tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815450525026914592024-02-07T11:27:06.628-08:00Whanganui Computers in HomesRorohiko i roto nga Kainga o Whanganui - CiH regional blogCoordinatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15378726494502440132noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-481545052502691459.post-30313275866605111902018-06-28T23:18:00.002-07:002018-06-28T23:33:23.680-07:00Computers in Homes suspended awaiting funding renewal<h4 style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-size: 15.4px; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
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Because of this gap in funding, in some regions we no longer have a regional coordinator, and our national team are supporting those families.<br />
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The stories and statistics in the <a href="https://computersinhomes.nz/2017/10/11/computers-homes-annual-report-2017-published/">Computers in Homes Annual Report 2016/17</a> shows why the programme is so important – and successful – in helping New Zealand families get full benefit of being online.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-481545052502691459.post-40858156257871697792017-05-23T14:48:00.001-07:002017-05-23T14:48:48.841-07:00Graduations Computers in Homes May 2017As we held the final graduations for Computers in Homes Whanganui it has become a reflective time. Marton ICT Hub and James Cook Primary School put together a slideshow of all of the graduations we have shared there and it was wonderful to see the happiness and joy shared.<br />
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This will be the final post for us in Whanganui Region. Over the last 10 years we have graduated 1,100 Computers in Homes families. That is 1,100 homes who have technology that would not have had it. We have moved from big chunky PC's to Chromebooks and from very few internet connections to almost 99% connectivity.<br />
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Here are our wonderful graduates from Marton<br />
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Our final ever graduation at Tawhero School Whanganui</div>
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We wish you and your families every success in all fields and hope the technology will support this.</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-481545052502691459.post-79013110133682091142017-03-21T19:35:00.000-07:002017-03-21T19:35:04.052-07:00Chromebooks Rock!I had the pleasure today of watching a class of new learners, many of whom have never used email before create labels and filters for their emails.<br />
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So many whanau I talk to get overwhelmed by the numbers of emails in their mail boxes and not being able to find things. We showed them through a simple video how to create labels. Youtube is a fantastic resource to learn new tricks on google. If you like this one there are heaps more.<br />
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How do we learn easily? We learn by sharing together, laughing, trying new things out and sharing our knowledge. This was my experience in Taihape today with our two classes we have 18 students all together. One who learn during the day and one in the evening. Students move between the classes when they have other commitments. It works for everyone. <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-481545052502691459.post-66821204408813166002017-02-14T16:02:00.002-08:002017-02-14T19:57:47.643-08:00Amazing things are happening in RuapehuWe are really happy to be able to announce that we are going to be working with Te Pae Tata in Ohakune this March 2017 in the Ruapehu Region.<br />
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They are located behind Ruapehu College. They are driving the <a href="http://ruapehuwhanautransformation.com/" target="_blank">Ruapehu Whanau Transformation project</a> which is a visionary project to transform the lives of whanau who live in Ruapehu.<br />
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We will be running a Chromebook trial for 10 -12 parents with children in the surrounding schools with the goal of enabling those whanau to have computers in their homes. This will support them in their wider goals of sustainabilty, employment and education.<br />
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Here is a short video to show you what this amazing group are doing.<br />
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Here is a short video to introduce our new trainer Chaana Morgan who is talking here about the zero waste management which she is also involved in.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-481545052502691459.post-27128195997551380092016-12-06T13:53:00.000-08:002016-12-06T13:53:05.840-08:00Video Streaming - The Legal WayThere are many options for the new computer user in Video Streaming.<br />
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When you login go to the PLAYBACK settings. If you choose Medium you will get a perfectly good picture but use 0.7GB per hour instead of 7 GB per hour on a premium plan. It makes a major difference if you are on a set plan.</div>
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They came further than any other classes have using their chromebooks. Here are the presentations they put together at the end of their class. They all contributed. Remember most of them could not have done any of this before class. This was from the Castlecliff class:<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-481545052502691459.post-19105231922384769042016-09-27T20:07:00.001-07:002016-11-19T18:44:29.055-08:00Whanganui Learning Centre October 2016Congratulations to our 8 wonderful graduates at the Whanganui Learning Centre.<br />
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Now you know loads about Google, Google Drive, Google Docs, Word, Excel and how to help your children master technology.<br />
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Unfortunately two of our graduates were sick so unable to attend. To celebrate their graduation each graduate did a slide for their class presentation. Here is a link to that that presentation.<br />
