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> >	HAL-PC Learning Resources Section Dear Student, Most of our classes are hands-on and are offered in the HAL-PC Learning Center. Classes that are not hands on are called lectures. Hands on classes are limited to 12 students and every student has a computer at his/her workstation. Lecture's may have up to 100 students. You may register for a class right before the class begins so long as there is space in the class. Most prefer to preregister online at: http://www.hal-pc.org/classes, by calling the HAL-PC Office at 713-993-3300 or by visiting HAL-PC Headquarters at: 4543 Post Oak Place, Ste. 200. Students on a waiting list for a specific class are contacted at the first availability of that class. You don't have to be a member of HAL-PC to enjoy the benefit of learning from our exceptional instructors and taking advantage of our classroom resources. HAL-PC Members will, however, receive a discount on their class registration fees and will most likely find that we also have a SIG meeting that they can attend to expand their knowledge base. Also, HAL-PC's computer lab is open to members of HAL-PC from 9am to 9pm Monday thru Friday and 9am to 5pm on Saturday. HAL-PC Members are welcome to use the computers in the computer lab for their homework and practice. You may join HAL-PC online at: http://office.hal-pc.org/signup or by calling 713-993-3300. Our classes do have some prerequisites. In all classes you must own or have access to a computer in order to do homework and practice. To determine if you meet any other prerequisites for a class you may contact the instructor directly using the email addresses provided below, visit the HAL-PC Website's classes pages at: http://www.hal-pc.org/classes, email classes@hal-pc.org or call 713-993-3300. Upon successful completion of a class offered by HAL-PC our students receive a HAL-PC certificate acknowledging their accomplishment! We hope you'll join us. I think you'll be glad you did! Sincerely, Anne Sipes , Education Committee Chair HAL-PC Headquarters September Schedule of Classes
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> >	8 week program scheduled for: September 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th 3:15pm to 4:45pm October 6th, 13th & 20th 3:15pm to 4:45pm Class Fee: $45.00 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $35.00 PowerPoint? XP Level 1 Learn how to prepare a PowerPoint? Presentation that will impress your boss! This class is offered by long time HAL-PC Member and experienced trainer, Margaret Fuller . Margaret Fuller has offered training at several large companies including Amoco, GE, LCRA and Mobil. An advanced PowerPoint? XP has been scheduled to begin immediately after Level 1. 4 week program scheduled for: September 1st, 8th, 15th & 22nd 9:30am to 11:30am Class Fee: $120.00 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $100.00 Introduction to HTML HAL-PC's own Webmaster, Marilyn Wright Gore , will teach you the all the basic skills necessary to begin effectively creating web pages. Upon successful completion of this course, students will have created a basic website with multiple pages, including background images and colors, inline images, tables, style sheets and forms! 4 week program scheduled for: September 1st, 8th, 15th & 22nd 7pm to 9pm Class Fee: $120.00 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $100.00 Students will also need to purchase a copy of 'Sams Teach Yourself HTML & XHTML in 24 Hours'
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> >	Get started using MS Word 2000 with Fernando Bobbio , our bilingual instructor. This instructor is fluent in both English and Spanish! Learn how to create and edit a document, as well as format paragraphs and even insert some clip art into your document. 8 hour program scheduled for: September 2nd & 9th 9am to 1pm Class Fee: $140.00 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $120.00 WebMail? Did you ever wish you could read your HAL mail account at the club or on the road? Well you can, and Rick Archibald will show you how. It's called WebMail?, and every HAL mail account has it. It doesn't matter if you are a HAL-PC member or a HALNet subscriber, you can access your mail from any computer that has a browser & an Internet connection. There will be two 2 lectures and an optional hands-on lab. Lectures September 2nd & 3rd 6pm to 9pm Labs September 13th 9am to 6pm Class Fee (lecture only): $30.00 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $25.00 Class Fee (lecture & lab): $60.00 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $50.00
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> >	8 hour program scheduled for: September 3rd & 10th 9am to 1pm Class Fee: $140.00 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $120.00 Basic Computer Use - Linux Rick Archibald , HAL-PC's Linux Workshop SIG Leader, teaches the three "S's" of modern personal computers: Surfin', Searchin', & Sendin', Linux style! It's a great month to learn Linux! 8 hour program scheduled for: September 6th 9am to 1pm & 2pm to 6pm Class Fee: $45.00 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $35.00
