Computer Basics
Schedule
Meets once a week from 10 am to 12 noon for six weeks on Wednesdays.
See calendar for detailed schedule.
Cost: $75
Prerequisites
None
Description
This course is intended for people who are new to computers or are seeking to refresh or expend their basic skills. Typing skills are not required. This course introduces the computer hardware—system unit, monitor, mouse, keyboard, printer, and storage devices such as floppy discs, compact discs (CDs), and flash drives (available at the Landmark Center for $7.00). The course focuses on basic computer skills using Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system. You will gain a basic understanding of how computers work and how to use the mouse and keyboard to communicate with your computer. We will use Windows Explorer to understand how the computer stores and organizes our stuff—documents, pictures, music, videos—and how we find them. We will use Microsoft's Word 2007 word processing program to create and edit documents, and we will explore other free word processing programs. Finally, we will use the Internet to explore how to download and save files that are attached to email.
Instructors
John Sherman teaches Computer Basics at SeniorTech.
His fifth career began in November 1996 when he became a volunteer instructor teaching seniors how to use personal computers at the introductory level.
His fourth career was with the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Energy in the Procurement and Assistance Directorate. His second and third careers were with the U.S. Navy where he became a ship captain and an aircraft pilot.
His first and most important career started in December 1952, when he married his wife, Jackelyn. John and Jackie have five children, 21 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
The personal computer courses he has taught include these operating systems: Disk Operating System (DOS), Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. The word processing applications he has taught include these word processors: Microsoft Word and Corel WordPerfect.
Paul Kinnecom