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IN OR NEAR QUINCY


COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMS
Boston Center for Adult Education

Brookline Adult & Community Education

Cambridge Center for Adult Education

Environmental Treasures of Quincy
A free monthly "nature walk" program through a site of environmental significance in Quincy, sponsored by the Quincy Park Dept. For more information, call 617-472-0799.

Hingham Area Branch of AAUW
This organization sponsors educational programs that are free and open to the public, and interest groups for members including book discussions, a writer's group, games night, and adventures in dining.

Quincy Access Television
Learn how to produce your own television program, including crewing and directing programs, using a camcorder and editing.

Thomas Crane Public Library
Check our calendar of events for lectures and programs on a variety of topics, including history, literature, health, and more.

UNIVERSITY BASED PROGRAMS
Boston University Evergreen Program
Courses and seminars for adults aged 58+.

Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement
A membership organization that offers courses in a wide variety of subjects, not restricted to Harvard alumni or affiliates.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Courses and programs for adults aged 50+, located at UMass Boston.

Quincy College

University of Massachusetts at Boston
Division of Corporate, Continuing, and Distance Education

OTHER
Lowell Lecture Series
The Lowell Lecture Series is sponsored by the Lowell Institute, established in 1836 with the specific mission of making great ideas accessible to all people, free of charge. During the series’ long history, speakers have included Charles Dickens, William James, Margaret Mead, William Makepeace Thackeray and, more recently, Salman Rushdie, Howard Zinn, Gore Vidal, and Dennis Lehane. Lectures are held at the Boston Public Library and are free to the public.

National Park Service
At a variety of Massachusetts National Historical Sites and Parks, learn about the social, economic, environmental, maritime, and literary history of the northeast.

Quincy Historical Society
Throughout the year, QHS presents guest historians, authors, musicians, artists, and actors in discussions of history and historically-informed performances. Topics range from fascinating insights into Quincy and area history through the whole span of American history.

TECHNOLOGY
Learning Links Technology Center
Quincy Community Action Program's community technology access center offers free on-site technical help, tutoring, and computer classes for low-income people who do not have access to a computer and/or the Internet.

1000 Southern Artery Senior Citizens Center
Computer classes for adults aged 62 and older. Open to non-residents for a small fee. For more information, call 617-471-1000.

Thomas Crane Public Library Computer Tutorials and Classes
Never used a mouse? Need some basic instruction on using the Internet? Library staff members are available by appointment for one-on-one training sessions in the Main Library computer lab. Get help with anything from creating an address and using email to surfing the Web for information, including how to fill out online forms and search for subjects that interests you. Please call 617-376-1316 to schedule a convenient time. You will receive a password that allows you to come back into the lab any time we are open, to practice and get further help. In addition to basic tutorials, free hands-on group classes are offered monthly on topics such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Publisher, and digital photo editing with Picasa. Check our calendar of events for details.

ONLINE

Big Think
Hundreds of hours of "direct, unfiltered interviews with today's leading thinkers, movers and shakers. You can search them by question or by topic, and, best of all, respond in kind."

Distance Education and Training Council
A large clearinghouse for distance learning searchable by subjects taught.

Edge Foundation
Long-form in-depth interviews with scientists, academics, entrepreneurs and cultural figures.

Exploritas
Exploritas (formerly known as Elderhostel) is dedicated to providing extraordinary learning adventures for people 55 and over. Site is searchable by interest, location, etc.

FORA.tv
An interactive viewing experience of "the smartest, most entertaining video content in the world—-the world of ideas and knowledge—-all drawn from the live-event speeches, discussions, interviews and debates going on everywhere all the time at the world’s leading conferences, ideas festivals, think tanks and other major centers of thought and discourse".

MIT Open Courseware
Free online courses from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Senior Summer School
Senior travel programs that offer active and adventurous seniors, boomers, and retirees an affordable opportunity to enhance their summer through leisure, education, and discovery, at campus locations across the United States.

TED: Ideas Worth Spreading
An online repository of thought-provoking 18-minute video presentations by "the world's most fasinating thinkers and doers".

TECHNOLOGY
SeniorNet
Technology news plus computer Q&A message board.



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