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Instead of using Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint you use Google Docs, Slides and Sheets. They are like simple versions of their Microsoft cousins. They have some amazing features like in the help area you can type what you want to do and it actually does it for you a lot of the time. It makes it so much easier. Some of the feedback from our classes has been "wow this is so much easier. I have tried to learn Word and Excel so many times. I didn't get it. Now I can with Google".</div>
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We are running three more Chromebook trials at Whanganui in September. If you have school aged children who live in Whanganui and don't have technology at home go and see one of these schools: Castlecliff School at Polson Street, Whanganui OR Keith Street School at Keith Street (In Town) Whanganui OR TKKM o Atihaunui a Paparangi (Putiki opposite the church) to register.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-481545052502691459.post-20981974693505950402016-06-21T19:08:00.001-07:002016-06-23T15:43:13.116-07:00Marton Celebrations in May 2016Well we are very much in catch up mode here in Whanganui after an extremely busy six weeks. I have now arrived back in the office and are going to post the photos from our many graduations. These are the photos from our Marton class on 2016. Deepest thanks and gratitude to our wonderful trainer and coordinator Angela Coleman from the Marton ICT Hub and Vanessa Te Ua and Michelle Cameron our principals from Marton Junction School who hosted our celebration and Michelle from James Cook. Also to Andy Watson Mayor Rangitikei who is a great supporter of our programme.<br />
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Over eight week our graduates have learned about everything from Word to Google Drive. There were parents from Ruapehu College, Raetihi Primary School and the host school Ohakune. Here is our celebration. Here are our families</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-481545052502691459.post-38740997293368504462016-04-26T20:38:00.000-07:002016-04-26T20:38:04.654-07:00Chromebook Trial in WhanganuiLife is very exciting in Whanganui right now. We are doing a Chromebook Trial with six families from Carlton School and nine whanau from TKKM O Te Atihanunui a Paparangi.<br />
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<b>Tawhero School </b>- Tuesday mornings 9.30 - 12pm starting 15 March address: Totora Street - Gonville - Whanganui (register at the school - other schools very welcome)<br />
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<b>Whanganui Learning Centre</b>, Thursday mornings 9.30am - 12pm starting late March 2015 - 232 Wickstead Street, Central City<br />
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<b>Marton ICT Hub</b> , Thursday evenings - 6 - 8.30pm starting 10 March (behind the Library)<br />
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<b>Taihape Area School</b> - Wednesdays either 12.15 - 2.45pm OR 4.30 to 7pm starting early March (register at the school - other schools very welcome)<br />
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<b>Ohakune Primary School</b> - Tuesdays either 12.15 - 2.45pm OR 5.30 - 8pm starting early March (register at the school - other schools very welcome)<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-481545052502691459.post-35586618518386472312016-02-18T12:29:00.003-08:002016-02-18T12:29:52.716-08:00Understanding the difference between a legitimate website and a dodgy one<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">One of the tricky things for new internet users, and some long term internet users, it coming to grips with what is a legitimate website and what is a dodgy one. This guide is not designed to be read for research purposes but rather to provide a simple guide for people who don't know what to look for.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%;">Simple Ways you and your children can
tell if a Website is reliable?</span></h2>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Internet contains some extremely valuable,
high-quality information sources – and it also contains some very unreliable,
biased sources of misinformation. Remember ANYONE can make a website.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">That means you need to evaluate the quality of each
website you use, whether it’s for a class assignment or your own use. Sometimes
Internet sources can be more accurate than print sources. Sometimes it is
better to stick with print sources. Be especially careful when shopping.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Depending on what you
are using it for will need different levels of research. This is designed as a guide to help you
evaluate whether a particular Internet site is appropriate for your purposes.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 21.528px;">1. Who authored or wrote the site?</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Look for an “About” link at the top, bottom or sidebar of the webpage. Some pages will have a corporate author rather than a single person as an author. If no information about the author(s) of the page is provided, be suspicious. If there are no contact details also be suspicious.<br /><b><br /> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Does the author provide his/her credentials? </b>What type of expertise does s/he have on the subject s/he is writing about? Does s/he indicate what his/her education is? What type of experience s/he has? Should you trust his/her knowledge of the subject?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /> Try “Googling” the author – search his/her name at www.google.com. What kinds of websites are associated with your author’s name? Do the websites associated with the author give you any clues who they are? “Google” with caution – remember that sometimes more than one person can s<span style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">hare the same name.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%;">2. Who published the site?</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">What is the organization’s main
