LATE BREAKING NEWS
Shell Point TV Ch 11 will feature the Computer College
Steering Committee (CCSC) next Tuesday, April 28. Find out what is
happening with the Computer College classes. See a photo of the
CCSC. Don’t miss it!
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If you plan to go north for the summer
DON’T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT…
ü A way to send and receive
email, particularly e-Notes.
ü Backing up your computer(s),
either with flash drives (now up to 32 GB) or an external hard drive (up to 1.5
TB). You don’t know what shape your computer will be in when you get
back. Take your backup with you or store offsite.
ü A good carrying case if
you are taking your laptop with you. Be sure to take the charger and
surge protector with you for your laptop.
ü Unless is it absolutely
necessary, unplug all electronic equipment. A good surge protector
is essential if you leave any equipment plugged in. We sometimes have
lightning here in Florida.
ü A list of user ids and
passwords needed for Internet accounts. This includes travel, financial,
email etc.
Have a great summer but
hurry back to paradise!!
NEW FOR
FALL 2009
How many times have we
heard, we don’t get back in time to register or attend a class in the
fall. Classes for the Fall Term are scheduled to start on September 1st.
That means registration will probably start August 10!!
Starting with the Fall
Term, CCSC will offer registration by e-mail. As soon as the information
is available, e-Notes will send you a list of all the classes, the same as we
did for the Summer Term. If you will not be back in time to register, all
you have to do is send an email to e-Notes ccsc8sp@gmail.com requesting an
“absentee” registration form. We are calling this e-Registration and it
will be sent to you. Nothing complicated. Just hit reply, fill in
your apartment number, name and the courses you want to take. Then hit
send and you will be registered. If you respond by the end of the third
day of registration, your name will be included in the randomization.
OK, so now you get
registered, but will you get back in time for class? We know it is nice
up north yet in September. So we are requesting the instructors to think
in terms of starting the classes a bit later to accommodate more residents who
go north. Be sure to check the class schedules before registering for a
class. In addition to the list in e-Notes, you can go to the Shell Point
web page www.shellpoint.net and check on the Computer College
classes under The Academy. You can also download registration forms at
the site but it will be far simpler to just use e-Registration and save a fax,
stamp or phone call. Sorry, but for now we have to limit e-Registration
to those who are out of town.
FANTASTIC
SUMMER TERM
For whatever reason, the
Summer Term registration exceeded all expectations. Are more residents
staying in Florida for the summer or are the residents that stay here just
looking for something to do? Last summer there were a total of 78 “class
seats” (a resident taking a course) filled. This summer there are
230! To accommodate this massive influx, we had to open nine
new sections. We thank the instructors who are willing to teach the extra
sections. In spite of all this, there are only five names on the
waitlists. Gone are the days of long waitlists.
MORE
NEW CLASSES FOR FALL
The classes in the
School of Technology (SofT) were introduced in the
Summer Term and the registration was nearly three times the number that could
be accommodated in one section. This fall SofT
will offer more new classes. Obviously we need help in learning how to
use those new gadgets. SofT is also
helping the residents keep their brain from getting “rusty” with the Mental
Fitness class. These are challenging times. We can’t let those 5th
graders get ahead of us.
NEED
FOR MORE INSTRUCTORS AND ASSISTANTS
For the past two terms registration has increased dramatically,
more than doubling over the same term in 2008. To meet this increased
interest, we need more instructors and assistants. Would you
be willing to share your computer skills by teaching or helping in the Computer
College? If you can teach a subject that would be helpful to others,
please contact Richard Nelson at 437-5051 or e-mail him at richnelson@hotmail.com Or you can simply
hit reply to this e-Note and let us know that way. Volunteer, it’s the
Shell Point way.
e-Notes
Published
by the Computer College Steering Committee (CCSC)
Russ Kraay, Editor
