The
of Dallas
Learning
Center
Since
1994
| Today, the C.C.Young
Retirement Community and Brinker International sponsor SeniorNet of Dallas. It is a nonprofit corporation,
staffed by volunteers, mostly seniors who have spent many years in
the computer industry. |
| SeniorNet
of Dallas Inc. is a local organization affiliated with the international
nonprofit organization "SeniorNet" for computer-using seniors
50 and over. These seniors have a desire to increase their personal
knowledge, enhance their talents and share their wisdom with others.
Since mid 1980, over 220 SeniorNet Learning Centers have been started
around the world. |
SeniorNet
of Dallas was organized in 1994. The original sponsors of the new
learning center were IBM, Traveler's Insurance, and Southern Methodist
University (SMU). The first training classes were conducted on the
campus of SMU in the fall of 1994. Since that time over 2,000 senior
citizens have taken classes offered by this all volunteer organization.
In 1999, the organization moved its training facility to the campus
of the C.C.Young Retirement Community. The Center for Arts and
Education (The Point) is located at 4847 West Lawther Drive, Dallas, TX
75214. Classes are offered in the following subjects:
- Basic
Computer Operations
- Word-processing
- Spreadsheets
- Internet
- Digital Pictures
- Photoshop Elements
- Facebook
- Google Earth, etc.
The classroom
is equipped with ten computers nine for students and one for the
instructor. A projector system allows the students to view actual
procedures as they are performed on the instructor's system. SeniorNet
reserves the right to cancel courses, adjust curriculum or schedules
and substitute instructors. SeniorNet does not discriminate on the
basis of race, national origin, sex or disability.
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