Term 4 on DORA

During Term 4, DORA has hosted Computers in Homes classes for Tangata Atumotu Trust at the
Seven Day Adventist Church in Brougham Street, and Kaumatua Digital Literacy classes at Tuahiwi Marae. 

Nethui South

 Hon. Amy Adams MP visits DORA at Nethui. From left front: Amy Adams, Janine Lonergan (CiH Coordinator, Dunedin), Bec South (CiH Trainer, Dunedin), Sarah Lee (Internet NZ), Sue Davidson (CiH Coordinator, Canterbury)

Matt Wilson from WifiGuys explains how he connects rural folk.

 http://www.wifiguys.co.nz/

Tangata Atumotu Trust

On Mondays, DORA has been parked alongside the river, adjacent to the South Christchurch Library for Computers in Homes classes with Tangata Atumotu Trust. It is a wonderful venue, with the gurgling river running beside us. Wonderful to be able to park her anywhere for a class :)

Filming with EEO Trust

Today DORA spent a bit of time tripping around Christchurch while filming for the ANZ and EEO Trust Awards. We finished up with a Computers in Homes class at Wharenui School, with principal Gretchen Smith and trainer Joe Davidson.  We were lucky enough to have a chance meeting with MP Amy Adams, who has always supported the Computers in Homes and Stepping Up programmmes.

Shirley Intermediate School helps keep DORA clean

Principal of Shirley Intermediate School, Mr Geoff Siave, has offered to help keep DORA clean - with the help of his students. This will be a regular fundraiser to assist with school camp costs. Today Mr Siave demonstrated the best methods of cleaning a bus to his eager students.

Kaumatua Digital Literacy at Tuahiwi Marae

DORA is currently in use at the beautiful country Tuahiwi Marae, just north of Kaiapoi, where we are running a Kaumatua digital literacy programme  once a week.

Archived blog

Follow this link to see DORA's achived blog.

https://quakestudies.canterbury.ac.nz/store/object/17051

CEISMIC

As DORA is a quake initiative, the University of Canterbury is taking this blog and archiving it for prosperity.
"When we first decided to build an archive of earthquake-related digital content we knew we wanted to store images, stories, and media, and we wanted to avoid the fragmentation that often results when a variety of organizations build repositories that can't share with each other. A bright spark came up with the CEISMIC acronym (Canterbury Earthquake Images, Stories and Media Integrated Collection) and interest snow-balled...."
DORA's blog is not live yet.
To see more, visit this website:
http://www.ceismic.org.nz/the-uc-ceismic-programme

Quake damaged Catholic Cathedral

DORA was created as a result of the devastating earthquakes that crippled Christchurch. Three years on, and her mobile services are still in high demand as the city attempts to rebuild. These photo are of the Catholic Cathedral in Barbadoes Street.

Classes begin in earnest

Using our newly acquired Windows 8 laptops, kindly sponsored by Dick Smith, has been a challenge to many of us - tutors and students alike!

DORA at the Pier

DORA was successful in providing wifi via her massive mast to the registration team at the start of the Sandcastle Competition on Saturday. This meant that registrations could be entered directly onto a Google Doc. Using the online environment also helped speed up the process when it game to gathering results and calculating winners. Ideally, judges should have digital devices on the beach with them as they are judging. This would totally eliminate the need for all that paper!!!  Maybe next year......  It was wonderful to be able to test DORA's capabilities in this way, and to support the Pegasus Bay Trust.

Joined by Library van....

Great to have the CCC library van at Opawa on Wednesdays as well.

Opawa Baptist Church

This term Opawa Baptist Church are kindly hosting DORA on Wednesdays. Morning classes are for Computers in Homes and afternoon classes for Stepping Up. We will be working alongside the veggie co-op at the church, and the CCC library van. Great community spirit.

NZ Sandcastle Competition

DORA will be supporting the Pegasus Bay Charitable Trust at the 3rd NZ Sandcastle Competition in New Brighton on Saturday 8 February. DORA will support the judges and registration desk with online facilities.

http://www.newzealandsandcastlecompetition.co.nz/