Spring into learning during Adult Learners’ Week - 4 to 10 September 2006
It’s Adult Learners’ Week from Monday 4 to Sunday 10 September, celebrating the efforts, achievements and contributions of adult learners, educators and training providers.
Christchurch City Libraries has a range of free activities running during the week at our three learning centres across the city, giving you the chance to see our cutting-edge facilities and find out more about what the centres have to offer.
Also see our Learning section for more information on our learning services.
Adult Learners’ Week activities at Christchurch City Libraries:
- Tuesday 5 September
- South and Upper Riccarton Learning Centres
Your Family History: at 6pm -7.30 pm
Does your family know its history? How far back can your family be traced and from where? Every family has got a story from the past just waiting to be uncovered and shared. Come andlearn where to find more information and start your own family tree. Bookings essential 941 7923. No charge. - Tuesday 5 September
- Waitikiri Learning Centre
Pet Prowl: at 6pm -7.30 pm
A night for animal lovers. Bring down your family and pet/s, pose for a fun family portrait together and receive a printed colour copy. Enjoy other families’ pets and learn from a veterinarian guest speaker about animal health and care. Check out recommended animal websites. All animals must be kept under control. Bookings essential 941 7923. No charge. - Wednesday 6 September
- South, Upper Riccarton and Waitikiri Learning Centres
Study Support: Wednesdays during term 3.30pm 5pm at each Learning Centre
A drop in session to support learning each week during term. A teacher is available to assist learners of all ages with using technology for research and for presentation of their work. Bookings not required. No charge except for printing costs. - Wednesday 6 September
- South Learning Centre
Digi+ Club: at 7pm - 9 pm
This course has commenced but you are welcome to come and have a look and consider enrolling on the next series. Learn how to capture photographs, original work, memorabilia and sound/voice recordings into a digital portfolio that will document experiences over time. Digi+ Club starts with a one day workshop in a weekend and then meets weekly, over eight sessions, to create and build an individual digital portfolio. - Wednesday 6 September
- Upper Riccarton Learning Centre
Visual communication using Digital Technologies: at 7pm 9pm
Focus your creative skills and produce an impressive multimedia portfolio. Create+ multimedia design will extend existing technical knowledge and your ability to use technology creatively. This course is module based and has already begun but you are welcome to see what the group are doing in this session on image manipulation using Paintshop Pro. The following five weeks programme is Digital Video and Movie Making. - Wednesday 6 September
- Waitikiri Learning Centre
Augmented Reality: at 6pm - 7pm
What is it? Visit this Hit Lab Presentation and find out how this new technology is used in education. Come and be amazed and informed. Phone 941 7923 for bookings. - Thursday 7 September
- Upper Riccarton Learning Centre
Augmented Reality: at 6.30pm - 7.30 pm
What is it? Visit this Hit Lab Presentation and find out how this new technology is used in education. Come and be amazed and informed. Phone 941 7923 for bookings - Thursday 7 September
- South Learning Centre
Computing skills with Modcom: at 6pm to 8pm
ModCom is suitable for absolute beginners and for those wanting to expand their existing computing skills. There are limited places left on the Thursday evening programe until the end of term four. You are welcome to come and see the facilities and to see some of the other students at work. To enrol collect an application form from South Learning Centre or South Christchurch Library. - Friday 8 September
- South Learning Centre
Augmented Reality: at 3.30 - 4.30 pm
What is it? Visit this Hit Lab Presentation and find out how this new technology is used in education. Come and be amazed and informed. Phone 941 7923 for bookings - Saturday 9 September
- Upper Riccarton Community & School Library are hosting an expo in the Community Room on Saturday 9 September from 11am - 3 pm.
Demonstrations of CINCH and localeye along with stands from various adult educators in Christchurch
Trouble with Words
You may have seen one of our libraries, Hornby, featured in TV One’s Exposé documentary Trouble with Words on Monday 28 August. The programme focused on the struggle of the one in five adult New Zealanders who can’t read and write well enough to cope even with basic forms and bus timetables. In the programme, Jude Howie, one of the two adults featured, encourages her daughter Renee to use the library, helped by one of our librarians.
Jude left school at 16, unable to write her own name confidently. As a single mother in her twenties and unable to even get a factory job, she eventually took up a friend’s suggestion of escort work as a way to make ends meet. Finally, Jude realised she had to make a choice. She gave up escorting and started to develop her reading and writing skills. With the help and support of her literacy tutor, Jude successfully applied for a job with NZ Care and now works weekends in a group home for people with intellectual disabilities. She also chairs a volunteer organisation for solo mothers, is a netball coach and is working to further improve her literacy to support the learning of her two youngest children.
