{"id":14953,"date":"2013-03-12T08:23:46","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T18:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=14953"},"modified":"2020-11-24T16:55:47","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T02:55:47","slug":"geek-day-features-free-technology-workshops-and-demos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2013\/03\/12\/geek-day-features-free-technology-workshops-and-demos\/","title":{"rendered":"Geek Day features free technology workshops and demos"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_14982\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14982\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/geek-day.jpg\" alt=\"People in classroom of computers\" width=\"400\" height=\"227\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/geek-day.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/geek-day-260x147.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leeward Community College is offering a day of hands-on technology workshops open to the community. (Photo courtesy Leeward Community College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Free workshops on technology and today&#8217;s digital lifestyle will be offered at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/geekday\">Geek Day<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/\">Leeward Community College<\/a> on Saturday, March 16, 9:30 a.m.&#8211;3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Geek Day features free hands-on workshops and demonstrations on a variety of digital, mobile and technology topics, from social media and cloud computing to digital photography and video.<\/p>\n<p>The sessions are designed for the general public, with several sessions geared specifically to educators, small businesses and non-profits.<\/p>\n<p>The Digital Cafe will offer a variety of drop-in activities that include the opportunity to discover and learn more about new apps for mobile devices, see demos of Windows 8 and GoDaddy.com, join discussions on social media or simply ask college staff a tech question.<\/p>\n<p>All activities are free and open to the public. Workshops include both Mac and Windows platforms. Lunch will be available from several food vendors on site.<\/p>\n<p>Geek Day at Leeward is coordinated by the college&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/dmed\">Digital Media<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/ics\">Computer Science<\/a> faculty with support from <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>&#8217;s Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.<\/p>\n<p>Fore more information, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/geekday\">Geek Day website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The public is invited to learn more about a variety of digital, mobile and technology topics at the annual Geek Day event at Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> on March 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[65,71],"class_list":["post-14953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14953"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131298,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14953\/revisions\/131298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}