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TBCS Classes
- Windows 101 - THIS WEEK!
- Adobe Photoshop Elements - THIS WEEK!
Stan Ashbrook demonstrated Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 at our General Meeting in October. I think it's fair to say that a lot of our members were impressed with the capabilities of this software.
The software is designed to help you edit and store your digital photographs. Not only did it appear to have all sorts of photograph enhancing capabilities, and it seemed very easy and straightforward to operate, but the $50 price was right also.
Stan gave us the secret to getting $10 bucks off! First you go to the following site:
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopalbum/starter.html
and download Photoshop Album 2.0 Starter Edition. This is a free download that contains the basic features of the full product. Once you install this software, you'll be able to order the full product for $40 instead of $50!
Note: You might want to look at the System Requirements link before you make the effort to download this 5.6Megabyte package. The key requirements are Operating System: Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, or Windows XP, and memory: 128MB of RAM (256MB recommended).
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Windows 101 - THIS WEEK!
Jan Norman's November class is filling. It starts on Friday, November 7th and runs for 4 consecutive weeks from 1 to 3 in the afternoon. That's 8 classroom hours for a total of $40. Please contact Jan at: tbcs.office@verizon.net to register.
Currently, most of our classes take place during the daytime on weekdays. If you would be interested in attending a class during the evenings, please send an email to tbcs.office@verizon.net and request it. We'll see what we can do.
You can see our current classroom schedule and register
online by surfing over to:
http://tampa-bay.org/classroom.htm.
Adobe Photoshop Elements for Photographers - THIS WEEK!
Once again we have prevailed upon Stan Ashbrook to deliver his popular Photoshop course - albeit with some changes. Stan has extended the course and broken it into 2 separate sections. Each section is 8 hours of instruction at a cost of $40, and they may be taken independently of each other. All class sessions will take place on a Saturday from 9am to 11:30am (2-hour classes with a 30 minute break).
Section I: The Basics 11/8, 11/15, 11/22, & 12/6 (11/29 is skipped for Thanksgiving week)
Section II: Beyond the Basics 1/10, 1/17, 1/24, & 1/31
Details on what will be covered can be found at: http://www.computerphoto.org/pages/elements.html
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Our SIGs (Special
Interest Groups)
all meet at our Resource Center (map:
http://www.tampa-bay.org/maps.htm).
All of our SIGs are free to our members.
SIGs are a great place to get more personalized attention, and get your
questions answered. The following SIGs will meet this week:
Monday, November 3, 1-3pm
Beginning Embird
SIG. Led by Jan Norman
jannorman@tampabay.rr.com
Monday,
November 3, 6:30-8pm
Computer Q&A SIG.
Led by Cathy Benedict
cathy.don@verizon.net
Tuesday, November 4, 1-3pm
Novice SIG. Led by Jan Norman. EVERY Tuesday
afternoon.
jannorman@tampabay.rr.com
Tuesday, November 4, 7-9pm
Visual Basic SIG.
Led by Tom Kiehl
tomk@anonabay.com
Wednesday, November 5, 2-4pm
Genealogy SIG.
Led by Howard T. Smith
htsmith1015@yahoo.com
Wednesday, November 5, 7-9pm
Linux SIG. Led by John Schatmeyer
Postponed from last week: Meet in Room 407 of the Larkin Building at Clearwater Central Catholic High School. Stew Bottorf will provide a tour of the CCCHS computing facilities as well as a brief presentation for this meeting. General Q & A will follow if time is available.
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Senior Seminars $10 per person (that includes lunch)
Tuesday, November 18th, 9am - 3pm
Sunshine Senior Center
330 Fifth St. N
St. Petersburg
Speakers include Times personal technology editor Dave Gussow, Kevin Klim of the FBI, and television personality Dick Crippen of Bay News 9. Workshops will cover topics such as online health information, online banking, booking travel online, and an introduction to computers and the Internet.
The cost is $10 per person which includes lunch. Reservations are required. Send checks to St. Petersburg Office on Aging, 330 Fifth St. N., St. Petersburg, FL 33701.
Call Sally Marvin at 727-893-7102 for information. The event is sponsored by the Office on Aging, Gateway Inc., St. Pete Computers and Florida Medical Quality Assurance.
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Pinellas County Schools' Television (PDS TV 14) www.wpds.tv
"Digital Learning" - TV Show with Host: Judy Amber
Tuesday: 6pm, Thursday: 3pm, Saturday & Sunday: 1pm
Pinellas County Schools’ staff members present information about the use of computers. The program, a cooperative venture of instructional technology and Ch. 14, covers a wide variety of topics relating to the use of computer programs and networking facilities. Now offering 2 different programs each month. This week's program features Dave Gussow in a lively discussion covering wireless Internet, computer security, and spyware.
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The Anti-Boredom Campaign
The "Steering Wheel" movie - I showed this at the October meeting. It's very short, but very funny.
BreakTheChain.org "To break the chain of junk e-mail we must each think critically and question everything. This site helps you do just that."
DriverGuide.com Offers a huge searchable archive of over 70,000 driver files, manufacturer information, and links. Registration is free.
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