Happy New Year everyone – Hard to believe that the holidays
have come and gone and that we are beginning a new year – 2014!! Well next week we begin our new series of
computer and technology related classes and look forward to working with all of
you again. Remember, these are your
classes, so if there are topics that you would like us to cover, let us
know... You are always welcome to bring
your laptops and other portable devices to class, or use our equipment - your
choice.
As promised, I will be repeating our entire cycle of classes
from January thru April to help you get more comfortable with your computer,
mobile devices, eReader, iPhone, iPad, digital cameras; accessing the internet
& your emails on your mobile devices & tablets; learn to use your great
digital photos to create some gifts, slide shows or movies; join one of fun 4
hr. workshops and learn to keep all your documents and photos safe in the
“clouds” with “cloud computing” or how to use Skype to make video calls to
family anywhere in the world for free, but also a lot more fun and interesting
classes in a wide variety of fun & interesting subjects - from genealogy,
health, dance, painting, genealogy, sculpting and many more all year
long...Visit the Mohave Community College website: www.mohave.edu;
visit our campus at 1971 Acoma Blvd in Lake Havasu.. So check them out or Call
Registration Register: Online, in person or
call 928-453-1139 or 855-7812 - 25% discount for senior AZ residents over 62
Also stop by and visit our wonderful Hodel Library on campus;
get a library card and have access to all of the library resources including
use of our computer lab and printers, all of which are open to the public.
Another great resource is the CRCC (Colorado River Computer
Club) that meets the first Tuesday evening of every month, beginning at 6pm at
the Mohave Community Library (in the KMart Plaza) - for more information check
out their website www.crccaz.com. Their first meeting of the new year will be
held this Tuesday evening, January 7th...
During this months meeting, at 7pm, Bob Elgines
CRCC President & Editor, will talk about Windows Live Movie Maker
CRCC President & Editor, will talk about Windows Live Movie Maker
I'm attaching the January - April 2014 computer class
schedule that you can print, or stop by and pick one up...and if you have any
questions stop by the campus OR check the mohave.edu website OR call MCC OR
email me and we will gladly help you find what you need – but the following are
the classes I will be teaching in January:
Computers FOR THE FUN OF IT ~ LSC062, 8:30am-12:20pm, Tues
& Wed, Jan 7 & 8 - Two 4 Hour classes
reviewing computer hardware, software, 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, 1pm-4:50pm, Tues & Wed, Jan 7 & 8 - 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
LAPTOP, TABLET & eReADER BASICS ~ LSC102
8:30-12:20pm, Thurs & Fri, Jan 9 & 10 – Two 4 Hour classes We will help you learn to to use your
eReaders, Tablet, Laptops, Notebooks, Netbooks and understand differences; also
how to use "apps", how to download books & other media from
libraries & stores, what accessories are needed, how to get around the internet
& WiFi Basics, shortcuts, security & more. – Bring your laptop, tablet,
eReaders if you have one
SOCIAL NETWORKs: fACEBOOK, tWITTER
& bLOGGING ~ LSC080, 1pm-4:50pm, Thurs,
Friday & Monday, Jan 9, 10 & 13 - Three
“3” 4 hr classes
introducing & discussing Social Networking, Including Facebook,
Facebook’s Timeline; Privacy Settings;
Add/Change/Remove Photos-Posts-Friends, etc; Basics of Twitter &
Smartphones; Basics of Blogging, posting, commenting; You’ll Create Your Own
Blog; Templates; Add Ons: Links, Photos, Slide Shows, Blog Tools &
more
HOW TO SKYPE OR GOOGLE VOICE ~ LSC103, 8:30-12:20pm, Saturday, Jan 11 - One 4 hour workshop learning how to use Skype and/or
Google voice to make free phone calls & web calls worldwide
from any pc or smartphone.. lots of tips
FIND/ORGANIZE WHAT’S ON YOUR PC ~ LSC068C, 8:30am-12:20pm, Mon
& Tues, Jan 13 & 14 - Two 4 hour classes Using Windows Explorer to find what 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..