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> >	Fernando Bobbio , our bilingual instructor, will offer Excel 2000 - Level 1. Learn the very basics in Excel including worksheets, cells, columns, rows and how to enter information in them. We'll also cover formulas, functions and how to format the information in the worksheets you created. Then we will cover how to create charts. Finally, we will use the IF function to make decisions and work with large worksheets. All this and more in this first level of Excel.
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> >	8 hour program scheduled for: September 7th & 9th 5pm to 9pm Class Fee: $140.00 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $120.00 Linux for Cowards The Linux Desktop Comes of Age or How to Divorce Bill Gates and Not Pay Alimony! Curious about Linux? This is the presentation for you. Aimed at the general audience, this has a history of Linux, a comparison of Linux to MS Windows, and an exploration of KDE, the normal Linux desktop. All HAL-PC members, guests, & visitors are invited. This edition of "Linux for Cowards", tagged "SE-SP1" (Second Edition, Service Pack 1) for fun, will be especially for the Microsoft® Windows user who is considering a change. 3 hour presentation scheduled for: September 9th 6pm to 9pm Class Fee: Donations will be accepted
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> >	4 hour program scheduled for: September 11th 10am to 2pm Class Fee: $60 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $50 Windows XP - Intermediate The "WINDOWS XP Computer Basics - Intermediate" class is a hands-on class designed for the computer user wishing to better their computer skills. This class is offered by long time HAL-PC Member and experienced trainer, Margaret Fuller . 8 hour program scheduled for: September 14th & 28th 2pm to 4pm October 5th & 12th 2pm to 4pm Class Fee: $45 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $35
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< <	4 hour program scheduled for: September 17th 9am to 1pm Class Fee: $50 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $40 Burning DVDs for Dummies + Tape Conversion Charles Evans will offer his Burning DVDs for Dummies + tape conversion lecture on Saturday, September 18, 2004 1 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Power Point Have you ever wondered how other people created those nice presentations you have seen? Would you like to learn how to create them on your own and use some tricks that could make your presentations a lot more exciting than they are now? How about timing and movement? If you want to get an answer to all these questions and more, come and join Fernando Bobbio, our bilingual instructor, in a PowerPoint? class that will go step by step through the creation of a presentation, from the text, to the pictures, backgrounds, sounds, movement and a lot more. 8 hour program scheduled for: September 21st & 28th 9am to 1pm Class Fee: $140 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $120
> >	4 hour program scheduled for: September 17th 9am to 1pm Class Fee: $50 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $40 Manual cost is $20.00. Opera for Nearsighted Cowards In the last year, Rick Archibald has entertained the Internet SIG, the Basic Internet SIG, and Build or Buy with this introduction to his favorite browser. Rick is our Linux Workshop SIG leader and "Basic Computer Use" instructor. 3 hour program scheduled for: September 17th 6pm to 9pm Fee: Donations accepted Burning DVDs for Dummies + tape conversion HAL-PC Magazine's Reviews Editor, Charles Evans , will offer his Burning DVDs for Dummies + tape conversion lecture. 3 hour program scheduled for: September 18th 1 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Word - Level 2 Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to use section breaks to format a document and format text in columns; create, modify, and use tables as page-layout elements and sort table data; merge a document with data to make variations of one document; create, modify, and use styles to affect the appearance of text; create and use templates, including the fax template; create, modify, and use macros; discuss Internet and Web features; create and edit a Web document and preview a Web document in a browser. This class is offered by long time HAL-PC Member and experienced trainer, Margaret Fuller . 9 hour program scheduled for: September 21st & 28th 10am to 2:30pm Class Fee: $110 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $90
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> >	4 hour program scheduled for: September 24th 9am to 1pm Class Fee: $50 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $40 Dreamweaver James Sangster , a technical instructor/trainer for over five years and web developer for over 10 years will be offering this Macromedia Dreamweaver Fast Track Workshop. This will be a relatively fast moving workshop with quite a bit of material to cover. No previous web development experience is required. 5 hour program scheduled for: September 25th 11am to 5pm (45 minute break) Class Fee: $140 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $120
