February is here and we hope everyone is going to take advantage of some of the wonderful events all over town during this week of “Spring Frenzy” February 6th -12th”. If you aren’t sure what’s happening, just stop in at the Aquatic Center and they’ll gladly fill you in – it’s only $4 a Class or $30 for the week to learn about fishing, kayaking, how to BBQ, golfing, and lots of technology & other classes all over the city, including here at MCC…
The end of the week, Saturday & Sunday, February 11th & 12th is our annual Winterfest on McCulloch Blvd (Main St) between Acoma & Smoketree – enough vendors, food & music to satisfy everyone’s taste, so “come on down” and remember to stop by and visit the Mohave Community College Booth..
You asked for it and you’ve got it - I’ve added several new computer and technology related classes that you asked for, even expanded a few to 12 hours instead of 8 hrs.. And if computers aren’t your thing, then MCC has many other wonderful credit and non-credit classes in a wide variety of subjects, including fitness, yoga, dance, ceramics, history, jewelry making, maintaining your motorcycle & much more...
Visit our website: http://www.mohave.edu/ ; or visit our campus at 1971 Acoma Blvd in Lake Havasu or call for more information.. Don’t forget to stop by and visit our Library at MCC and ask their staff to give you a tour and explain all the wonderful services available to you for free, including library books, using our computers to check your email or surf the web or accessing countless databases and much more..
I am teaching the following computer/technology classes in February and we will have these and many more classes thru April.. We look forward to working with you. So sign up today and bring a friend along - Call Registration 928-855-7812 or 453-1139 and we’ll save you a seat...
You can use one of our class computers or bring your own laptop. We do require a minimum of six (6) participants in every classes, otherwise we will sadly have to postpone that class until the next scheduled class, but typically this time of the year – classes fill up quickly….
As always, if you have any questions or aren’t sure which class might be best for you – just email me… cherie_houston@hotmail.com
PICASA PHOTO EDITING LSC081-121: Feb 10, 11 & 17 – Fri, Sat & Fri mornings, 8:30am-12:20pm, Three-4 hour classes learning to edit & print Digital Photos using Picasa (free Google software) learn to upload photos from your camera and/or scanner to the PC, learn lots of editing features including cropping, name tagging and what GeoTagging is, how to create collages & quick movies and of course printing tips.. Bring photos to class (on camera or flash drive)
COMPUTERS FOR THE FUN OF IT LSC062- 122 : Feb 13 & 14, Monday & Tuesday mornings, ~ 8:30am-12:20pm, Two 4 Hour classes reviewing computer hardware, software (operating systems, application software, browsers and drivers), printing tips, keyboard shortcut tips, customizing desktop-changing backgrounds, create shortcuts, using quick launch bar, Start Menu, Task Bar, control panel & much more…
DIGITAL CAMERA BASICS LSC100A-122: Feb 15 & 16, Wednesday & Thursday afternoons, 1pm-4:50pm, Two 4 hour classes-Intro to digital cameras; pixels, camera lingo, basic how to’s, move photo’s to your PC with memory card & memory card reader, organize photos on your PC using Windows Explorer; save photos to portable drives Bring your digital camera to class
HOW TO BUY & SELL ONLINE LSC101-122 Feb 13 & 14, Wednesday & Thursday mornings, ~ 8:30am-12:20pm, Two 4 Hour classes reviewing tips for making travel arrangements-flights-hotels-rental cars-how to register, when to and not use your credit card; selling & buying online using eBay, Amazon, CraigsList and others – shortcuts & security tips…
WINDOWS 7 OPERATING SYSTEM WORKSHOP LSC100-127 Feb 15, Wednesday afternoon, 1pm-4:50pm, One 4 Hour workshop reviewing many of the features and improvements available with Windows 7 – including using the Libraries to manage files & folders, Jump Lists vs Task Bar vs Quick Launch, Running apps, Shuffling wallpaper & screens savers, System Tray, Media Player, Alerts vs action center and much more – Bring your laptop
SKYPE & GOOGLE VOICE WORKSHOP LSC100-123 Feb 16, Thursday afternoon, 1pm-4:50pm, One 4 Hour workshop reviewing the differences of using Skype and/or Google Voice to make free phone calls (with or without video web cams) all over the world for FREE from any computer and/or Smartphone… lots of tips.. Bring your laptop and/or Smartphone to class
FIND & ORGANIZE WHAT’S ON YOUR PC LSC062-124: Feb. 27 & 29, Monday & Wednesday mornings ~ 8:30am-12:20pm, Two 4 hour classes-Learn to use Windows Explorer so that you can easily and quickly find & organize everything you’ve saved on your PC; organize your work, files & photo’s to find them quickly & easily. Learn to back up your pc, photo & documents with portable flash & hard drives, memory cards and memory card readers..
INTERNET AND IT’S MANY USES LSC071-122: Feb 27 & 29, Monday & Wednesday afternoons ~ 1pm-4:50pm, Two 4 Hour classes designed to help you get totally comfortable with the internet, tips& lingo, such as ISP, browser, blogger; when/why to use F5 & F11; website basics, hyperlinks, email basics, “tabbed browsing for multi websites”, using “Google & Bing” to search web, images, news; translating to & from different languages; blogging and more
POWER POINT FOR GREAT SLIDE SHOWS & PRESENTATIONS & TO CREATE LAYERED PHOTOS LSC069D-121, Feb 28 & Mar 1, Tuesday & Thursday mornings ~ 8:30am-12:20pm Two 4 Hour classes designed to help you create basic slide show presentations to share with family, friends & your organization – how to enhance them with text, photos, clip art, animation, music, transitioning and timing features and how to create and save “slides” as photos for use in other projects such as greeting cards and books… Bring photos to class (on your camera or flash drive)
MOVIE MAKER LSC100A-121: February 28 & March 1, Tuesday & Thursday afternoons ~ 1pm-4:50pm, Two 4 hour classes learn to use the Free Windows Movie Maker software to create movies with your photos, music & other special effects: transitions, titles/credits, your favorite music, timeline narration, and much more. This software is free with Windows XP, Media, Vista and/or Windows 7… Bring photos to class (on your camera or flash drive)
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