Computer Classes October 7 to October 11

M.R. clearly used her computer skills to grab her picture with the Stanley Cup

We are in full-swing!  Next week if filled with great courses, and we are counting on our coaches to fulfill our hope to provide near one-to-one assistance for our students – especially for the basic courses such as “Beyond Boot Camp” and “You have mail.”  The first session of iPhone had lots of students (13 or so) and lots of coaches.  We are counting on the coaches to help out in session 2.  And trust me – “Fun on the Internet” will be lots of fun.

 

Please note that there are two staff functions in the Lab on Tuesday afternoon and Thursday afternoon, and the room will not be available to us.

 

Week beginning September 30

Next week, Sept 30 through October 4, has three courses.  On Tuesday morning, we will offer the final session (of four) of Picasa. 

 

Kathie is teaching “Introduction to Genealogy,” on Wednesday.

 

And on Thursday, October 3, Stan will teach his iPhone course.  This course is sold out – standing room only.  It is required that all students have upgraded their phones to iOS7 prior to the class.

October is a busy month.  There are only three dates on which we are not offering classes, and we are counting on your assistance.  I say it nearly every week, but it remains true that it is the quality of our coaches that makes our course so valuable to our students.  Your contributions of time and knowledge are very much appreciated.

 

 

Week Beginning September 23

This week, we have two classes plus our usual Friday Open Lab.  On Tuesday afternoon, we have the final session of Boot Camp covering the Internet, and on Wednesday morning, Israel Klinghofer will teach the third session of Picasa. 

 

 

Week of September 16

We have two continuing courses this week.  Please note that our weekly Friday Open Lab for Computer Assistance will be closed on September 20.  The Center will be closed to set up for its annual benefit.

We have a lot of fun celebrating birthdays, holidays, and the sun coming up.  Here's proof that you can have your cake and eat it too!

New Trimester Starting Now

Welcome back. I hope everybody had a great August Next week, we kick off a new trimester that runs through December. We are offering 34 classes, which I think is a record. We have cleaned up the computers, and they seem to be working fine. We have added a new Brother color printer in addition to our other printers and scanners. In the lab you will find a new brochure that promotes what we do. (Thanks to Gene Chodash for writing and producing it.) In addition to using the brochure as a reference for yourself, please hand it out to friends and acquaintances to build our audience. You will also find copies of the classes we are offering with their descriptions, which is handy when talking to others about which courses they might sign up for.

This morning, we taught one of our most valuable courses --Email Photo Attachments.  Students learn to move photographs from their cameras to a computer; then they attach the photo to an email and send it.  This is an incredibly valuable skill.

This afternoon, we are teaching "Smilebox."  Smilebox is a simple program through which you can design a slide show with music and many effects.  A basic version is free, and for a small amount, you can increase the flexibility of the program.  It will blow your friends away when you send them your event pictures with music, great effects, and many other enhancements.

Tomorrow, Thursday, November 15, we start the day with "Fun on the Internet."  This course has been totally updated.  It will be fun!

No Classes until September - Check the new Catalog

We are rapidly approaching the end of the summer trimester.

Thank you so much to all of you who have helped make this a great experience for instructors, coaches and – most of all – the students. There are no classes scheduled in August, and I will not be posting regularly until we pick up again in September (First classes in the Fall trimester are the week of September 9.)


1. In August, we do hold our Friday Open Lab’s. We will be open each Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon (Aug 2, 9, 16,23 and 30.)

2. The Computer Users Group is scheduled to meet August 16 at 2:00 p.m. led by Stan Schwab

3. We will not hold our monthly coaches and instructors’ meeting in August. The next meeting is September 20 at 1:00 p.m.

Please don’t forget that we do have 2 classes scheduled this coming week. See the chart below or the attached file.