring an Earth Day slide presentation by Marlene A. Condon, syndicated columnist for Bay Journal News Service and author/photographer of The Nature-friendly Garden: Creating a Backyard Haven for Plants, Wildlife, and People (published by Stackpole Books). Have you ever wondered how the natural world survives on its own…

April 9, 2014
“Crime Wave” hits Charlottesville again!

My favorites at the Virginia Festival of the Book are the Crime Wave programs together with the Book Fair in the Omni Hotel. This year was better than ever! I especially enjoyed meeting Tracy Kiely, a graduate of my Alma Mater, Trinity College of Washington, DC, at Murder, Murder Everywhere. I am looking forward to…

March 22, 2014
VIRGINIA FESTIVAL OF THE BOOK

Senior Center Thursday, March 20, 2:00-4:00 pm “Rose Kennedy: From Private Woman to Political Legend” Barbara Perry, author of the definitive biography of Rose Kennedy,

March 19, 2014
THE CIVIL WAR THROUGH DIFFERENT LENSES – Senior Center – starts today, March 13

THE CIVIL WAR THROUGH DIFFERENT LENSES Thursdays, 6:00 pm March 13-April 17 Rather than a battle-related focus, this class explores other topics that make our nation’s fratricidal war so fascinating! The second season of “Different Lenses”

March 13, 2014