YMCA hosts internet safety workshops Feb. 11 – News – Austin American-Statesman

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YMCA hosts web

security workshops Feb. 11

The YMCA of Austin will host 17 Google “Be Web Superior” workshops throughout Austin on Feb. 11, Safer Web Day, to show mother and father find out how to instill wholesome and accountable web habits of their kids.

The workshops will function discussion-based, parent-to-parent conversations about find out how to assist kids be protected, good and optimistic on-line. Households will study to show their kids find out how to talk responsibly, perceive actual from pretend within the face of phishing and scams, construct sturdy passwords, be optimistic and type on-line and find out how to focus on questionable content material as a household.

Mother and father will obtain free bilingual assets, solutions to questions on on-line security and digital citizenship, and instruments and knowledge to assist facilitate discussions at house.

All occasions are free. For info on occasions: austinymca.org/be-internet-awesome.

AUSTIN

Reverse Pitch occasion

occurs Feb. 10

Austin’s fifth annual Reverse Pitch competitors will award two innovation prizes totaling $20,000 to entrepreneurs with profitable enterprise fashions. Contestants will compete to create a services or products utilizing discarded supplies from Austin companies.

5 companies and nonprofits will take the stage to pitch their surplus supplies to an viewers of entrepreneurs on the opening pitch occasion from 6 to eight p.m. Feb. 10 on the College of Texas’ Rowling Corridor, 300 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. All are invited to attend the occasion, however these all for competing are required to attend. Rivals will then have a number of weeks from the opening pitch occasion till the closing occasion April 27 to create a enterprise mannequin utilizing the chosen surplus materials.

To RSVP: ReversePitch.org/occasions.

VETERANS’ BIRTHDAYS

World Battle II Veteran Robert T. McDaniel of Austin turned 97 on Friday.

World Battle II veteran Bobby Bridges of Temple turned 92 on Sunday.

We print birthdays for World Wr II veterans from Central Texas on Sundays. E mail the identify, delivery date and present hometown to communitynews@statesman.com.

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