| CERRITOS COLLEGE | |||
| UPDATING COMPUTER SKILLS, PART 2 | |||
| Instructor: | |||
| Bob Fiske (robert_fiske@hotmail.com) | |||
| Location | |||
| SELACO WIB (Cerritos 1-Stop) | |||
| 10900 E. 183rd St., Suite 350 | |||
| Cerritos, CA 90703 | |||
| COURSE WEBSITE: | |||
| www.oocities.org/nahlej/cerritos | |||
| (click on "Updating Computer Skills Part II") | |||
| Course Objectives: | |||
| - | Build on the foundation of skills established in Part 1 | ||
| - | Develop moderately advanced PC skills | ||
| - | Learn advanced techniques in MS Word | ||
| - | Learn basic techniques in MS Excel & MS PowerPoint | ||
| - | Improve skills for communicating using e-mail | ||
| - | Develop better Internet skills | ||
| - | Become an EMPOWERED computer user | ||
| What is an Empowered Computer User? | |||
| - | Understands the basics of being a successful computer user (See below.) | ||
| - | Develops an attitude of playing a game | ||
| - | Uses discovery learning (experimentation) | ||
| - | Uses "Save As…" before trying an experiment | ||
| - | When things don't work quite right, develops a theory of what happened | ||
| - | Learns how to use "Help" functions | ||
| - | ALWAYS makes back-up files in two different places | ||
| Course Topics: | |||
| - | Microsoft Office applications | ||
| - | Documents, data & presentations | ||
| - | Help functions | ||
| - | Printing documents | ||
| - | Internet and e-mail | ||
| What is a Successful Computer User? | |||
| - | Understands that learning occurs gradually and in stages | ||
| - | Knows what kinds of emotions computers can produce | ||
| - | Tries to put emotions to one side in order to think more clearly | ||
| - | Has strategies that encourage experimentation and self-teaching | ||
| - | Works at not being afraid to make mistakes | ||
| - | Finds sympathetic and encouraging teachers | ||
| - | Tries not to compare himself or herself to other people | ||
| - | Is VERY PATIENT with himself or herself | ||