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> >	Instructor: Joanne Ballato 5 week program scheduled for: September 21st, 23rd, 28th, & 30th 5pm to 9pm October 5th, 7th, 12th, 14th, 19th & 21st 5pm to 9pm Class Fee: $615 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $595 Other classes offered at HAL-PC Headquarters Access 2000 - Level 2 Use combo boxes in your forms and create reports with grouping. Use custom forms to simplify your job. Enhance forms with pictures, hyperlinks and subforms. Apply all your knowledge and create an application system with macros, wizards and a switchboard. Finally, integrate Excel with Access. 8 hour program email classes@hal-pc.org for schedule Class Fee: $140.00 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $120.00 Excel 2000 - Level 2 Learn a bit more about charts and how to create and format them. Use a data table to analyze data and even learn about some fancy formulas, like the one for amortization. Add a hyperlink to your other documents, even those not created in Excel and to web pages from inside your newly created worksheet. Learn how to create, sort and even query the database you built in Excel and even extract those records you need. Finally, create templates and work with multiple worksheets and workbooks. 8 hour program email classes@hal-pc.org for schedule Class Fee: $140.00 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $120.00 Excel 2000 - Level 3 Get more out of your Excel worksheets. Make them more presentable using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Learn how to audit and validate your data and solve complex problems. Import external data, track and route changes, and create data maps. Finally, use pivot charts and pivot tables to extract just the information you want to see. 8 hour program email classes@hal-pc.org for schedule Class Fee: $140.00 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $120.00 Word 2000 - Level 3 In this third level of Word, learn how to work with a master document, an index and a table of contents. You will create an online form and use some coding through Visual Basic for Applications to enhance your documents. Finally, you will even link an Excel worksheet and chart with your Word document. 8 hour program email classes@hal-pc.org for schedule Class Fee: $140.00 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $120.00 Windows XP Computer Basics The "WINDOWS XP Computer Basics" class is a hands-on class designed for the computer user wishing to better their computer skills. This class is modeled after the Basic Beginner Computer Class taught at the HAL-PC Senior Learning Center in Clear Lake, but is taught in fewer lessons. Because of the quicker pace, students in this class will be tested to demonstrate that they possess basic mouse skills. Students that have no experience using a computer or are not adept at using the mouse will be asked to take our slower paced beginner class. Topics include: Description and Explanation of Hardware and Software Components, Windows Terminology, Proper Computer Shutdown, Navigating in Windows XP, and Using Accessory Programs that come with Windows such as Wordpad and Paint. Note: this class is a basic windows class that does not address internet and email topics. email classes@hal-pc.org for schedule Class Fee: $45.00 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $35.00 Fireworks Macromedia Fireworks is one of the top choices of professional web / graphic dealing with image development for the web. Macromedia Fireworks is tailor made to work hand-in-hand with Dreamweaver and rises above and beyond simple image editing. It has most of the functionality of it's rival, Adobe Photoshop, but can slice images, apply rollovers and other effects and export out the images with html/java script code to make your interactions functional in Dreamweaver (or any other editor) as well. This class is project-based and will focus on re-creating the layout for crystalconceptsinc.com entirely in Fireworks and then porting it over to Dreamweaver. 3 hour program email classes@hal-pc.org for schedule Class Fee: $25.00 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $20.00 Classes offered at the HAL-PC Senior Learning Center - Clear Lake BEGINNER: ( 8 lessons, 1-1/2 hr, 2 per week) This basic course is for students with little or no prior experience or proficiency with computers, terminology, or Windows. Topics covered include: computer basics, terminology, hardware and software definitions, safety precautions and Windows operating system features. Also covers familiarity of what a computer can do, programs on the computer, and how to run them. Some of these programs are: Notepad, WordPad?, Calculator, Paint, and the Control Panel. Basic maintenance and buying or upgrading computers are also discussed. Each student has a computer and a full set of handouts. Lots of hands-on practice and discussion. Bring two floppy disks to class. INTERMEDIATE: (8 lessons, 2 per week) This course is a continuation of the BEGINNER course with emphasis on Windows. Topics covered include: additional Windows features such as Windows Explorer, My Computer, creating shortcuts and folders, finding and renaming files, formatting, copying, scanning, defragging disks, and personalizing your computer using the Control Panel. In addition, three modules are presented to introduce the student to the Word Processing, Spreadsheet, and Database Management features of MSWorks. Each student has a computer and a full set of handouts. Lots of hands-on practice and discussion. Bring two floppy disks to class. NOTE: Every student MUST take the above courses before taking any of the ADVANCED COURSES listed below at the Senior Learning Center SLC. Exceptions are made when