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ALL THINGS DIGITAL: “Windows What?” Senior Center – October 13 |Free & Open to all
Change to scheduled speaker and topic. ALL THINGS DIGITAL: “Windows What?”Monday, October 13, 1:00 pm Microsoft has announced a new Windows operating system. It’s the next generation Windows 8-so they’re calling it Windows 10! Bruce Saunders will review the features of Windows 8 and why folks should not fear going to the much faster and more…
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Scratch is AWESOME! Jackson-Via Computer Club is off to a running start.
We had such a fun and enthusiastic first meeting of our after-school JV Computer Club yesterday! In this meeting we began by reviewing the Scratch community guidelines, and then our eleven members chose their Scratch names: jvtoucan, jvkingrex, jvcool-j, jvpackers, jvsoccer, jvlighteningstrike, jvbre, jvstar, jvbaseball, jvmonkey, and jvkittie. We explored the Scratch interface. We learned how to put…
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Jackson-Via after-school Computer Club starts TODAY! Getting ready to start Scratching
This is just the beginning. We will soar to new heights as we enjoy the fun of computer coding! Click the MsSuperK sprite to visit our Jackson-Via Computer Club Scratch Studio.
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Computer Class for Seniors Available through PVCC
Starting October 22, PVCC will be offering a computer class for seniors at its main campus. See details below. If you or someone you know is interested in this class, you can find out more in PVCC’s office here at the Jefferson School City Center or call 434-961-5354. via LVCA email
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Is There a Crisis in Computer-Science Education?
I was fortunate in being able to learn Commodore Basic programming along with my children who were in grade school in the 70s. When the Web arrived in the 90s, I took one look at HTML and javascript and thought immediately, “This looks like fun!” — the rest is history. I hope that our schools will add computer coding back…
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Loom Knitting – Good for the brain? -for the Spirit? -for the Community?
Brain-fitness articles often recommend learning a new skill such as knitting. This sounded like a great transition from my primary focus on Weaving the Web for the last 20 years (weaving is weaving – right?) until I discovered that even though I had started learning to knit as a teen, I was still hopelessly inept. Regulating the…
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