Parents Need Digital Literacy Skills, Too!

Dear Miss Avon

My parent wants to home school. But, honestly beyond hunting and pecking to send an occasional text, the parent is basically digitally illiterate. How can I help?

One of the best things a home school parent/grandparent can do is to demonstrate digital literacy skills and knowledge that benefit the family. One of the best ways to begin to acquire digital skills is to learn to type well with all 10 fingers on a digital keyboard in an easy short less than 10 lesson course.

Ask Miss Avon Blog #304 TEM Talks -Tech Education Moment

Digital Citizenship 101 Cybersafety Class

Just for Grownups

Dear Miss Avon

You know, Miss Avon, us kids aren’t the only ones who need good digital education skills. Is there an approved, good digital education class going on out there for older grownups like my neighbors and grandparents? They will probably attend if it meets in a physical location most of the time rather than just online.

Answer: Digital citizenship for grownups like grandparents and elderly neighbors may not yet be the title of a course that meets mostly on site. It is a good idea, though.

There are adult technology classes that incorporate digital citizenship skill building lessons. And, yes, the class(es) may have onsite, online, or a hybrid mix of online and onsite availability. Classes are usually available at your local community college, senior center, public library, or university OLLI program.

COMING SOON Basic Report Typing 2-Day Training Boot Camp for Hunt & Peckers and Beginners

Tired of begging and/or paying someone to type your school, work, or hobby report(s)? This camp is for you to prepare your own basic reports and papers in Word 2016 the right way, the first time!

Suggestion: If you are an absolute newbie, first, complete Dr. Canty’s Basic Computer Keyboarding/Typing 2 Week Training Boot Camp for Hunt & Peckers and Beginners. 

This newest, very simple, word processing keyboarding/typing training camp focuses only on preparing a simple report or basic paper for school, work, fun, or a hobby.

Best Advice for 1st Timers – Before Taking Your 1st Computer Workshop/Class

If you know someone who wants or needs an “exceed expectations” introductory computer keyboarding class text, there is a special workbook/textbook that is continuously updated to meet the tech needs of hunt & peckers and beginners. The book is on Amazon now:

Computer Keyboarding 2-Week Basic Training Camp for Hunt & Peckers and Beginners

Thanks for reading this. I certainly believe, based on 12 years of experience teaching tech classes at senior centers and colleges, that all students and parents will benefit from this very inexpensive text/work book.

Dr. Katie Canty, Author

Senior Center Computer Professor

seniortechacademy@yahoo.com

http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B01MRY0HZX

Best Advice for 1st Timers – Before Taking Your 1st Computer Workshop/Class

New Clickable, Self- Removing Christmas Trees and Birthday Ornament Trees

New Clickable, Self- Removing Christmas Trees and Birthday Ornament Trees

By Dr. Katie Canty, Ed.Dseniortechacademy@yahoo.com

Click, Click, ON: No electricity required, no set-up or removal required, enjoy the trees anywhere with or without a wall, indoors or outdoors!!!  Dr. Canty’s 40 ornaments 5.5-foot tall Christmas trees and birthday trees emit soft night light glows to radiant brightest starburst beams; indoor or outdoor usage; no assembly required—just subscribe. Go click, click, from you cell phone subscription app, and the tree and ornaments come out and turn themselves on. 

Click, Click, OFF: Go click, click OFF from you cell-phone subscription app and the tree with its ornaments remove themselves from sight.

Subscription rates: The 12 days of Christmas subscription price is $300 every 12 days for a non-snowing Christmas tree and $500 every 12 days for a tree that snows.  Birthday ornament tree app subscriptions are $100 per 24-hour day for a tree with a person’s name and $85 per day without a name.

Yes, Dr. Canty’s New Clickable, Self- Removing Ornaments Christmas Trees and Birthday Ornament Trees will be coming to online and local retail stores pretty soon, maybe as soon as 2020.

Welcome Word Processing Workshop Participants

What a great opportunity to find out what word processing is! If you are a beginner with a little Internet & typing experience, this course is for you.  Dr. Canty, a certified MOS Word specialist, will show you how to create and customize documents for yourself, friends, family, and associates.

gtradsWord Processing Workshops

  • Treasure Hunt & WORD Talk
  • Your Own Fee-Free Greeting Cards
  • 1,2,3 Draw: Illustrate with Pictures
  • Best Social Networking Practices
  • Brain Train with Word Processing Neurobics
  • Blogging and Online Selling
  • Play Ball 114 Words Competition
  • New Event or Robot Species Flyer
  • Your Edible Word Processing Craft Project
  • Tell Your 1-Sentence Tale
  • Better Than Theirs Resume & Cover Letter

Short Test and Course Certificate