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/