Welcome
Local Computer Education
Providing quality, affordable education for students and seniors in the CBRM
About our instructor
Our Instructor
Mathew Larade was born and raised in Coxheath, Cape Breton, and moved back home from PEI after Hurricane Fiona destroyed parts of Charlottetown in 2022. Since then, Mathew has been active in the local community and volunteering at the Sydney Mines food bank while looking for work and building up his teaching portfolio. Mathew has been working and playing around computers most of his life, and has worked in teaching for most of his career. From productivity and organization, to gaming and leisure, to applied statistics and machine learning, Mathew has studied, taught, and applied a great deal of computer knowledge across his career, and would like to share some of it with you at one of his upcoming courses.
Courses We Offer
- Automation with Python or BASH
- Statistical analysis/reporting using Excel
- How to design PowerPoint presentations
- Digital Security best practices
- Automating backups cheaply and easily
- Setting up a home file-sever/video-game sever using old computers
- How to use a PC and Console controllers as the cornerstone of your home media/gaming center
- Intro to Machine Learning Algorithms
- How to prepare data for Machine Learning
Instructor Qualifications
Mat Larade is a CompTIA A+ Certified IT Technician with a decade's experience working in and around computers professionally. Mat has instructed courses and labs at a University level, and helped to spearhead development of the Machine Learning curriculum for Canada's Digital Research Alliance. He is a certified Software Carpentries instructor and has experience fixing websites, GPU pipeplines, and all manner of computer runtime_error, missing_dll or Kernel panic
Learn with Red Wolf Digital Education
Solo/Duo (1 or 2 Students) Tutoring: $30-35/hr
An instructor will come to a public location, such as a coffee shop or library, within the CBRM to teach you and another person about a topic agreed upon in advance. Topics can be sourced from the list of available courses here:
Small Group (3-8 Students) Tutoring: $60-100/Hour.
An instructor will come to a public location, such as a coffee shop or library, within the CBRM to teach you and another person about a topic agreed upon in advance.
Small Class Lesson (9-15 Students): $125 for 1.5/hr Class + 1/2 Office Hour
Instructor will teach one of the lessons prepared available at (link to lessons). Instructor will provide a location in Sydney Mines to fit your schedule, but will travel to business places or public spaces with appropriate facilities to teach lessons. Curriculum is negotiable and tailored to the specific needs of clients. Bring your own (fully charged) devices.
Note: 2hour, 30 Minutes is the time in class and does not account for setup or packup time.
Class Lesson (15-25 Students) $200-250/1.5hr Class + 1 Office Hour
Instructor will teach one of the lessons available at (link to lessons). Instructor will provide a location in Sydney Mines on Thursday Nights, but will travel to business places or public spaces with appropriate facilities to teach lessons. Curriculum is negotiable and tailored to the specific needs of clients. Bring your own (fully charged) devices.
Note: 2hour, 30 Minutes is the time in class and does not account for setup or packup time.
Information Technology Services
Computer Repair/Backup/Upgrade. $35/hr + Parts/Travel*
If a laptop or desktop has been running slow or performing poorly, a technician will photograph and retrieve items from client, return them to shop, assess and, if possible, repair item, then return it to the client.
* $30 for Pickup within CBRM
* $50 for Pickup in East Bay/Eskasoni
On-Site IT Repair $50/hr + Parts/*Travel
After a phone call to assess the situation, a technician will visit your location and attempt to restore/repair your computer equipment to a greater degree of functionality.
* Travel fee waived within "North Sydney", "Sydney Mines", and "Florence".
* $25/Hour travel time, round trip*.
Hardware integration. $35/hr + Parts/*Travel
After a phone call to assess the situation, a technician will visit your location and attempt to integrate your computer equipment to a greater degree of functionality.
* Travel fee waived within "North Sydney", "Sydney Mines", and "Florence".
* $25/Hour travel time, round trip*.
Website/Graphic Design Consultation $50/hr
After a phone call to assess the situation, we will attempt to design the appropriate media for your business or personal needs using a combination of Aseprite for pixel art, and PowerPoint for graphic design.