prospective students feel that they are past the "beginners and intermediate" stage and have discussed this with and obtained a waiver from an advanced level instructor. KEYBOARDING: (Self-paced. Unlimited lessons.) This is a self-taught, self-improvement course to improve typing skills in the home environment. Those students who have been away from or are new to typing will find this helpful. Ask for details at the desk. Not a formal, instructed course. FILE MANAGEMENT: (6 lessons, 2 per week) This basic course teaches students how to manage files, folders, disks, and drives. Topics covered include: terminology, types, maintenance, formatting, finding, shortcuts, and opening/saving files in various programs. Extensive work with Windows Explorer to copy, backup, move, open, save, rename, send, and delete files/folders. My Computer, Recycle Bin, and File Finder are also covered. Each student has a computer and a full set of handouts. Lots of hands-on practice and discussion. Bring two floppy disks to class. WORD PROCESSING: (6 lessons, 2 per week) This course teaches students the basic word processing skills needed to create letters, memos, and other simple text documents using the MSWorks word processing program. Printed handouts and floppy disks containing class material are given to each student at the start of the course. Since a majority of students are not skilled typists, emphasis is placed on editing pre-existing text. Each student has a computer and a full set of handouts. Lots of hands-on practice and discussion. Bring two floppy disks to class. SPREADSHEETS: (6 lessons, 2 per week) This course teaches students how to create simple spreadsheets for home or small business purposes using the MSWorks spreadsheet program. A class handout and floppy disk are used to examine and evaluate a typical spreadsheet file showing how a spreadsheet is laid out and formulas selected for entry. Includes tips on building, formatting cells, and printing the spreadsheet. Each student has a computer and a full set of handouts. Lots of hands-on practice and discussion. Bring two floppy disks to class. DATABASE MANAGEMENT: (6 lessons, 2 per week) This course introduces students to the database management function of MSWorks. Topics covered include: database terminology, explanation of fields and records, and the different views available for access to database information. A class handout and floppy disk are used to examine and discuss a typical "name and address" database file. The prepared database allows the student to become familiar with the sorting, find, find and replace, filters, reports and the printing features of the program without actually building a database. Each student has a computer and a full set of handouts. Lots of hands-on practice and discussion. Bring two floppy disks to class. INTERNET: (8 lessons, 2 per week) This basic course introduces students to the Internet. Topics covered include: terminology, sending/receiving e-mail and email attachments, basic searching for people/businesses, "surfing", word searching, shopping, and downloading software. Students will actually go online in the computer lab. Each student has a computer and a full set of handouts. Lots of hands-on practice and discussion. Bring two floppy disks to class. Prerequisite: Must be online at home. PRINT SHOP: (6 lessons, 1 per week) This basic course teaches students how to make projects using the Print Shop program. Topics covered include: how to create signs, banners, greeting cards, and personal business cards using three major building blocks - headlines, message text, and graphics. Clip art or Print Shop graphics are normally used, but personal photographs may be substituted. Each week the instructor will demonstrate a project in the classroom, then the student creates his/her own version of the project in the computer lab. Each student has a computer and a full set of handouts. Lots of hands-on practice and discussion. Bring two floppy disks to class. SCANNING, PHOTO EDITING & PRINTING: (8 lessons, 2 per week) This course teaches students both the basics and some of the more subtle elements of scanning and photo editing (serious and fun stuff) as well as some quality printing techniques. For most class periods, a specific project will be demonstrated, then each student will have hands-on experience with this same project under the guidance of the instructor. Each student has a computer and a full set of handouts. Lots of hands-on practice and discussion. Bring two floppy disks to class. USING YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA: (6 lessons, 2 per week) This course teaches students the basics of digital cameras and image files. Topics covered include: setting up the camera to take good pictures, requirements for email and print pictures, managing image files on your hard drive, lightly editing image files, preparing slide shows, creating and printing thumbnail contact sheets, and much more. Each student has a computer and a full set of handouts. Lots of hands-on practice and discussion. Bring two floppy disks to class. 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%META:TOPICINFO{author="RickArchibald" date="1089929622" format="1.0" version="1.1"}% From: Anne Sipes Subject: for the Magazine Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 10:25:10 -0500 To: HAL-PC Instructors Cc: HAL-PC Education Committee

