Excel Level 2 starts next week! Excel Level 1 just flew by and I really enjoyed the class and all my students! Thank you so much. Hopefully I will see you next week in Level 2. The ISBN for the book is 9780763843151. There are some used ones on Amazon. Make sure you expedite shipping.

Welcome to the Windows 7! I am so happy you are attending this class. I know you will find it interesting, educational, and hopefully very enjoyable. Check back often at this website for any information or links that I may refer to in class. If I have any handouts, you will find them mentioned here or may be in the list on the right. There is no assigned book for this class but I encourage you to go out and find one you like at any major bookstore. I look forward to our time together. Thank you for coming!

Contract Information: (626) 256-0302 https://simpsongcc.wordpress.com simpsongcc@live.com

• How Computers Work
• History of Computers
• How software works
• History of Windows
• History of Apple OS
• Comparison of OSs
• Future of Technology
• Honda Robotics
• A Day with glass – Corning – Part 1
• A Day with Glass – Corning – Part 2
• Ray Kurzweil
• TED

For my Power Point students….sorry I haven’t gotten back to you. I was in the hospital on and off last week with a kidney stone! All I can say is wow! Doing better this week. The GCC computer system was not having a good week either. It was up and down and causing havoc. I finally got the grades posted Friday night last week. I picked up certificates today. I will be mailing them out to those that requested them at my email address, simpsongcc@live.com .

Now to something much more fun! Microsoft announced a new PC/tablet today called Surface. It looks very impressive and the pricing looks right. It might be the PC to get this fall. I will be keeping a close watch on it and will keep you informed here! For now, go take a look at it at their website.

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en/us/default.aspx

Hope you all are doing well!!!

Thank you all for a great semester. I hope you had a good time and learned a couple of things along the way. I will be posting information all summer long on my site. I intend on having a couple of meetups at Fry’s and Best Buy this summer….so stay tuned!  See you soon!

Here is the web site for this weekend’s Open House at JPL. These are highly attended events. They make for a great family day! Hopefully you can attend on one of the days.

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/open-house.cfm

Sorry, but something has come up this Saturday and I am not going to make it. so have fun! I might be there Sunday. If so, I will post it here.

You will not need a book for this class. Instead we will be using Power Point presentations as the class material. You can access this material on the right undwer the links section in the PowerPoint folder. Thanks you for coming and I promise you we will have a good time over the next 4 weeks!

My contact information is:

Steve Simpson

(626) 256-0302
simpsongcc@live.com

Here is a link to a pdf file that has a lot of good information on facebook security. I encourage you to download and read it.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=facebook%20security&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CIABEBYwAg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsafety%2Fattachment%2FGuide%2520to%2520Facebook%2520Security.pdf&ei=qZmuT_71FumfiALmoKz6Aw&usg=AFQjCNHY0ZaXaKGnTu3yCOi2MVe0yTx5jA 

Here is an article telling you how to use your USB for cool things!

http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57426513-285/10-awesome-ways-to-use-a-usb-flash-drive/?ttag=fbw

When using the Bing Search engine, here are some pages of information that can help you narrow your search and find what you are looking for.

http://onlinehelp.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/ff808438.aspx

http://onlinehelp.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/ff808421.aspx

Googles advanced search tool:

http://www.google.com/insights/search/#

If you need a password Manager tool here is a new one that is free! Give it a try!

https://identitysafe.norton.com/why_identity_safe

Skydrive has just upgraded. Make sure and get your free space if you have a live (hotmail) account now by logging into your skydrive and look for the link at the top. Then download the free app.

https://skydrive.live.com/

DropBox has also upgraded their free services. Get Dropbox here…

Always have your stuff when you need it with @Dropbox. Sign up for free! http://db.tt/zO1QPz06

Here is a good article about this virus that you should check your computer for…

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2401227,00.asp

After reading article go to this website to see if you are infected.

http://dns-ok.us/

If you are, here is a repair tool you can download and run to fix the problem.

http://www.avira.com/en/support-for-home-knowledgebase-detail/kbid/1199

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