The Millbrook Community Center has a tech help class. Read about Walter: technology then, now and next. Find the answers, then tell your own technology story.
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read one paragraph at a time and ask "then, now, or next?" before anyone answers. Then do it for real: open the case status page together and check a case. ★★★ has no key: any true story in three times is right.
Four new words. Tap each one and listen. Your language is under every word.
This is the community center newsletter. Read about Walter. Tap a part to hear it again.
Fifty years ago, people typed letters on a typewriter. They mailed the letters and waited for weeks. In 1980, Walter worked at a post office.
These days, Walter emails the family every week. He texts friends and prints photos here at the center. The tech help class is on Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
Next month, Walter will check a green card case online. He will type the receipt number and click Check Status. Someday, phones will listen and answer. Walter will ask questions, and the phone will answer!
Citizen life: check any USCIS case online: a green card, a work permit, or citizenship.
Write the missing word. Then type it in the chat.
Read again. Then, now or next? Find the answer in the story.
Now YOU: your technology in three times.
Ten years ago, I ___. These days, I ___. Someday, I will ___.
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Your technology, then, now and next. Three sentences in the chat.