Issue
number one hundred and eleven (March 2010) in a series of Signposts
from WorldU3A International, sent once a month to any and all U3A members
anywhere in the world.
Please send snippets of possible interest to the editor, Tom
Holloway.
Feel free to
copy any or all of this information in your newsletters.
The
recent World Conference held
at Chitrakoot University, in India, was neatly put into context by
several delegates from abroad. Dianne Delchau, President of U3A Online
Australia, said "the conference gave an opportunity for people from
all parts of the world to meet and share.... it presented a wonderful
opportunity to reach out to people we would otherwise not be able to reach.
Wensley Wilcox, delegate
from New Zealand, commented "as U3A members, we are supporters of
life-long learning and the most significant “learning” comes
from being prepared to embrace new experiences as well as out of books.
I think you may rest assured that we counted ourselves lucky to have attended
the conference."
Our picture shows delegates from New Zealand, Australia, UK, and
Iceland.
A
16-year old has created a search site called Good50, basically an enlarged-type
mod of Google. Sunmee and her sister were inspired by seeing their grandfather
struggle with Google, trying to make out text and distinguishing the ads
from the search results.
It is especially useful for people with poor vision. Go to http://good50.com/ and try it for yourself.
Art
Appreciation Groups: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery has launched
cutting edge 'high definition' images of its Pre-Raphaelite paintings
and drawings collection on its websites at http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art69857
and http://www.preraphaelites.org/about-this-site/
You will need
to register, and download Microsoft Silverlight.
(Thank you Ron Atkinson - Stockton U3A, UK)
From
Stella Porter, U3A - UK National Storytelling Network Co-ordinator and UK
delegate to the WorldU3A ConferenceRecently we have seen a revival of the ancient and magical art of storytelling; with the inauguration of the first National Storytelling Laureate Taffy Thomas MBE in January 2010. I had the honour of representing U3A UK at the conference, and I was thrilled to hear the many stories of the exiled Lord Rama who spent 12 years in the surrounding area of the Chitrakoot University. And it is not surprising that so many of the delegates at the conference have now been inspired to include storytelling into their U3A curriculum. My sincere thanks to Tom Holloway & his young Team who have agreed to work on a "U3A World Storytelling Website" - Watch this space
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Gems from GEMS - a regular newsletter from U3A Online. Dynamic Learning Online developed the entire U3A Online introductory computing lessons as part of the U3A Online contribution to the Broadband for Seniors project. These lessons are freely available to GEMs and Signpost readers at http://www.necseniors.net.au/. Scroll down and click the button called Online lessons. Spread the word.
Learning
a musical instrument is good for the brain. Here's a site with lots of free
resources for those keen to learn the piano/keyboard. They've been written
for mature age students and include notes, examples and exercises and also
advice on what to look for in a teacher. (The site is also a further example
of a simple free Google web site of the kind you could easily set up for
your club or personal use - Rick) http://sites.google.com/site/carolsmusicsite/theory| Do you know someone who would like to receive this newsletter in future? Ask them to email tom@worldu3a.org with a request and they will be put on the list. This webpage may be printed onto both sides of an A4 page and distributed to those with no Internet. |
