Learn How to Use Windows 10 with Lynda.com Lessons; Passport to Healthy Living Prize Drawings and Party Aug. 22 at Mediacom Ice Park
August 10, 2015 —
Millions of computer users have already adopted the new Windows 10 software. If you’re one of them, or hope to be soon, you can take a free lesson on the how-tos through the library.
Lynda.com, the online learning site, has two Windows 10 tutorials. Both are available through thelibrary.org/lynda with your library card, or during any tutorial session at the Edge Community Technology Center, in the lower level of the Midtown Carnegie Branch. (The Edge currently does not have any computers running Windows 10.)
- Windows 10 New Features is 41 minutes and covers the core new features and improvements in Microsoft's newest operating system, including Cortana and the Edge web browser.
- Windows 10 Essential Training, at nearly eight-hours, is a comprehensive tutorial that also covers installing and personalizing the operating system.
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Did you go on a treasure hunt this summer with the Passport to Healthy Living? Some people have already turned theirs in, but there’s still time to participate before the prize drawings and party Aug. 22. Pick up a passport at any of the sites listed below.
Next, register now for the party and bring your passport with you. The all-ages event is from 10 a.m.-noon on Aug. 22 at Mediacom Ice Park. Call toll-free 877-926-8300, or visit https://aarp.cvent.com/mopassport.
The first 100 people to arrive will get free skate rental that day. Each attendee with a passport will receive a ticket for prize drawings that day, including a digital tablet – a Real Pad – provided by AARP of Springfield.
All ages can participate in the Passport to Healthy Living. The clues on each page of the passport will lead you to a different, free activity or site in Springfield that promotes physical and mental health.
Get a passport at any of these locations: The Library Center, Midtown Carnegie Branch Library, Library Station, Brentwood Branch Library, Chesterfield Family Center, Dan Kinney Family Center, Doling Family Center, Mediacom Ice Park, Springfield-Greene County Botanical Center and WIC Clinic, 440 E. Tampa St.