Greetings HAL-PC Instructors,

This is where I am on the text for the magazine. Please read through it and offer suggestions, corrections and comments.

Any and all help is appreciated.

Thanks, Anne

Basic Computer Use Kick off your HAL-PC Education Month experience with Rick Archibald's Basic Computer Use class where you will learn the three "S's": Surfin', Searchin', & Sendin'

7 week program scheduled for: September 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th 3:15 to 4:45pm October 6th & 13th 3:15 to 4:45pm Class Fee: $45.00 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $35.00

Word 2000 - Level 1 Get started using MS Word 2000 with Fernando Bobbio, our bilingual instructor. This instructor is fluent in both English and Spanish! Learn how to create and edit a document, as well as format paragraphs and even insert some clip art into your document. 8 hour program scheduled for: September 2nd & 9th 9am to 1pm Class Fee: $140.00 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $120.00

FrontPage? Web Pages? Hyperlinks? Internet? Upload & Download? Pages with Frames? Fernando Bobbio, our bilingual instructor, will offer MS FrontPage? during HAL-PC's Education Month. Join us in this journey through the creation of a web page, in FrontPage?. 8 hour program scheduled for: September 3rd & 10th 9am to 1pm Class Fee: $140.00 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $120.00

Linux Hands On Richard Lawson, HAL-PC's "Linux 101" SIG leader & a 35 year veteran school teacher, has agreed to offer a beginning Linux Desktop course. This is one you don't want to miss! 7 week program scheduled for: September 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th 7pm to 8:30pm October 4th & 11th 7pm to 8:30pm

Excel 2000 - Level 1 Fernando Bobbio, our bilingual instructor, will offer Excel 2000 - Level 1. Learn the very basics in Excel including worksheets, cells, columns, rows and how to enter information in them. We'll also cover formulas, functions and how to format the information in the worksheets you created. Then we will cover how to create charts. Finally, we will use the IF function to make decisions and work with large worksheets. All this and more in this first level of Excel. 8 hour program scheduled for: September 7th & 14th 9am to 1pm Class Fee: $140.00 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $120.00

QuickBooks? QuickBooks? is Easy to Learn, Use and Customize, even if you don't have very much experience with computers or accounting. Just take this class offered by HAL-PC's Staff Accountant, Marie Jones, and learn how to use QuickBooks?, the most widely used accounting software package in the United States. It's time that you mastered QuickBooks? once and for all! 8 hour program scheduled for: September 7th & 9th 5pm to 9pm Class Fee: $140.00 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $120.00

Second Step Care and Maintenance of your PC. Keeping your PC healthy requires a little bit of basic maintenance. In this instructor led class you will get some of the information to keep your system running and giving it a longer life. Tips, tricks, ideas, and instructions on maintaining your PC, and its components. All attendees will receive a manual and CD of software and utilities. 4 hour program scheduled for: September 11th 10am to 2pm Class Fee: $60 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $50

Introduction to PHP Join HAL-PC's Database Administrator, Anne Sipes, and learn the basics of using an HTML-embedded scripting language. PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor. Much of its syntax is borrowed from C, Java and Perl with a couple of unique PHP-specific features thrown in. The goal of the language is to allow web developers to write dynamically generated pages quickly. 4 hour program scheduled for: September 14th & 16th 7pm to 9pm Class Fee: $120 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $100

Access 2000 - Level 1 Have you ever wanted to learn more about databases? How about fields, tables, and some other concepts? If you would like to learn how to create databases and learn the basics of databases, this class is for you! See how to create a database and add records to the different tables. Create reports with the information you want and forms out of the tables. Watch how queries can simplify your life and help you create a report out of them. Finally, learn how to maintain and update your databases from Fernando Bobbio, our bilingual instructor. 8 hour program scheduled for: September 16th & 23rd 9am to 1pm Class Fee: $140.00 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $120.00

Outlook Would you like to learn about a program to manage your contacts, schedules and even mail at the same time? How about doing it with the computer, in an easy way? Learn how to manage your contacts with a simple to use program. Manage your schedule, for a day, week, month or even the whole year. Make printouts of your schedule, once created. Send E-Mails from within the same program. Join Fernando Bobbio, our bilingual instructor, and learn all this in just 4 hours. 4 hour program scheduled for: September 17th 9am to 1pm Class Fee: $50 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $40