WORD-CREATe GREAT LOOKING DOCUMENTS
~ LSC068B, 1pm-4:50pm,Tues, Wed & Thurs, Jan
14, 15 & 16 - Three "3"
4 hour classes-reviewing the basics to open, create, save documents; highlight;
cut-copy-paste, set & change margins; create letters, envelopes,
labels& use clip art, word art to enhance documents, invitations, how to
work with tables to create schedules, resumes, questionnaires & flyers
& lots of printing tips
PICASA PHOTO EDITING ~ LSC081, 8:30am-12:20pm, Wed, Thurs & Tues, Jan 15, 16 & 21 – Three “3”- 4 hr classes to learn to edit & print digital photo’s using Picasa (this
is free Google software); learn to upload photo’s from your camera and/or
scanner to the PC& learn to order prints online; how to create a quick
movie with music or a wonderful collage; use Picasa online web albums; use face
& geo tagging& learn to update your edited photos to a variety of
vendors for printing and/or creating great gifts - Bring your digital
camera to class
internet and it’s many uses ~ LSC
071, 8:30am-12:20pm, Wed, Thurs & Fri,
Jan 22, 23 & 24 – Three “3”- 4 hr classes covering a
variety of internet tips &
lingo, such as ISP, browser, blogger, hashtags; when/why to use F5 & F11;
website basics, hyperlinks, email basics & advanced including how to send
and save attachments, copy hyperlinks, reply to, forward and file emails, using
“Google& Bing” to search web, images, news; translating to & from
different languages; blogging and much more
Excel
(DATA MANAGEMENT) & Mail Merge ~ LSC069, 1-4:50pm, Wed, Thurs & Monday,
Jan 22, 23 & 27 - Three “3”- 4 hr. classes
covering how to create spreadsheets with data/lists & numbers (budgets, contact
& other data lists) Workbook vs. worksheet; cells, columns, rows,
auto-formats; margins, grid lines, sorting numbers & data & print
basics; we will use Word to create a Mail Merge & print mailing labels with
our contact list... Bring An Address Book Or Contact List To Class
MOVIE
MAKER ~ LSC100A, 1-4:50pm, Friday & Saturday, Jan
24 & 25 - Two “2”- 4 hr. classes
covering how to create "movies" with your digital
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)
POWER POINT ~ LSC069D, 8:30-12:20 Saturdays, Jan 25 & Feb 1 Two “2”- 4 hr. classes covering how to use
your digital photos to create Slide Shows; enhance your slide shows adding
text, photos, clip art, music,
animation, transition, timing, etc; and save slides as photos.. Bring Photos To Class (On
Your Camera Or Flash Drive)
USE DIGITAL PHOTOS & TEXT TO CREATE & PUBLISH YOUR
OWN BOOK & OTHER GREAT GIFT IDEAS ~ LSC100K, 8:30-12:20 Mon,Tues & Wed,
Jan 27, 28 & 29 – Three “3” 4 hr classes to Learn to create &
publish your own book, using free book publishing software from Walgreens &
CVS as well as blurb.com (for a book that’s copyrighted) using your WP
skills& digital photos and learn in quantities as small as just one.
You decide: soft or hard cover, various sizes, all text, all photos or a
combination of photos & text, story book or recipe book.. Bring
photos to class (on camera or flash drive)
HOW TO BUY & SELL ONLINE ~ LSC 101, 1pm-4:50pm, Tues & Wed, Jan 28 & 29 - Two 4 hour classes to help you get more comfortable “Buying &
Selling” on Line, find what you want; searching, making travel arrangements,
shopping tips, intro to online sales with sites such as eBay; eBid; craigslist
& others: shortcuts & security tips
HOW
TO USE CLOUD COMPUTING ~
LSC 045 ~ 8:30-12:20 Thursday, January 30 - One 4 Hour Workshop so that
you can begin accessing your emails, photos, documents, music and more from any
of your computer devices-such as your pc, laptop, tablet or smartphone - learn
to use the clouds so that all of these features will travel with you.. This class will help you get comfortable
understanding "Cloud Computing" including Google Drive; SkyDrive;
Apple Cloud & Dropbox-understand which are free & which charge; learn
to "store/upload" your important documents, photos, music &
videos in the "clouds" to access anywhere, anytime with any device.. Bring your devices with you to class...
WINDOWS 7 & 8 OPERATING SYSTEM
~ LSC 100, 1-4:50pm, Thursday,
Jan 30 – One 4 hour workshop helping you
get more comfortable with Windows 7 & 8 and the many Features & Improvements (vs
XP-Vista), such as Desktop customizing; Use Libraries to manage files; Jump
Lists vs Task Bar or put taskbar back; Run apps; Shuffle wallpaper & screen
savers; System Tray; Media Player; Alerts vs action centers & more - You are always welcome to bring your laptop,
but this is especially true if you are using Windows 8.
Check out one of these other great websites, to find out
what's happening around town...
- www.golakehavasu.com
- www.facebook.com/lakehavasucityarizona
If you are thinking about taking one of my classes, or any
class at MCC, be sure to register ASAP.. We don't want you to show up for a
class, thinking you'll register after the class, only to learn the class was
postponed due to low enrollment.. If something comes up and you can't attend we
can move your class or refund your money...
Email
me anytime with your questions or suggestions..
