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HISTORY

IBM, Microsoft, C.C.Young Retirement Community and The Travelers sponsor SeniorNet of Dallas. It is a nonprofit corporation, staffed by volunteers, mostly seniors who have spent many years in the computer industry.

SeniorNet of Dallas Inc. is a local organization affiliated with the international nonprofit organization “SeniorNet” for computer-using seniors 50 and over. These seniors have a desire to increase their personal knowledge, enhance their talents and share their wisdom with others. Since mid 1980, over 220 SeniorNet Learning Centers have been started around the world.

SeniorNet of Dallas was organized in 1994. The original sponsors of the new learning center were IBM, Traveler’s Insurance, and Southern Methodist University (SMU). The first training classes were conducted on the campus of SMU in the fall of 1994. Since that time over 2,000 senior citizens have taken classes offered by this all volunteer organization. In 1999, the organization moved its training facility to the campus of the C.C.Young Retirement Community, 4829 West Lawther Drive, Dallas, TX 75214. Classes are offered in the following subjects:
 
 
  • Basic Computer Operations
  • Word-processing
  • Spreadsheets
  • Internet
  • Quicken
  • Graphics
  • Genealogy
  • Tax Preparation, etc.
The classroom is equipped with eight computers seven for students and one for the instructor. A projector system allows the students to view actual procedures as they are performed on the instructor system. SeniorNet reserves the right to cancel courses, adjust curriculum or schedules and substitute instructors. SeniorNet does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, sex or disability.