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Computer Seminars by Geeks on Tour

Jim and Chris Guld are 'Geeks on Tour'. We give computer seminars all over the country at RV parks and RV Rallies. The following list include all the topics we have presented. We are developing more all the time. Each seminar is accompanied by a detailed handout. Some of the handouts are included on our 'Articles and Links' page.

Topic Title Description
Blogs Every Rver Needs a Blog “Every RVer Needs a Blog! ” A quick and easy website to post your photos and tales of your travels. All your family and friends can follow along. If you haven’t seen a blog yet, check out ours: go to www.geeksontour.com and click on Our Blog.
Email All About Email on the Road Understanding Email addresses, incoming and outgoing servers. Which email provider to use and how to Connect from the Road.
Essentials Using your computer: Essential things you need to know. Unlike kids today, we weren't born knowing this stuff! If you're new to computers, there are a few things you need to understand. What are windows and how to manage them? Reboot, cut, copy, paste, browse the web, saving files and finding them again! Editing documents and lots more.
Google Earth and Maps Overview of Google Earth: A 3D interface to our planet. Google Earth, probably the coolest program ever conceived! Watch a spinning globe of our planet and zoom in to detailed satellite imagery of any location. Find nearby stores and restaurants, get directions, attach your photos to the locations where they were taken. Virtual travel at it’s best. A freely downloadable program from Google.
GPS Using GPS systems and software for Navigation and Fun Understand the different devices available, dashboard, hand-held, and USB devices for your computer. How to plan your trips and follow your plan. How to use hand-held GPS for 'Geocaching' a high-tech treasure hunting game.
High Speed Internet for Rvers WiFi, Satellite, Cellular Learn about high-speed Internet access at your favorite RV parks and on the road across the country. The more you understand about WiFi, the more success you'll have. The seminar will focus on Wi-Fi, and will also cover satellite, and cellular technology for RVers. Come learn more about how to “Get Away, and Stay Connected!”
Photostory 3 Making movies from your digital photos with Photostory 3 Take your digital still photos and let Photostory 3 make them look like a video movie with Zoom and Pan effects. Add custom-created music and narration all with this free download from Microsoft.
Picasa Manage your Digital Photos with Google's Picasa 2 From the Camera to the Web - Picasa handles it all. It’s *fast*, it’s *easy*, and it’s *free* from Google. Find pictures you had forgotten about with Picasa's 'Library View' and Seach capabilities. Send email and automatically resize photos accordingly with a single click. It is also single-click easy to print, to backup photos, to make a web album, or make slide-show CDs. But, the best part is the fast and easy way to make all your photos look better. This you gotta see!
Safe Computing Regular Maintenance Techniques to keep your Computer Running Smooth and Virus-Free Practice Safe Computing: We call it BUCS, as in Backup, Update, Cleanup and Scan. Like a car tuneup, if you do it regularly your computer will run much better. Combine that with learning what to click on and what not to click on and you can do a pretty good job of remaining virus-free as well.
Websites Creating a Website from Scratch Blogs are the easiest way to get started publishing on the web, but, if you want more - this seminar will show you how. It will explain the tools you need: domain name, webhost, html editor, ftp software and image editor. We will give examples of each. We will build one simple website using an automated system called Website Tonight. We will build another with the industry standard - Dreamweaver. Plus, we will discuss the issues of 'dynamic' websites and Search Engines. This seminar is jam-packed!
Quick Tips Shortcuts and other Quick Tips Short video tutorials in lots of different categories.
Confidence Computer Confidence - Hands-on Class A 3 week-6 session class, 2 hours each session. Limit 6 students, women only. Work on your own laptop with plenty of hands on exercises covering Windows, Web, Document creation and editing, File management and more.
Vista Windows Vista: What's new There are lots of changes with Windows in Vista. A new start menu, great searching, new Explorer screens and techniques, sidebar and clocks. Bring your questions!
Boot Camp 2-day, hands-on class on Computer Essential Skills Using your own PC laptop, we present 6 sessions over 2 days complete with hands-on exercises. Word Processing and Filing, Maintenance and Safe Computing, Wi-Fi and Web browsing, Know your Laptop, Email, Managing Digital Photos with Picasa.
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