Computing comprehension for the young & old

Todays class was busy, the computers were stretched to their capacity while the class participants eagerly worked, learned and got braver and bolder with trying new things.

We had a productive day going over a number of topics:

Under the careful guidance of Michael, Carl was kept busy tidying up RSS vibes feeds for weather and news along with modifying the page layout

Phillipa, Fifi and Theoreila agonised over getting a childrens Wild Thornberry game to work on several computers.

Mary enthusiastically delved into the world of internet browsers and antivirus.

Maureen had complications accessing her Gmail account so we underwent the painstaking process of gaining access. Funny how it comforts us to know that its difficult for others to access our account, but incredibly frustrating when security is so tight that we can't access it ourselves!

Mal breezed in to touch base with the footy updates, email and online deals!

Thanks for coming everyone!
Bronwyn & Micheal

Its been a busy two weeks....and HOT TIP 'Google Docs'

The past 2 weeks have been unbelievably busy. The residents of Kelvin Grove and surrounding neighborhoods have been attending the computer class in droves. Michael has been effortlessly answering technical questions and imparting his 'high tech' knowledge to all the class participants.

We were graced with the enthusiastic Annette who was busy helping students, multi-tasking with Facebook and paying a few bill via online banking, Carl back in action with Net Vibes along with continuing lessons with Learning onLine, Andrew who was delighted once learning how to search videos on uTube and increasing his knowledge with Wikipedia, Bruce who was determined to get a digital image onto a music album he had created himself, and a few other drop ins with a question or two.

Well done class!!!

Hot tip for today: Google Docs is a great resource for creating spreadsheets, documents and presentations online, and the even better news is you can store these files online too, saving you from needing to have a USB stick. All you need is a Gmail account. For more information refer to: http://www.google.com/google-d-s/tour1.html

Another Week at the Exchange

6 People in today, helped out with Burning CD's, watching youtube videos and simple downloading and mouse skills. Mick and Bronny in today

Adult Community Computer Classes are a hit!

The computer classes are proving to be a valuable outlet for a number of Kelvin Grove residents. We are delighted to see our residents expanding their computing skills from week to week. Just recently we distributed a easy-to-use computing manual for residents to refer to for some of the common queries computer users often have. The topics covered range from :

• What is Twitter?
• Why would I use Facebook?
• How do I set up a Gmail account?
• How can I scan my computer for viruses?
• What is an internet browser and what are the different types?

Class participants find these manuals to be a great resource, they can work through the book in any manner which suits them along with scribbling notes in their own language, meaning when they refer back to their notes later on they will have more chance of remembering.

The classes attract those aged from 3 years old (obviously not adults, but they come along and play while their parent/s learn) to just this week we had a gentleman in his late 80’s wanting to watch dancing videos on YouTube.

If you are interested in attending the weekly computer class at The Exchange in Kelvin Grove, please phone our helpful team on 07 3175 9975 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 07 3175 9975 end_of_the_skype_highlighting to register your interest.

Happy computing community!!

26th May 2010 : What else happens at The Exchange??

The Exchange is where it all happens! Aswell as computer lessons each week you can find all sorts of exciting things going on at the Exchange. See below for a sneak preview of what happened at The Exchange today

The lovely Shannon runs an art class which is held on a regular basis.














After busy mornings tending to the public; Shannon and Emily ease into a tasty lunch.














And you can even find children terrorizing dogs by not sharing their chippies...yes we have it all!









We even get into a bit of 'craft-ernoon' and homework on a Wednesday afternoon with children from the local community. Here we have, Bronwyn, Mina and Malwa with their 'beautiful' crowns on, and Emily and Malwa doing some mathematics homework!




















That's about it for this week folks!
Bronwyn

Kicking along nicely at computer class

Today was yet another great day at the Communify Community Computer class. We were very happy to welcome two new attendees to the class (Paul and Matthew), who were thrilled to experiment with Google Earth, YouTube and job hunting sites. Infact we even managed to get a couple of typing lessons in and accessed an email account which was setup some time ago! Nice memory with the password there Matthew! Rashid was in good typing form cracking out another one of his amazing stories on the keyboard and managed perfectly fine without tutor intervention, until the need arose for a font change! Now thats really stretching my abilities :). Husai and the was happy to practise her typing again and chilled out towards the end with listening to the dulcet tones of some favourite Afghanistan music. Robert and Darlene popped in for a bit of a quick low down on how to copy content from a CD to the hardrive of their computer, so left happily on their way after writing down a full A4 page of instructions. And last but not least there was the little honey Rian (3-4yrs old) who was delighted with all the motorcross action to be found on YouTube. I even managed to get him to say the word Motorbike, now thats effective learning right there!

Thanks alot to everyone and always to Emily and Shannon for their unrelenting enthusiasm!

Bronwyn Tutty

New comers Paul and Matthew















Rashid busting out his pearls of wisdom/creative genius on Microsoft Word

The past couple of classes have seen Husai from Afghanistan achieve some amazing things. See below for some of the things that Husai can now do using Microsoft Word. There are a number of regular students in the class each week, and they are doing amazingly with improving on typing, web searches, sending and receiving emails, formatting and general computer usage. Each week there are new folk popping in with queries on a range of technical issues, most of the time the staff are able to solve their problems, sending them away very relieved of a 'nagging' computer issue.

Computer Class at The Exchange in Kelvin Grove

My name is Husai

I attend Computer Classes on Thursday

I come with my son Rian

I have 6 children, the other 5 are at school.

I have been to 6 or 7 computer classes

I have learnt to turn on the computer, type, simple word processing using Microsoft Word, search for movies on YouTube for my son and do some simple google searching.

I want to keep learning to use the computer and improve my typing.

Husai

Come along and see what we can do to help you do what you need to do on the computer!

Bronwyn