purpose? </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">What is the main purpose of the
site? </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Is it cluttered with advertising? (suggesting it's not fully credible)? </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Does the page appear to be professionally
designed?</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Is the writing trying to persuade you to
buy something? <span style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Are they promising something
unrealistic?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">Who is the intended audience? </span><span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">What is the quality of information
provided on the website?</span><span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; font-stretch: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">What type of other sites does the
website link to?</span><span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">Does it look and feel right after
doing these checks?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">Look at the domain name of the website – that will
tell you who is hosting the site. For instance, the </span><span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">UCOL website is: https://www.ucol.ac.nz/. The domain
name is .ac.nz this URL tells you that
the library website is hosted by UCOL. Do a search on the domain name at http://www.whois.sc/.
This site provides information about the owners of registered domain names. It is a .ac.nz site which means it is an
educational site.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">Check the organization’s
main website, if it has one. Is it educational? commercial? Government? Is it a reputable organization?
Where is it based? Don’t ignore the suffix on the domain name (the three-letter
part that comes after the “.”). The suffix is usually (but not always)
descriptive of what type of entity hosts the website.. Here are some examples:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">.edu.nz = school</span><br />
<span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">.ac.nz = educations tertiary</span><br />
<span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">.com or .co.nz or .co.kiwi = commercial</span><br />
<span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">.govt.nz = government</span><br />
<span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">.org.nz = non-profit (mostly but not always)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">The suffix at the end also tells you where it come
from for example New Zealand sites are co</span><span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">.nz OR .kiwi
OR .nz where as a UK site might be .uk. </span><span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">Here is a site where you can check where the domains come from </span><span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/num/domains.htm">http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/num/domains.htm</a> </span><span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">THIS is REALLY important if shopping or paying.</span><br />
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it? </span><span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"> </span></h3>
<span style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">Why is the website there - is it to sell a
product? as a personal hobby? as a public service? To further explore on a topic. To provide general information on a topic? To persuade you of a
particular point of view?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%;">Have a look at the site and ask yourself - </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%;"> who is
this designed for - people studying or the general public? Which age group is it written for? Is it aimed at people from a particular place?
Who is it aimed at?</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">4. Is the information timely and </span><span style="line-height: 18.4px;">reputable</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">?</span></span></span></h3>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">When was the website first published? Is it regularly updated? Check for
dates at the bottom of each page on the site.</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;">If you’re looking for statistics, information
on current events, or information in fields like science, technology or
healthcare, you probably need the most up-to-date information available. If you’re
looking for information that doesn’t change, such as someone date of birth, it
may not matter as much if the website is a little older as long as it is published/authored
by a reputable source.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Are
they reputable sites? If the author references online material, do they provide
links to the material referenced? What
type of sites link to the website you’re evaluating? Is the website being referred
by others?</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is the most important check. Look the information you’ve gathered about
your website and compare it to your information needs. Ask yourself the question "Does this website provide what I need?"</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Not all websites will work for all purposes – a website that is fine for
finding general information on a disease won't work for a doctor.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">If you are in doubt, ask someone who knows
more.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Be especially careful when
shopping.</span></span></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-481545052502691459.post-31072898095084322332015-12-09T11:46:00.001-08:002015-12-09T11:58:55.024-08:002015 the year that wasYesterday we celebrated the final graduation for 2015 for the Te Heti Te Kohanga Reo and Whanganui Learning Centre classes.<br />
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The theme of this graduation was how technology can empower lives and the lives of our children.
