Feb.19, 2009

Marie was trained at the Swift Current Public Library on using Microsoft Word. We learned how to use different font types and sizes. We learned how to save a document, and how to open them after. I showed her how to save pictures from her email onto her computer.

Feb. 18, 2009

Helen was trained at the Swift Current Public Library on searching the internet. I showed her how to use quotation marks to help narrow her searches. I showed her how to use the images search, maps search and news search on google.ca. I showed her the website amazon.com and .ca, because she was interested in ordering books from the internet.

Feb. 12, 2009

Alice and Jackie were trained at the Swift Current Public Library on using and understanding their digital cameras better. I showed them how to use the marco setting, timer setting, and the different flash settings. I showed them how to use the movie button on their cameras to take a short video. I showed them how to zoom in on their pictures in review mode, and how to see their pictures as thumbnails in review mode. We talked about the different between digital zoom and optical zoom.

Feb. 11, 2009

Gary was trained at the Swift Current Public Library on updating his GPS on the computer. We went to the companies website to download the update. We had to create an account on the website and register the GPS system. Once we were on the site we were able to find the GPS update and start downloading.

Feb. 10, 2009

Lorraine and friend were trained at the Swift Current Public Library on taking pictures off of their digital cameras. We learned how to copy pictures from the digital cameras and them paste them into new folders made in the My Pictures section on the computer. I showed them how to select more than one pictures using the shift and ctrl buttons on the keyboard. I showed them what the right click button is for on the mouse.

Feb. 10, 2009

Lois was trained at the Swift Current Public Library on searching the internet using google.ca. We also worked on understanding what some of the buttons do on her facebook account. I showed her how to delete text using the delete button on the computer and using the backspace button.

Feb. 6, 2009

Lorraine was trained at the Swift Current Public Library on using and understanding her digital camera better. We learned how to take videos, use the marco setting, use the portrait setting, and how to use the night shot setting.

Feb. 04, 2008

Sandy was trained at the Swift Current Public Library on how to use her digital camera. We showed her how to push the shutter button down halfway to focus, and the rest of the way to take the picture. We learned how to use different settings and features including flash, zoom, macro, and self-timer. We taught her how to take a video, and how to mute or unmute her camera. We showed her how to use the review mode to see her pictures and videos, as well as how to delete them.

Feb. 03, 2008

Corinne was trained at the Swift Current Public Library on how to understand her digital camera better. I showed her how to find the different scene modes on her camera. The scene modes help to take pictures of snow, landscapes, people and flowers better. I showed her how to change the view of the pictures in the review mode so that she could see more than one pictures at one time. I showed her how to change her camera to the macro setting so that she would be able to take pictures of things close up. I showed her how to change the flash on the camera so that she could turn it on and off on her own.