ICT Courses 2009/2010
If
you would like to book any of the following courses,
please follow link to
book your place.
Community ICT
Courses 2009/2010
Following on from last year’s very successful programme
of short ICT courses, we are delighted to offer a
further set of courses throughout the coming year.
These are open to all members of the school and local
community.
Internet Safety
6.30pm - 8.30pm
Thursday, 15th October 2009
The internet is a wonderful resource that can encourage
young and old alike to explore, learn, interact, create
and contribute but,
as in everyday life, there are some simple guidelines
that will help you gain the most benefit and avoid
potential pitfalls.
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Find
out how you and your family can get the most out of the
world wide web;
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Learn
how to be safe online;
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Gain
information on how to avoid viruses;
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Teach
children about the dangers to look out for;
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Discover what software is available to aid parental
control on computers.
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Those attending this course may like to consider Web
Literacy on 16th November. *
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Christmas Cards Made Simple
(or
how to make Word and Excel work for you!)
6.30pm - 8.30pm
Thursday,
5th November
2009
Thursday, 12th November 2009
or
9.45am - 11.45am
Wednesday, 11th November 2009
Wednesday, 18th November 2009
You
will learn how to use Microsoft Word 2003 and Excel 2003
to:
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Create and maintain a table of addresses in Excel;
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Generate address labels using Word (mail merge);
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Save
all information so that you can use it time and time
again.
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Come to the course armed with your address book
and leave with a full set of address labels for
your Christmas cards! |
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Some prior experience of computers is required
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Web
Literacy
6.30pm - 8.30pm
Monday, 16th November 2009
When you are using the web to gather information, don't
be duped by what you
find out there. Learn the basic guidelines for
evaluating information on the web.
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Is
everything you see on the web reliable?
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Are
some web addresses more reliable than others?
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Are
the links from a website always good links?
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What
is the difference between .com, .net, .ac, .mil etc?
All
this and more will be answered on our Web Literacy
course.
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CV
& Letter Writing
(using Microsoft Word)
6.30pm – 8.30pm
Thursday, 21st January 2010
Thursday, 28th January 2010
You
can write a letter, you can write a CV – but can you
make them look really smart? Learn how to use
fonts, tabs, margins, tables etc to make your word
documents create a good impression.
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Basic
Word – The Useful Bits!
6.30pm – 8.30pm
Tuesday, 16th March 2010
Tuesday, 23rd March 2010
Tuesday, 30th March 2010
‘Basic Word – The Useful Bits!’ will teach you how to
use Microsoft Word 2003 to create professional looking
documents for both business and personal use.
On
completion of this course you will be able to:
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Open
and move around a word document
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Format and layout text on a page
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Structure documents
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Create and edit tables
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Import graphics and other objects
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Print
documents
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Save
documents
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Budgeting
in Excel & Other Basics
6.30pm – 8.30pm
Monday, 10th May 2010
Monday, 17th May 2010
On completion of this course you will be able to:
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Create a workbook including text, values and dates;
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Format a worksheet;
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Create simple calculations, including Sum, Average etc;
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Print and Save workbooks;
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Run a budget for home use.
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All
courses will be held in school in one of our computer
suites; the courses run over one, two or three weeks,
depending on the topic, and each session lasts two
hours. Tuition is free of charge and will be delivered
by an external ICT trainer. We ask for a contribution
of £5.00 per person towards the cost of refreshments (£2
for the one week courses), payable when a booking is
made.
If you
would like to reserve a place on one or more of the
courses, please complete a booking form and return it to
Lindsey Benton; places are limited and will be allocated
on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.
