Computer Seminars by Geeks on Tour
Jim and Chris Guld are professional computer trainers. As ‘Geeks on Tour’, we present computer seminars all over the country at computer clubs, RV parks and RV Rallies. The following list shows the topics we present. We are updating and developing new topics all the time. Each seminar is accompanied by a handout. Handouts can be downloaded for free on our ‘Articles and Links‘ page. Book us today for s presentation at your club or event.
| Topic | Title | Description |
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| Blogs | Every Traveler Needs a Blog | “Every Traveler 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.blogspot.com and click on Our Blog. |
| 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. |
| Facebook: Not just for Kids! | Reconnect with people you haven’t seen in a lifetime. Expand both the quantity and the quality of your friendships with more frequent contact. Facebook is the perfect tool for keeping in touch with new friends you meet on the road. Businesses can communicate with their customers and fans thru a Facebook Page. Every business today should have one. Visit our facebook page at www.facebook.com/geeksontour |
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| 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 | GPS Navigation and Trip Planning | How to plan your trips and follow your plan. Featuring Microsoft Streets and Trips 2011. Understand the different devices available, dashboard, hand-held, and USB devices for your computer. Even GPS enabled cell phones like the Droid and iPhone. |
| High Speed Internet for Travelers | Internet Connections on the Road: WiFi, Satellite, Cellular | Come learn more about how to “Get Away, and Stay Connected!” Should you get a data card from your cell phone company? How does Wi-Fi work? How much does an Internet Satellite system cost? Do I need an amplifier or antenna? These questions and more are answered in this seminar. |
| Photostory 3 | Photo Story 3 makes Free and Easy Narrated Slideshows | 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, and Oh-So-Easy download from Microsoft. |
| Picasa | Picasa 3: A Free program for Managing your Digital Photos | Find your pictures, Organize, Edit, Caption, and Share. It’s fast, it’s easy, and its FREE from Google. Picasa can: transfer photos from camera, delete and organize photos, rename and caption, browse/view all photos on your computer, improve photo quality in many ways without touching your original, print, email and post to web, create slideshows, find faces and geotags, and backup to CD or DVD. It can even work with your video files. 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 using free tools, 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 good job of remaining virus-free as well. |
| Photo Sharing on the Web | Sharing Photos on the Web with Picasa, Facebook and Google+ | Picasa has always given us Picasa Web Albums for sharing photos, but now Facebook is where most people send photos for Friends and Family to see. Google + is enticing new users to share photos there by offering lots of special features. Learn the differences and how to upload your photos to each service from your computer or your smartphone. |
| Websites | Creating a Website with Free WordPress | This seminar will give you step-by-step instructions to create a complete website with static pages as well as a blog and photo album. It can be a personal website, small business, or a club. You will learn to set up an account on the FREE WordPress.com hosting site and build a website using all free tools. Presented by Jim and Chris Guld of Geeks on Tour who have two WordPress-based sites: www.picasatutorials.com and www.wifisavvy.com . |
| Windows 7 | Windows: What’s new | Understanding the start menu, great searching, new Explorer screens and techniques, sidebar and clocks. Bring your questions! Windows 8 will be here soon. |
| 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. using Windows 7, Know your Laptop, Word Processing and Filing, Maintenance and Safe Computing, Wi-Fi and Web browsing, Email. |
| On the Road | On the Road with Geeks on Tour | A short (20 min) slideshow and talk about out full-time RVing lifestyle. |
| Smart Phones | Outsmarting Your Smart Phone | Everybody’s getting them, but do you understand what you have? So much more than phones – these are actually computers. We will be demonstrating on Motorola Droids, but iPhones and other Droids all have similar features. Your smartphone may be the only computer you need as you travel. |
| Blogs-2 | Blogging; Beyond the Basics | For people who already have a blog, or those who just want to see what can be included beyond the simple journal type of website. The seminar will use Blogger.com and Windows Live Writer to demonstrate how to include Youtube videos, Picasa Slideshows and map images in your blog posts or sidebars. You will also learn how to integrate the Facebook and Twitter micro-blogging environments with your main blog. |
| Picasa-2 | Picasa: Beyond the Basics | Even Google, who makes Picasa, looks to Chris Guld of Geeks on Tour when they want training on Picasa! (see their co-hosted webinar at www.geeksontour.com/picasa.htm) In this session you will see the multiple techniques for categorizing your photos while keeping them in one simple folder structure. Learn about some of Picasa’s advanced features like facial recognition, movie-making, and geotagging. |
| Internet Love Story | Geeks on Tour: Relationship and Business made possible by the Internet | Jim and Chris Guld were 50 years old when they sold their home and cut all their ties in order to follow their dream of living on the road. No retirement and no income; yet they were convinced they could make a living on the road as long as they had the Internet. You’ll hear their story plus learn how they stay connected to the Internet as they travel the country. |