The highlight of October 2019 was the Get Online Week lunch held in the U3A room on Wednesday 16 October. About 50 U3A members and others attended and enjoyed the BBQ cooked by the Benalla Lions Club in the U3A entrance area. We were pleased that the numbers attending this BBQ were substantially up on the first BBQ held in July, so obviously the sausages and hamburgers together with coleslaw and bread provided was enjoyed by all.
During the lunch we had vocal entertainment provided by David Palmer with Neville Gibb accompanying him on the piano. Later we used the overhead projector to outline several aspects of what can be looked up on line. These included finding out about the NBN, any health aspects that interest us and managing money. We also had a discussion on the breadth of the Be Connected Program and a demonstration of two of the modules which showed the various buttons on a tablet and their uses and setting up PIN and fingerprint identification on our device.
Full sessions of Be Connected have continued during each Wednesday of October. This month we have looked at On Line Hobbies such as Researching family history, exploring Google Earth and using on line journals or Blogs. We have also navigated looking up the train timetable from Benalla to Melbourne as well as taking photos with our devices.
This series of Be Connected is finishing at the end of October. It has been pleasing that so many of the participants have come each week and we have seen their skills develop during the four months that we have run Be Connected. I would like to sincerely thank the Mentors who have come each week to help participants – without them the participants would not have made as much progress as they have. Thank you Jenny Sawyer, Lin Ryan, Pat Treleaven, Dorothy Webber and Geraldine McCorkell.
During the lunch we had vocal entertainment provided by David Palmer with Neville Gibb accompanying him on the piano. Later we used the overhead projector to outline several aspects of what can be looked up on line. These included finding out about the NBN, any health aspects that interest us and managing money. We also had a discussion on the breadth of the Be Connected Program and a demonstration of two of the modules which showed the various buttons on a tablet and their uses and setting up PIN and fingerprint identification on our device.
Full sessions of Be Connected have continued during each Wednesday of October. This month we have looked at On Line Hobbies such as Researching family history, exploring Google Earth and using on line journals or Blogs. We have also navigated looking up the train timetable from Benalla to Melbourne as well as taking photos with our devices.
This series of Be Connected is finishing at the end of October. It has been pleasing that so many of the participants have come each week and we have seen their skills develop during the four months that we have run Be Connected. I would like to sincerely thank the Mentors who have come each week to help participants – without them the participants would not have made as much progress as they have. Thank you Jenny Sawyer, Lin Ryan, Pat Treleaven, Dorothy Webber and Geraldine McCorkell.
A Summer Series of Be Connected is planned for Tuesday 7th, 14th and 21st January 2020 at 10am. Any U3A member is welcome to attend. We will be catering for both iPad and Android users.
Margaret Jenkins
Margaret Jenkins
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