Category: Lifelong Learning

  • Lifelong Learning through Community Service – experience the buzz!

    Looking for volunteer opportunities in the Charlottesville area? JABA can help you find just the right position. I find that volunteering at Jackson-Via Elementary School through the JABA RSVP FISH program is perfect for me, but there are many, many more progams that could use your help and expertise. Why volunteer? See below … Lifelong…

  • 5 Tips for Lifelong Learning

    Some very good suggestions from Matt. Consider volunteering in our schools. In doing so, you will become a mentor for students and inspire them to become lifelong learners themselves! Noticed this last night while paging through a magazine Success, August 2009, and thought I’d pass it along. 1 Seek out a mentor – look for…

  • Computer School for Seniors – Lifelong Learning from the comfort of your home

    The Computer School for Seniors offers online computer and Internet instruction for Baby Boomers, Senior Citizens or anyone who would like to gain more enjoyment from their computer and the Internet. Learn from home, at your leisure, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Nancy is passionate about Lifelong Learning… “Many people ask me…

  • Often it is the “teacher” leading a project-based learning program who learns the most!

    I learned how to blog as a JABA RSVP FISH volunteer. I had agreed to sponsor an after-school computer club at Jackson-Via Elementary School in Charlottesville and I wanted to focus on 21st-century skills. Since blogging is receiving high marks as an effective means for teaching reflective writing, I decided that that would be a…

  • Ready to get involved? Serve.gov is the place to start.

    The President has said that the challenges America faces are unprecedented, and that we need to build a new foundation for economic growth in America. The Administration has begun this work with dramatic new investments in education, health care, and clean energy, but we cannot do this alone here in Washington. Economic recovery is as…

  • Always wanted to visit India? Sarthak’s blog is the next best thing.

    Photographer and Adobe Fireworks Engineer Sarthak Singhal has a beautiful blog named Sarthak | Explore.  Travel … Adventure … which features photos of his native India along with photos from other places he has visited.  Reading through the comments on his site make you feel like you are part of the  local scene.  Take a…