Riverland Generations will sponsor the presentation "New Technologies 101" on Thursday, February 19, 2009 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. The program will discuss topics including .mp3 and video players, GPS systems, finding and using free software, how to get news and weather updates on your computer, getting images from the digital camera to the computer and printer, using e-mail and a Web camera to keep in touch with others. The presenter is Shawn Martin from the Riverland Office of Instructional Technology.
The presentation will be at the Riverland Austin Campus West Building, room A237. Admission is $5. The deadline for advanced registration is Tuesday, February 17. Walk-ins will be accepted based on space availability. To register, or for more information about Generations programming, contact Peggy Young at 507-433-0602 or peggy.young@riverland.edu Presenter Shawn Martin, has been the Office of Instructional Technology Coordinator at Riverland Community College since January of 2008. He enjoys helping employees and students use technology to improve the learning experience. Martin has a bachelor of communications degree from Washington State University and has previously worked in public television, residential construction and the food industry.
Programming is in collaboration with KSMQ public television. KSMQ will televise "The Transformation Age: How to Survive a Technology Revolution" on Monday, February 9 at 9 p.m. and Friday, February 20 at 12 p.m. Information technology has spurred extraordinary innovations and breakthroughs over the past half-century. It continues today as businesses migrate from the physical to the virtual, transforming the American workplace and commerce in the process.
"The Transformation Age: How to Survive a Technology Revolution" introduces the people poised to take advantage of new information-based technologies in the next five to 10 years. Host Robert X. Cringley - writer, commentator and host of public television's Triumph of the Nerds, Electric Money and Nerd TV - steps inside this revolution to observe the risk-calculation and bets industry leaders make on the future and how past innovations can influence the critical thinking of tomorrow.
Riverland Generations is a personal education experience designed for the mature learner to inspire learning for living. Generations programming is tailored to the interests of participants ages 55 and over.
Riverland Community College, a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system, is a regional comprehensive community college inspiring learning for living through a personalized educational environment. Approximately 4,000 students are served, annually, through a wide range of credit-based educational opportunities. An additional 5,600 students are annually served in non-credit courses. Facilities are located in Albert Lea, Austin, and Owatonna, Minn. Riverland may also be found on the Internet at www.riverland.edu.
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system comprises 32 state universities and community and technical colleges serving the higher education needs of Minnesota. The system serves about 240,000 students per year in credit-based courses and an additional 130,000 students in non-credit courses.