I had the privilege to share the story of one our Computers in Homes mums who finished Computers in Homes in 2006.<br />
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After Computers in Homes she went from being a volunteer to part time work. She then went on to be a part of our BYOD trial in 2014 and has just completed her <a href="http://kiwiskills.co.nz/">Kiwiskills Jobseeker</a> qualification. She has dyslexia and was amazed to find how easy Kiwiskills was for her to learn. It really suited her to be able to do it whenever she had time rather than turn up to class. A group of mums got together and learned together to get them focused. She loves that now she knows stuff like doing a poster for work, converting it to a PDF for email and then a jpeg for facebook - "It's so awesome to be able to do that" she said.<br />
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She also spoke about how having technology at home has enabled her boy who is often unwell to keep up with his school work. The teacher can email him the work to do, he does it online and then the teacher reviews it online, makes notes and sends him the next lot of work. Before technology he would have just fallen behind.<br />
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She also spoke about how, living week to week, they can't afford to travel. They have whanau all over the world. Having skpe means they can be there virtually at all of there families events. It keeps them connected as whanau.<br />
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Our 15 graduates today spoke of overcoming their own learning challenges and how supportive their tutors and environment were.
Congratulations to you all. Our team wishes you every success on your technology and learning journey<br />
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Graduation at Te Heti Kohanga Reo on PhotoPeach<br />
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2015 has been a challenging one for Whanganui. The flood in our region in June has had a very real impact on the health of our families here. We look forward to a positive, healthy 2016 and wish you and yours a very happy holiday season from all of us.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-481545052502691459.post-58571973022463297202015-11-30T13:57:00.002-08:002015-11-30T14:04:24.494-08:00Tawhero and Aranui Schools November 2015Graduations are always special. This evening we were celebrating not only the Computers in Homes graduates but also the six first ever Tawhero Stepping Up graduates and the first two people in Whanganui to complete the Kiwiskills Jobseeker programme.
The sad but sweet part of the evening was farwelling Petera Hudson who has been with us for the last 2 and 1/2 years but now goes on to fulfill other goals and the welcoming of Aaron Tasker to our Computers in Homes whanau as a trainer. Petera has taught many of our whanau here in Whanganui and will be sadly missed.
Congratulations to everyone.
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-481545052502691459.post-6646979383417657092015-10-29T13:33:00.000-07:002015-10-29T13:33:44.528-07:00Whanganui Learning Centre October 2015This term has been filled with people being ill and lots of people being away and therefore unable to complete their courses.<br />
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This wonderful small group at Whanganui Learning Centre battled the elements and illnesses and finished their course this month on October 22. We trust they are all enjoying their computers at home.<br />
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Because it was a small, intimate celebration we got to hear from everyone about what they got from the course. The all spoke of overcoming their fear of doing something wrong and growing in confidence with technology. They also spoke of their joy at being able to now share that world with their children at home.<br />
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Our team wishes them all well.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-481545052502691459.post-70903043233919065982015-09-28T20:42:00.000-07:002015-09-28T20:51:32.933-07:00Our Computers in Homes Whanau of 2014-15 year<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I had the privilege today of starting some of our graduates from November 2014 and May 2015 on the Kiwiskills Jobseeker programme. These families started with Computers in Homes, have done Stepping Up and now are doing a qualification with Kiwiskills. One of the families is currently volunteering on a current Computers in Homes course with the goal of training for us in 2016.</span><br />
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This rounds out a wonderful 2014-15 year for Computers in Homes Whanganui with 130 graduates completing our programme in our region. Great success for all of our graduates and we wish them well.<br />
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On 19 May we had a very special graduation for 54 graduates from 5 schools:</div>
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This was the biggest graduation we have ever had and it was fantastic! Over 250 people came.</div>
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