This winter we will be offering eight courses, including our popular course.  Sign up early for your favorite.  Just call for more information.

Introduction to Computers
Google
Using Microsoft Word
Take Control of Windows XP
Image Editing with Photoshop Elements
Internet and Email
Introduction to Digital Photography
Introduction to Spreadsheet

New! No Membership Fee Free open labs! Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.  Call our Learning center for details.

 

A friendly introduction to personal computers for beginners. Learn to use the mouse & keyboard, manage files and folders using Microsoft Windows XP, “surf the Internet”, send and receive email. Introduce word processing using Microsoft Word and database & spreadsheet applications using Microsoft Works.  (Max. 9 students per class)

• Tue PM 1/2 - 2/20

• Thurs AM 1/4 - 2/22

• Tue PM 2/27 - 4/24

• Thurs PM 3/1 - 4/19

Google is a powerful, but simple, Internet search engine that allows you to search billions of web pages. This course gives you a thorough, but concise, explanation of how to productively use its features. You will use practical examples that demonstrate how you can locate the information you seek. If it’s out there, you can find it. Don’t search, Google! Prerequisite: Basic computer and Internet Skills.  This is a 4 session class. 

• Mon AM 1/8 - 1/29

• Mon AM 2/5 - 2/26

• Wed EVE 1/3 - 1/24

• Fri AM 3/2 - 3/23

This class builds on the Introduction to Computers class. Learn to copy, save and print Microsoft Word documents, type a letter, edit & spell-check text, make documents interesting using color, bold, underlining, different fonts, tabs & custom page layouts. Learn advanced features such as: tables, lists, footnotes, drawing insertion, find/ replace, and form letters & mail merge.  Prerequisite: Basic computer skills including some experience with word processing.

• Thurs PM 1/4 - 2/22

• Thurs AM 3/1 - 4/19

Take Control of Windows XP

Learn the major parts of the operating system, how to organize files into folders and find files anywhere on the computer; customize your Start Menu, Desktop & Taskbar; add/remove programs & update Windows; optimally keep data on your hard disk; add/remove hardware; & protect your data by doing backups. It’s taught using Windows XP, but much of the material covered is applicable to Windows 98 and Windows ME Prerequisite: Basic computer skills.

• Wed PM 1/3 - 2/21

• Wed AM 2/28 - 4/25

Image Editing with Photoshop Elements

This course introduces you to photo editing using Adobe Photoshop Elements software as a “digital darkroom”. Learn how to crop, resize, adjust brightness & contrast, & change the color of digital images. Combine your photos with titles, music, narration & transitions to create a slide show; save it to a CD that a computer or DVD player can play. Eliminate unwanted items from photos. Combine elements from several images into a new composition. 

• Mon PM 1/8 - 2/26

• Mon EVE 1/8 - 2/26

• Mon PM 3/5 - 4/23

• Mon EVE 3/5 - 4/23

Internet and E-Mail

Read, create, send & save e-mail messages & attachments using web-site software and Outlook Express. Create and edit the Outlook Express address book. Protect your privacy and keep your computer secure when searching or surfing the World Wide Web using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Learn how to download information from the web to your computer and to safely make purchases on-line.  Prerequisite: Basic computer skills.

• Wed AM 1/3 - 2/21

• Wed PM 2/28 - 4/25

Introduction to Spreadsheet

Learn how a spreadsheet can make it easy to create and maintain a budget, monitor checking account activity, or create a club treasurer's report. You’ll learn to build and edit worksheets and create formulas which automatically update your numbers. This course uses Microsoft Works spreadsheet software.  Prerequisite: Basic computer skills.

• Mon AM 3/5 - 4/23

Introduction to Digital Photography

Whether you have been taking pictures for years or would like to learn what all this digital “fuss” is about, this course is for you! Get hands-on practice taking good digital pictures, manipulating them in your camera, transferring them to a computer and enhancing, printing, distributing, & organizing them electronically.  Prerequisite: Basic computer skills. 

• Tue AM 1/2 - 2/20

• Tue AM 2/27 - 4/24

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Free Open Labs
The SeniorNet Learning Center is open from Noon – 2PM Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.  Use our computers to surf the Internet, send e-mail and enhance your skills with assistance from our excellent coaches.

Ask the Pros!
In addition, on Wednesdays only, we offer "Ask the Pros" sessions where current SeniorNet members can receive expert help with any computer issue.  Try and stump our experts with any computer problem.  This is very difficult to do. 

You do not need to be a JCC member to participate in SeniorNet. If you have any questions regarding your placement in a SeniorNet course, or you have any other questions, please call SeniorNet at the JCC at 585-461-2000 ext. 463. Please leave a message and a SeniorNet volunteer will return your call. You can also send E-mail to RNYseniornet@jccrochester.org.

To learn more about becoming a SeniorNet volunteer, please call us.  You don't need to be a computer lover - just enjoy helping others.

SeniorNet is made possible by gifts from IBM and Nathalie Goldberg and is sponsored by the Monroe County Office for the Aging and the Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester.

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SATISFACTION

NEWS

On Wednesdays, current members can pick the brains of our technical experts during the Ask the Pros workshop.  Stop by between 12 and 2.