UAMS Sets SeniorNet April Workshops, Computer Classes for People 50 and Up

By Spencer Watson

| LITTLE ROCK — Three workshops — Using your iPhone, iPad for Beginners and Using iPhoto on Your Mac Computer — and two computer classes — Fundamentals for Beginners – Windows 7 and Introduction to Computers – Windows 7 — will be taught in April for people ages 50 and older at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging.

The workshops are:

  • Using Your iPhone, April 6, 8 and 10, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
  • iPad for Beginners, April 13, 15 and 17, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
  • Using iPhoto on Your Mac Computer, April 20 and 22, 1:30-3 p.m.

Cost for Using Your iPhone is $20 plus $10 for the manual. Cost for iPad for Beginners is $20 plus $15 for the manual. Cost for Using iPhoto on Your Mac Computer is $25 and does not require a manual.

Computer classes begin April 2. They are:

  • Fundamentals for Beginners – Windows 7, Mondays and Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-noon
  • Introduction to Computers – Windows 7, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1-3 p.m.

The cost for the month-long classes is $45, and student manuals are $15. The program is administered by SeniorNet, a nonprofit volunteer group. The workshop and classes are in Room 2156 at the UAMS Institute on Aging, 629 Jack Stephens Drive, Little Rock. 

For more information and to register for the workshop or classes, call (501) 603-1262, or email Joan McKinstry at seniornetjoan2@gmail.com.