WOW!!! We had 76 members present at today’s Computer Club meeting! That’s fantastic and we have truly set an attendance and membership record. It is quite obvious that technology is making a bigger impact on our lives as more and more of us want to learn to get better use of our computers.
NEW FORMAT:
With a show of hands, the vast majority of those present agreed that we want to learn about Picasa which is a popular, easy to learn, FREE program for managing our photos. Picasa will allow us to email photos, upload them to a web album, print in various sizes, burn to CD, send to a blog, create a collage, make a movie, use face recognition and even geotag photos. Some of these terms like face recognition and geotagging are new words so we’re looking forward to learning about them. Learning to use Picasa will definitely help everyone to stay in touch with family and friends.
We will continue Picasa education for the next 4-5 club sessions. These sessions will be scheduled from 9:30 to approximately 10:30. Then we’ll take a 5 minute recess. Those who want to leave may do so. The remaining group will reconvene to hold another class for beginners and intermediate computer users, ending by 11:30.
Topics for the second session (BASICS 101) will include things like:
- Desktop organization
- intro to Windows 7
- web browser (Internet Explorer) options
- managing favorites
- how to surf the internet
- copy, cut, paste
- tips, tricks, and shortcuts
- attaching photos to email
- file organization, make new folders, move documents, etc.
You may bring your laptop if you wish, but it is definitely not needed. Do, however, bring a notebook and pen to take some notes…unless, of course, you have a perfect memory. HA!
Hope to see you at the next meeting:
Wednesday, January 26, 9:30
in the SanTan Room.
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