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.

Place your name on the Hands-on Class Sign-up-sheets right here

pay for a Hands-On class
As you know, all our instructors are volunteers and work under the motto,
"Friends Helping Friends"!

email the Education Director

Please click here for schedules

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

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click on movies and / or Tuts only if you have a fast connection to the Internet

Class names Movies Mini Tutorials
Get Started with your PC (4 sessions $20)    
Basic Windows XP (4 sessions $20) movie  
Basic Windows Vista (4 sessions $20) movie Tutorial: Adding gadgets to sidebar
How to take great Pictures (4 sessions $20)    
Picasa: Import, Organize, Improve Your Digital Photography
(4 sessions $20) 		  Tutorial: Improve a photo
Basic Adobe Photoshop Elements (4 sessions $20) movie  
Advanced Adobe Photoshop Elements (4 session $20)    
Windows Movie Maker: Slide Shows and More (2 sessions $10) movie Tutorial: Create slide show automatically
MS Word 07(4 sessions $20)    
MS Power Point 07 (2 sessions $10) movie   
Using Email Mail (2 sessions $10) movie Tutorial: Adding contact to contact list
MS Excel 07(2 sessions $10) movie    
Basic Open Office (4 sessions $20)    
MS Publisher (2 sessions $10) movie  
The Print Shop: Creating Cards and More (3 sessions $15) movie Tutorial: Creating a flyer
Surfing the Web (2 sessions $10)    

Creating Graphics (4 sessions $20) 
          link to browse XARA Website and find trial        

 movie Tutorial: Embellish a photo

Basic Web Site Construction with SiteSpinner (4 sessions $20)      
          link to buy SiteSpinner
          see Websites created by members after learning at the club  

 movie Tutorial: Add image, text and link to a Web Page
Animating with Flash (2 session)    
PC Upgrading (4 sessions $20) movie  
Video Editing with Adobe Premiere Elements (3 sessions $15
   
Ebay: Buying and Selling (2 sessions $10)
    
Beginning Genealogy with the Family Tree Maker (2 sessions $10)
   
Mousing Around (a tutorial by a Public Library)    

please click here if you would like to put your name for one of these Hands-on classes

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

Single and Multi Session Lectures
  
Introduction to Computers with Windows 7  
Introduction to Computers with Windows Vista  
Introduction to Computers with Windows XP  
Email choices for Windows 7 users  
Windows 7, The Control Panel  
What's New In Windows 7  
Get Started with you Computer  
Computer Maintenance & Security  
Windows Movie Maker  
Using Your MP3 Player  
E-Commerce/PayPal  
Facilities of your System  
Using 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 Web  
Web Searching Fundamentals  
eBay Fundamentals  
Taking Digital Photography  
How To Use A Digital Camera  
Tips For Great Pictures  
Linux, a free alternative to Windows  
Wireless Home Networking  
Video Chatting with Skype  
Microsoft Word  
Microsoft PowerPoint  
Microsoft Publisher 
Microsoft Excel  
Websites with MS Publisher and other Software  
Photo restoration with Photoshop Elements  
Selection Tools in Photoshop Elements  
Creating Graphics with XARA, Introduction movie  
Emergency Preparedness: Asset Documentation  
X3D, Three dimensional animated text  
Brain Games  
Genealogy  
The Best of Free Software  
Photography Basics  

Workshops, (just drop in if you have an interest)

Genealogy with Teresa Rose
first Monday afternoon, 1pm

Photography, with Fred Wise
first Monday evening, 7pm

Computerized Sewing, with Norma Winner
second Monday afternoon, 1pm

PhotoShop Elements Advanced, with Tim Neddy
last Tuesday evening, 7pm

OUR INSTRUCTORS

Gray Alexander Linda Evans Joann Frucchione
Brigitte Haag Charlene Lafferty Mich Morin
Margot Hayes Tim Neddy Ron Purkhiser
Terri Rose Norma Winner Steve Kirman
Clinton Pollitt Wolfgang Schroeder Bill Scott
Pat Turek Fred Wise

Jim Rogers

Lucille Lane Don Karslake



Education Director Ron Purkhiser
President Brigitte Haag

 

 


Hernando Computer Club, Inc.
8375 Spring Hill Drive, Grace Presbyterian Church, Education Building B
Spring Hill, Florida
Tel (352) 684-7171
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