Welcome to the Education Department. Below you can browse the list of lecture classes that are held in the lecture hall throughout the year. Also you will see a list of Hands-On Classes we offer in the Lab. The Lab currently accomodates 6 students, each with their own PC. If you would like to take one of the Hands-On classes you have to put your name and contact information on the appropriate Sign-Up sheets, which are laid out on a large table in the lecture hall whenever the Club is open. You may also send an email and we will place your name on the waiting list for you. When it is your turn to take the class, you will be contacted by the instructor and asked if you can take the class at the scheduled time. If you want to take the class, you are asked to mail in your check for the appropriate amount immediatly to secure your spot.

As you know, all our instructors are volunteers and work under the motto "Friends Helping Friends"!
email the Education Director

Please click here to access the schedules of the current and upcoming months.

click here for small Resources our instructores developed for you

 

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Some of our Hands-On Classes in the Lab

click on subject to read descriptions

click on movies only if you have a fast connection to the Internet
be aware all movies are connected to each other,
so they can run in a continuous loop during our Expo

Basic Windows XP (4 sessions) movie
Basic Windows Vista (4sessions) movie
How to take great Pictures (3 or 4 sessions)  
Picasa: Import, Organize, Improve Your Digital Photography  
Basic Adobe Photoshop Elements (4 sessions) movie
Advanced Adobe Photoshop Elements (4 sessison)  
Windows Movie Maker: Slide Shows and More (2 sessions) movie
MS Word (4 sessions)  
MS Power Point (2 sessions) movie 
Outlook Express (2 sessions) movie
Vista Mail (2 sessions)  
MS Excel (2 sessions) movie  
MS Publisher movie
The Print Shop: Creating Cards and More (2 or 3 sessions) movie
Surfing the Web (2 sessions)  

Creating Graphics (4 sessions) 
          link to browse XARA Website and find trial        
         see Websites created by members after learning at the club    

movie

Basic Web Site Construction with SiteSpinner (4 sessions)      
          link to buy SiteSpinner

movie
Animating with Flash (2 session)  
Repair and Refurbish Computers movie
Adobe Premiere Elements: Video Editing  
Ebay: Buying and Selling  
Beginning Genealogy with the Family Tree Maker  
Mousing Around (a tutorial by a Public Library)  

 

Some of the Lecture Classes in the Hall
price to attend a lecture hall class: $2

Single Session Lectures
 
VISTA Windows Introduction  
VISTA Windows Control Panel 1 and 2  
VISTA Windows Mail  
VISTA Windows Picture Gallery  
VISTA Windows Movie Maker  
VISTA Windoews Media Center  
Windows XP: The Control Panel  
Windows Tips and Tricks  
Computer Maintenance , (Six Tips, Plus AdAware and SpyBot )  
Easy Computer Clean Up (PC Maintenance)  
Outlook Express for Email  
Organizing and Improving Your Photos with Picasa, (Free Program)  
Buying Computer Hardware  
Transferring Records and Tapes to CDs and DVDs  

Transfer VHS Tapes and Analog Camcorder to DVD

 
Capturing of Video from any source  
Surfing the Internet  
Web Searching Fundamentals  
America On Line, (AOL)  
eBay Fundamentals  
Taking Digital Photography  
Purchasing and Using A Digital Camera  
Internet Questions and Answers  
Virus and Firewall Protection  
Scanner Fundamentals  
Wireless Home Networking  
Video Chatting with Skype  
Microsoft Word  
Microsoft PowerPoint  
Microsoft Publisher 
Microsoft Excel  
Microsoft Works  
Websites with MS Publisher and other Software  
Photo restoration with Photoshop Elements  
Selection Tools in Photoshop Elements  
Greeting Cards with Photoshop Elements  
Creating Graphics with XARA, Introduction movie  
Emergency Preparedness: Asset Documentation  
E-Sword: Bible Study Software  
X3D, Three dimensional animated text  
Brain Games  
Genealogy  
The Best of Free Software  
Photography Basics  
Wired and wireless Networking  

 

Multi Session Lectures

 
Introduction to Computers  
Basic Windows XP  
Microsoft Word  
Microsoft PowerPoint  
Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft Excel  
Basic Adobe Photoshop  
Advanced Adobe Photoshop  
The Print Shop  
Xara Xtreme, Creating Graphics and Improving Photos  
Windows Vista  
Adobe Premiere Elements (Video Editing)  
MS Publisher (Web site construction)  
Dreamweaver (Web Site Construction)  

Free Tutorials at this Website

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIGs)

Website Creation with Brigitte Haag
(by Apointment, 686-0750)  time please check current calendar
Digital Imaging with Ron Purkhiser
first Monday evening 7pm beginning November
Genealogy with Teresa Rose
first Monday afternoon, 1pm

OUR INSTRUCTORS

Instructors

Dennis Carmer Gracia Carmer Dave Curtis
Brigitte Haag John Hectus Don Karslake
Charlene Lafferty John Lubertowicz Jennifer Merkosky
Tim Neddy Ron Purkhiser Jim Rogers
Teresa Rose Nancy Sexton Mike Sexton
Vic Symonds Wolfgang Steinberger Fred Wise



Education Director
Brigitte Haag
Assistant Education Director Ron Purkhiser




 


Hernando Computer Club
13400 Montour Street, Brooksville, Florida
Tel (352) 592-0070
Email: contact@hernandocomputerclub.org

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