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Maggi Collins, local computer teacher, provides the spark for participants in all the programs. She smiles and laughs with them in their triumphs, quietly withdraws as they master new software, and, when an air of uncertainty mounts, she may softly suggest looking for the right key to push “somewhere over there.” She gives new meaning to the words “child friendly.”
Anne Palmer Johnson, her partner, teaches occasionally and is the administrative arm of the pair. Both bring MIT-based computer fun to an eleven-county area in Virginia.
“The beauty of the program is its flood of software,” says Maggi. “Parents who buy computers and software for their kids get discouraged. The $100 software package brought by Santa is outgrown in two months.” As the inventory now stands, “we have 36 packages, with more to be added,” says Maggi. “Each half-hour class meeting uses three or more programs, and we introduce a new package almost every week. Once a month the class can choose a package to re-visit.
Anne recently developed Parent Garden classes with a teacher in Winchester. There the need was to move away from boring, repetitive software used in schools, programs that challenged children for a short time but quickly became old hat.
All classes are open for registration, and children, or parents and children, may be enrolled by calling Maggi Collins (547-2310) or Anne Palmer Johnson (547-9727). Cost of a month of weekly classes will be $24.
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