Charles Evans will offer his Burning DVDs for Dummies + tape conversion lecture on Saturday, September 18, 2004 1 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Power Point Have you ever wondered how other people created those nice presentations you have seen? Would you like to learn how to create them on your own and use some tricks that could make your presentations a lot more exciting than they are now? How about timing and movement? If you want to get an answer to all these questions and more, come and join Fernando Bobbio, our bilingual instructor, in a PowerPoint? class that will go step by step through the creation of a presentation, from the text, to the pictures, backgrounds, sounds, movement and a lot more. 8 hour program scheduled for: September 21st & 28th 9am to 1pm Class Fee: $140 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $120

Comptia A+ The A+ Certification Course is suited for computer users who have basic knowledge and experience with PCs and are looking to upgrade their skills in order to successfully perform as an entry-level computer service technician. The A+ course offered at HAL-PC is a 10-day class that prepares students to take the two A+ exams: Core Hardware (220-201) and OS Technologies (220-202).

A+ Certification is a CompTIA?-sponsored testing program that certifies the competency of entry-level (6 months experience) computer service technicians. The A+® exams contain situational and identification types of questions. All of the questions are multiple choice. There is either one answer for each question, or the question identifies how many answers you should select. The test covers a broad range of hardware and software technologies, but is not bound to any vendor-specific products.

The program is backed by major computer hardware and software vendors, distributors, resellers and publications. A+ certification signifies that the certified individual possesses the knowledge and skills essential for a successful entry-level (6 months experience) computer service technician, as defined by experts from companies across the industry.

The test is divided in to 2 parts - Core and OS

For a detailed look at the objectives of the Core section of the test, go to: http://www.comptia.org/certification/aplus/apluscore_hardware.pdf

For a detailed look at the objectives of the OS (operating system) test section, go to: http://www.comptia.org/certification/aplus/OS_exam.pdf.

The materials included in the course price are:

1. Transcender simulated test questions (classroom use only)

2. A+ Complete Study Guide By Groth, David; Newland, Dan Published by Sybex (Nov 1, 2001) ISBN: 0782140521 Number of pages: 922 Edition: deluxe Binding: Hardcover Weight: 4.15 lbs. Dimensions: 2.25 in. by 7.75 in. by 9 in.

3. A+ Complete Lab Manual By Evans, Donald R. Published by Sybex (Feb 1, 2001) ISBN: 0782128041 Edition: 2nd Binding: Paperback Weight: 1 lbs. Dimensions: 0.75 in. by 7.50 in. by 9 in.

Each student has his/her own machine.

5 week program scheduled for: September 21st, 23rd, 28th, & 30th 5pm to 9pm October 5th, 7th, 12th, 14th, 19th & 21st 5pm to 9pm Class Fee: $615 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $595

Internet 101 Are you the kind of person who would like to learn about "surfing" the Internet? How about getting to know all those terms, like hyperlinks, websites, browsers, e-mail, and more? Would you like to have hands-on experience and fun while learning? Then YOU are the right person for this class! Come and join us in this hands-on, instructor lead learning experience about the Internet and some other terms related to it. Internet 101 is offered by Fernando Bobbio, our bilingual instructor.

4 hour program scheduled for: September 24th 9am to 1pm Class Fee: $50 Discounted Fee for HAL-PC Members and groups of 3 or more: $40

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HAL-PC Headquarters September Schedule of Classes

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Introduction to HTML

WebMail?

Burning DVDs for Dummies + Tape Conversion

Burning DVDs for Dummies + tape conversion

Other classes offered at HAL-PC Headquarters

Classes offered at the HAL-PC Senior Learning Center - Clear Lake

BEGINNER: ( 8 lessons, 1-1/2 hr, 2 per week)

INTERMEDIATE: (8 lessons, 2 per week)

KEYBOARDING: (Self-paced. Unlimited lessons.)

FILE MANAGEMENT: (6 lessons, 2 per week)

WORD PROCESSING: (6 lessons, 2 per week)

SPREADSHEETS: (6 lessons, 2 per week)

DATABASE MANAGEMENT: (6 lessons, 2 per week)

INTERNET: (8 lessons, 2 per week)

PRINT SHOP: (6 lessons, 1 per week)

SCANNING, PHOTO EDITING & PRINTING: (8 lessons, 2 per week)

USING YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA: (6 lessons, 2 per week)

BASIC WEB PAGE CONSTRUCTION (6 lessons, 2 per week)

COURSE SCHEDULING:

FrontPage?

QuickBooks?

Introduction to PHP

Burning DVDs for Dummies + Tape Conversion