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FREE!
How wonderful our cell phones and computers are when
they work, and how terribly annoying they are when they
don’t! More often than not, it’s a simple problem that can be
fixed by someone with a little savvy. Members of Mamaroneck
High School’s Tech Club are offering 1:1 help. Bring your
pesky device and learn from the people who know best —
our teens! Come to any or all sessions according to your
needs, but please register so that the Tech Club can staff
appropriately.
Matt Loebel, Spencer Stendig and David O’Rourke are
Co-Presidents of the Tech Club.
5 Tuesdays: March 8 & 29, April 12 & 26, May 10:
3:15 – 4:45 pm
MHS Palmer Rm 122 / Free /
iPhone Photography
iPhones take great pictures and, unlike cameras, they’re always
handy. You’ll learn how to take professional-looking photos, edit
them, and use special effects to enhance them. We’ll also discuss
ways to store your photos on your phone, share them with your
other devices as well as with other people, and review some
free apps that will make your iphoto-taking even better. Bring
your fully charged iPhone and Apple ID and password.
Martin Merchant spent over two decades as a commercial
photographer before deciding to teach high school in Hastings-
on-Hudson, NY, where he just retired after 15 years — the last 6
as Art Department Chair. He has taught film photography, digital
imaging, Photoshop and computer graphics to all ages for over
30 years.
Friday: April 15:
9:30 – 11:30 am
Larchmont Temple Rm 2 / $35 / Code 151
Excel Beginner
In the Beginner class, learn the basics of creating a spreadsheet
by entering and editing data. Format text, numbers and labels
and find out how to create simple formulas. Copying and pasting,
as well as inserting and deleting will be covered. How to print
efficiently will be addressed.
Ronny Kaplan is a career computer training professional who
founded her own firm, Computer Training Solutions, in 2001.
3 Wednesdays: March 16 – April 6 (no class March 23):
4:30 – 6:30 pm
MHS Palmer Rm 107 / $150 includes fee for textbook / Code 152
Excel Intermediate
For students who have taken the Beginner class or with prior
experience. The Intermediate class will focus on streamlining
repetitive tasks in your spreadsheets, displaying data using more
effective formats, using advanced formulas such as If, VLookup,
Today, and Pmt. You’ll also create graphs to display your data
in a more visual format and learn to filter and sort database
information.
3 Wednesdays: April 13 – 27: 4:30 – 6:30 pm
MHS Palmer Rm 107 / $150 includes fee for textbook / Code 153
Learn to create presentations from scratch, from templates, or
using themes. Create title slides and add slides with bullets
of various levels, clip art, pictures, and shapes. Charts will be
created, as will business graphics using Smart Art. Preparations
will be made to deliver a presentation including transitions,
speaker notes, printing and delivering on screen.
Ronny Kaplan: See Excel.
2 Wednesdays: May 4 – 11: 4:30 – 6:30 pm
MHS Palmer Rm 107 / $85 /
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COMPUTERS & iDEVICES
“ ‘Any nation that expects to be ignorant and free,’ Jefferson
said, ‘expects what never was and never will be.’ And if the gap
between the educated and the uneducated in America continues
to grow as it is in our time, as fast as or faster than the gap
between the rich and the poor, the gap between the educated
and the uneducated is going to be of greater consequence and
the more serious threat to our way of life. We must not, by any
means, misunderstand that.” – David McCullough
In this election year, it is more important than ever to be educated.
Be a part of lively discussions of three books about key
founding American lives: Eve LaPlante’s American Jezebel
(Anne Hutchinson), Joseph Ellis’s Founding Brothers
(Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Franklin and Madison) and
Ron Chernow’s Hamilton. Purchase the books on your own.
Please come to the first class having read American Jezebel
by Eve LaPlante.
Leslie Blank received a BA from Emmanuel College, a Masters
in Russian Language and Literature from the University of
Pennsylvania, and a Masters of Liberal Studies with a concentration
in American Studies from Manhattanville College.
6 Tuesdays: Mar 8, Mar 15, Apr 5, Apr 12, May 3, May 10:
12:30 – 2:00 pm
Larchmont Temple Rm 3 / $150 /
DISCUSSION & LECTURES