Short Talks - 'The ELMO projector'; 'MOOCs'; 'Geocaching' and 'Social Media'
The ELMO projector
Presenter: Terry Case, U3A Benalla & District Course Leader, 'Armchair History' & 'Politics & Current Affairs"
In this session, Terry Case (U3A Benalla) demonstrated the Elmo L12 Projector, describing the pros and cons of U3A groups purchasing this at a time of increasingly accessible alternative technologies, such as ease of scanning to USB's and adding content to web pages
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Using the Elmo L12 Projector - company video
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MOOCs
Presenter: David Muir - U3A Goulburn Valley Course Leader, 'Computers' Massive Open Online Courses - presented by David Muir (U3A Goulburn Valley). What’s to know about finding free online courses about anything from anywhere in the world for everyone.
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Geocaching
Presenter: Heather Baetge, U3A Seymour Course Leader, 'Geocaching' Geocaching is a real world, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS enabled devices. Participants navigate to a specific set of coordinates and then attempt to find the geocache (container) hidden at the location. Session will show how to use your mobile phone and computer when geocaching.
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Social Media
Presenter: Beverley Lee - U3A Benalla Course Leader, 'Writing Workshop' and Website Manager
Presenter: Beverley Lee - U3A Benalla Course Leader, 'Writing Workshop' and Website Manager
Should we include Facebook and Twitter in our U3A communication strategy toolbox? This talk aimed to increase awareness of the use of ‘social media’ by both larger and smaller U3As.
During the session the use of a #hashtag descriptor to effectively create a 'webpage' for U3A North East Victoria Region was demonstrated 'in practice' using the hashtag #u3anortheastvic - this can be accessed through the linking to http://www.twitter.com/#u3anortheastvic . |