River Valley Seniors' Computer Class Registration

UPDATED: River Valley Seniors, formerly known as SeniorNet, will hold their Winter Computer Class Signup on Tuesday, February 16th from 11:00a.m. - 1:30p.m. in the Computer Lab at the Fort Smith Public Library (3201 Rogers Ave). These classes will concentrate on computer skills for beginner adults, with an emphasis on instruction for students over 50.

The classes are FREE but space is limited, so advanced registration is required at the times listed above. These classes are co-sponsored by the Fort Smith Public Library.

Classes this winter will include:

Beginning Classes:

UPDATED:

    * Meet Your Mouse & Fun and Games
      Thursday, February 18 (9:30-11:30a.m.)

These two classes were combined when signup was postponed due to weather. Learn how to operate a computer mouse in a VERY informal and fun class with lots of hands-on practice using computer games. Take this class if you are NOT comfortable with using a mouse. The skills you learn in playing the games already on your computer will be very useful in other introductory computer classes.

    * Intro to Personal Computers
      Tu/Th, February 23, 25, March 2, 4 (9:30-11:30a.m.)

 Intended for students who have little or no knowledge of computers; emphasis will be on learning to interact with the computer using keyboard and mouse. We will cover Windows XP not Vista.

    * Beginning Word Processing
      Tu/Th, March 9, 11 (9:30-11:30a.m.)

Learn how to use your mouse and keyboard to type, change, and enhance documents (letters, poems, the great American novel, even recipes!). This class is intended to continue our intro to Input devices started the previous week and as prelude to Intro to PCs.

    * Introduction to the Internet
      Tu/Th, March 16, 18, 23, 25 (9:30-11:30a.m.)

A beginning course in using the Internet intended for those students who have completed Intro to PCs with knowledge of the keyboard and mouse. Learn how to "surf" the web and use Search Engines to find information; learn to download programs, pictures, etc.

    * Basic Email
      Tu/Th, March 30, April 1 (9:30-11:30a.m.)

Intended for students who have completed Intro to PCs and Intro to the Internet. Learn general techniques of using email using Yahoo! Email.

Intermediate Classes:

    * From Digital Camera to PC
      Tuesday, March 16 (1:30-3:30p.m.)

Learn how to get your pictures out of your digital camera and into your PC.

    * Edit and Enhance Your Digital Photos
      Tuesday, March 23 (1:30-3:30p.m.)

Learn how to make corrections and other changes to your digital photos with Google's free software program, Picasa.


    * Share, Print, and Save Your Digital Photos
      Tuesday, March 30 (1:30-3:30p.m.)

Learn how to print photos, copy your digital photos to CDs, and share photos with your friends via email and/or a photo-sharing website using Google's free software program, Picasa.

    * Facebook for Seniors
      Tuesday, April 6 (1:30-3:30p.m.)

Facebook is a social networking website that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. Users will learn how to add friends and send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends. Additionally, users can join networks organized by city, workplace, and organizations.

UPDATED: Remember: you MUST sign up for Beginning and Intermediate classes on Tuesday, February 16th from 11:00a.m. - 1:30p.m. in the Computer Lab at the Fort Smith Public Library (3201 Rogers Ave).

Special Interest Workshops:

    *  PC Questions and Answers: "The Doctor is IN"
       Wednesday, March 3 (1:30-3:30p.m.)

     * PC Questions and Answers: "The Doctor is IN"
       Wednesday, April 7 (1:30-3:30p.m.)

Students in current or former senior classes, library patrons and others who are encountering difficulties with their computers are invited to either of these "First Wednesday" walk-in computer clinic sessions and ask computer-related questions. Depending on the size of the group, we may have time for one-to-one help or may need to write down questions if the group is large. Either way, the emphasis will be on demonstrating how to use online resources that help us solve our own tech problems. We'll try to show you how and where to start looking. The answer is probably out there somewhere.

For more information, please call the Main Library at (479)783-0229.