Welcome Back, Kotter

Hey guys ..um how ya been?.. long time eh ?. So guess what we got some good stuff coming up soon here for you all.
Namely the Language Coffee House, and let me tell ya its shaping up to be a pretty good time.

The coffeehouse is used to showcase Canadian cultural diversity and its advantage and benefits, also to position the library as a welcoming and inclusive place in our community.

A couple more good reasons to come on down.

1. English isn't the most commonly spoken language in the world: Mandarin and Spanish are the most commonly spoken languages in the world.
2. Compete for jobs abroad: Even international companies like the UN and NATO use other languages besides English as an official language.
3. Show respect to international colleagues: It's respectful to speak to a visitor or client in their native tongue.
4. Gain independence: You'll feel more confident and self-sufficient if you can speak more than one language.
5. Communicate with family members: Speak with foreign in-laws or new friends in their native tongue to bring you closer to them.
6. Improve memory: Learning a language helps improve memory.
7. Make new friends: When you travel, you can actually become lifelong friends with the people you meet if you're able to communicate easily.
8. Understand your own culture: You'll draw connections and comparisons between your culture and your new country of study, giving you the opportunity to understand where you come from and how it's affected your personality.
9. Learn more about food: Read recipes from Italy in Italian using real Italian ingredients, as a way to continue learning about a new culture.
10. Improve your English: Learning the complexities of grammar will challenge you to consider English grammar for the first time since middle school.
11. They're not all that hard: Not all languages are extremely difficult to learn, and you might be surprised at how easily you can learn one.
12. It gets easier and easier: Once you've picked up Italian, it'll be easy for you to learn Portuguese and Spanish, too, and then even French.

So whatta ya say? There will be crafts, language lessons, coffee (BYOM), music, and all kinda sorts of good times. Just remember its on Febuary 26 and all you need to bring is an open mind and your own mug for coffee.


Hope to see you here keeping it classy
Johnny

Hereeeeeeeeees Johnny !

Well at least till the end of March. that's right Johnny got a work extension and that's good news for everybody because now I have more time to help you guys with all your basic computer, Internet, fax, copy, Kobo E-reader and other electronics needs. So hey come on done and lets try help you out, also the one on one lessons and help is still FREE for everyone.

Need a little help? Wanna sign up for one on one lessons?..just give us a call at (780) 361 4446 or just drop by and ask for John.


Keep it classy Wetaskiwin.

The Social Networking Cyber Camp

Free lessons on learning how to start up or even just better use the sites you love. Keep in touch with family and friends next door or on the other side of the world. Help with using the internet to answer all of your questions about social networking or email. Also tips to help keep you and your loved ones safe online.

The camp will be held on March 5th from 2:00pm to 3:30pm. For more information please contact John(that's a me) at the library at (780) 361 4446 or check out our websites for updates.

http://www.wetaskiwinpubliclibrary.ab.ca/    http://cap2010accountability.blogspot.com/ (aka this site)

Johnny keeping it classy..how about you Wetaskiwin ?

Ain't No Party Like My Nana's Tea Party

Or coffee party...Hey speaking of coffee and tea parties the library is hosting a Language Coffee House on February 26. You should totally come.
Everyone speaks English, right? Well, certainly not everyone speaks English. According to the CIA World Fact Book, only 5.6 % of the world's total population speaks English as a primary language. That number doubles when people who speak English as a second or third language are counted. By conservative estimates, that means that well over four-fifths of the world's population does not speak English.

"A different language is a different vision of life." - Federico Fellini

"No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive." - Mohandas K. Gandhi

The Fast..and the Fiction

Pretty simple. Rent em' Read em' and Bring em' back.

Music Cyber Camp January 15

         The Cyber Camp was a success. Well the weather was terrible and I’m sure a few people were stuck at home with all the snow. Never the less I had seven people show up. Three kids, two boys and one girl aged 10-14. Four adults, two men and two women aged 40-60. I used a laptop, the projector and my guitar with some notes and links I had prepared to show everyone how to use the internet to find all the information they needed to teach themselves how to play any instrument. First showing TAB sites that use tablature, a simple form of reading music (numbers instead of notes) to transcribe and explain how to play any song their hearts desire and also include basic to advanced lessons within. Secondly I showed the class video sites such as Youtube.com that with the right search let the viewer find and see instructional videos and lessons on any instrument for almost any song and style of play out there. For questions asked I answered the best I could (finger placement, tuning, string names, and more) and used the internet step by step with everyone to find the other answers, which helped my cause to teach using the internet as the tool that it is to help find any information the person is seeking, be it music or anything else on their mind. All and all I believe it was a success in helping the students get some information, learn how to search for the information themselves and also get excited about learning and enjoying more music.

Johnny B keeping it classy.

Big ups !

Hey everybody just wanted to give some big thanks to all the people who came out for the CyberCamp last Saturday. I hope that I was able to help you guys out and get stoked on playing music. At very least use a computer better to find whatever your hearts desire, or other words that rhyme with fire.

Well things are going pretty good here at the library, we have a Language Coffee House coming up and I am starting some prep work on another CyberCamp that will be based around social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Myspace and others.

The weather seems to be getting a little bit better these days so sally forth and get all you need done, then you could maybe, mighta, sorta wanna come on down to the library and pick up a book or sign up for some of the good times about to be had right here at your friendly neighborhood library.

And hey Wetaskiwin, ya you. Keep it classy.
Johnny B