Volunteer at a adult learning center twice a week. There are eight others who assist older adults with computer learning at no cost to them.
Once a month one of the mentors gives a presentation on common computer use. Seems email and computer security are most often requested subjects, so those are given often. At the open sessions the mentors stress the importance of using a virus program and a firewall. Have attempted to offer a presentation on Ubuntu but none of the other mentors were interested. The learning center is funded in part by the local school district and the center uses the school server for connection to the internet. If the person brings in a laptop we attempt to make the computer more user friendly for them with icons as some have suggested for email and internet.
It's been a long time since I built a Heathkit, do they still make them? My two favorites were my sixty watt guitar amplifier and my ham radio reciever; this was in the last '60s when I was a teenager.
But you're not really going to learn about electronics by building stuff from kits. Read books; when you have the theory then you can get the kits and will understand what's going on with them.
The library is your friend. It's often better than Google and Wikipedia combined.
Heathkit does not sell electronic kits any longer. You might find them on Ebay or eHam even not assembled for much more than the original cost of the kits. There are many web sites devoted to Heathkit electronics.
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Volunteer at a adult learning center twice a week. There are eight others who assist older adults with computer learning at no cost to them. Once a month one of the mentors gives a presentation on common computer use. Seems email and computer security are most often requested subjects, so those are given often. At the open sessions the mentors stress the importance of using a virus program and a firewall. Have attempted to offer a presentation on Ubuntu but none of the other mentors were interested. The learning center is funded in part by the local school district and the center uses the school server for connection to the internet. If the person brings in a laptop we attempt to make the computer more user friendly for them with icons as some have suggested for email and internet.
It's been a long time since I built a Heathkit, do they still make them? My two favorites were my sixty watt guitar amplifier and my ham radio reciever; this was in the last '60s when I was a teenager.
But you're not really going to learn about electronics by building stuff from kits. Read books; when you have the theory then you can get the kits and will understand what's going on with them.
The library is your friend. It's often better than Google and Wikipedia combined.
Heathkit does not sell electronic kits any longer. You might find them on Ebay or eHam even not assembled for much more than the original cost of the kits. There are many web sites devoted to Heathkit electronics.