LEARNING to USE COMPUTERS by TERRY BROWN
Presentation to the Ocean Hills Computer Club
February 24, 2000LEARNING
Training-Training-Training is replaced by Study-Study-Study.
You Can Do It!!!!!!
CLASSES AVAILABLE:
Formal------College Credit
Mira Costa College, 760-757-2121; Index of courses-p57; $11 per unit plus fees.
Palomar College, 760-744-1150Formal------NON College Credit, Plan Ahead (Schedule)
Mira Costa College Community Education, 760-757-2121 X6820;
Online Classes-p 6 thru 11, $49;
Day Workshops-p12 thru 19, $89.
Classes can be reached through www.ed2go.com/miracosta
Internet contact for Mira Costa College is www.miracosta.cc.ca.us/commsvcsOceanside Library Community Computer Center, 321 Nevada, 760-966-4110, “Jim Jones”, Look in Big Book
Oceanside Senior Citizens’ Center, 455 Country Club Lane (near Elks Club), 760–433-8933, “Jacque”;
Beginning & Intermediate Computer, Word Processing, Internet/E-Mail, 2days/2 hrs, $15.Palomar College ROP, 760-744-1150 X2301;
Computer Applications/Repair, p 4 thru7, Tuition free.Vista Adult School, 760-758-7122;
Computer Fundamentals and Applications, p 4 thru 6, $30/$70;
Active Seniors, Understanding and Using Technology, p 12, $30.Informal------
FPCUG, Meets in the Fallbrook Public Utility District building,
990 East Mission Road (Corner of Mission and Santa Margarita Dr.),
2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at 6:30 PM.
SIG (classes) are held 1st Wednesday and before the other meetings at 5:00 PM.
Dues are $18 per year.
Call Freda Wood 760-728-9425.OMUG (MAC), Meets last Wednesday of each month, except December, at 6:30 PM in the Ocean Shores High School,
3131Oceanside Blvd. (East of Fire Station at El Camino Real and Oceanside), classes held before general meeting at 5:30 PM.
Annual dues are $25.
Mary Lou James (724-3176) is familiar with OMUG or call Preston Butler (754-2902) or Ken Bousquet (729-5821).TCCC, Meets 4 Tuesdays a month at the Salvation Army,
3935 Lake Blvd., Oceanside.
First Tuesday is a general meeting which you may attend without being a member.
2nd and 4th Tuesdays are SIG classes open to members only.
Annual dues are $20.
Members may also register, no later than 9:00AM, for a $2.00 lunch at the Salvation Army.
INTERNET ONLINE HELP:
Apple-Macintosh: ww.apple.com,
www.apple.com/find/searchtips.html,
www.macfixit.com,
www.nowonder.comComputer Link:
www.uniontrib.com/news/computing/rathbone/index.htmlWin 9x help:
www.cyberpc.com/Don Edrington (NCT), www.nctimes.com/columnists/column-chipchat.htm
Mike Elgan Answers: www.elgan.com/answers/
Jeff Levy (www.jefflevy.com/ and radio AM640 on Sunday mornings, 9-12)
Learn The Net: www.learnthenet.com/english/
Manufacturers: www.amd.com, www.intel.com, www.microsoft.com
Ocean Hills Computer Club Home Page: www.ochills.org
Free online PC Support-use tree view: www.pc-helpdesk.com/
PC Magazine: www.zdnet.com/
Newsletter sent to E-Mail box www.tipworld.com/
Windows Magazine: www.winmag.com/tipcom/
www.wugnet.com/shareware/
TUTORIALS:
Win95 Tutorial (TCCC) www.smartcomputing.com/
CD’s:
VIDEO TAPES:
OTHER:Books:
“Computer Friendly”, Raymond Steinbacher, Green Tree Press, Inc.;
“? For Dummies”; Authors Dan Gookin and Andy Rathbone;
“Learn Windows 98 Step By Step”, $39;
www.microsoft.com/ntserver/bookstore/default.asp“Internet Basics-Quick Answers”; Smart Computing Magazine’s series
Computer Edge and Computer Resources-Bi-weekly
Computer Link (UT)-every Tuesday--www.ochills.org/links.html
Ocean Hills Computer Club Newsletter
www.ochills.org/newsletter.html