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Timeline
1977: Radio Shack and Apple introduce the first mass-marketed personal computers.
1978: LLU Computer Center director Bill Stewart buys his first computer: a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I and learns BASIC programming (which was about all you could do with a computer back then).
1979: Ted and Kathy Weisgal found LLU out of their apartment.
1979: Bill Stewart begins teaching BASIC Programming at the University of St. Thomas' Courses a la Carte program (an LLU competitor at the time).
1981: IBM introduces the MS-DOS based IBM-PC, spawning thousands of copycat computer companies (the first was Compaq in 1983)..
1982: Time magazine names the computer its "Man of the Year."
1984: Apple Introduces the Macintosh, the first graphically based personal computer.
1985: Bill establishes the Computer Certificate Program at UST, a series of computer and business courses leading to various certifications (this model was later used for the LLU Computer Center).
1986: Bill begins teaching BASIC programming at LLU.
1987: LLU and Bill Stewart put together a series of computer related classes taught at other facilities.
1990: LLU co-director Kathy Weisgal and Bill Stewart start the LLU Computer Center at 2990 Richmond, where it has been ever since. At that time the most popular classes were MS-DOS, Word Perfect and Lotus 1-2-3.
1990: Tim Berners-Lee develops the codes (HTTP, URL and HTML) that form the basis of World Wide Web on the Internet.
1991: The National Science Foundation lifts the restriction for commercial use of the Internet.
1993: Windows becomes a standard at the LLU Computer Center.
1993: Intel introduces the Pentium microprocessor.
1995: Online auction company eBay is founded.
1995: The LLU Computer Center begins teaching Internet related classes (and stops teaching the DOS version of Lotus 1-2-3).
1998: The LLU Computer Center takes in more than 5,400 registrations.
2000: Y2K turns out to be a non-event.
And the story continues, with computers and software reaching levels of speed, power and sophistication that were unimaginable only a few years before—a trend which continues.
Yet as powerful as they are, computers have not changed it what they are and how they work, which is why it is more important than it has ever been to learn the basics as established by Computer Literacy USA and taught in the Computer Orientation classes at LLU.
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History of the LLU Computer Center
Leisure Learning Unlimited was founding in 1979 by Ted and Kathy Weisgal. They have seen LLU grow to one of the biggest and most successful programs of its kind, with well over 20,000 registrations per year. Many people are surprised to learn that LLU is not part of a larger organization but a home-grown, Houston-based "Mom and Pop" operation. Bill Stewart begin teaching at LLU in 1986. He and Kathy founded the LLU Computer Center in 1990 based on the model Bill developed for the Computer Certificate Program at the University of St. Thomas in 1985.
Quality is Part of the Formula
LLU is a broker for anyone who wishes to teach. All instructors are independent contractors and own their own classes. LLU carefully selects classes that they think will have appeal. Classes that are not well received by students do not make the cut. As a result, most classes in the LLU schedule are long-time, proven winners—unlike most teaching organizations and institutions, where teachers are employees, only the strong survive at LLU. This "natural quality selection process" has been going on at LLU for more than twenty years, so there are hundreds of excellent classes on all imaginable subjects. Ted is always on the the lookout for classes he thinks will of interest. (If you are interested in teaching, call Patty at 713-529-4414).
