UMC Hosts Second
Technology-Based Elderhostel Session June 22-28 UMC Hosts Second
Technology-Based Elderhostel Session June 22-28
From June 22-28, over twenty people from several states will spend a week at UMC learning about such varied topics as nutrition, quilting, e-mail, the Internet and other computer technologies. They are taking part in the second of four summer sessions of Elderhostel.
The theme for this week-long experience is "Anytime, Anywhere Computing: Day and Night with a Laptop." During their stay, each participant will be issued a notebook computer. Participants will use the computer to learn the basics of e-mail, the Internet, and the Microsoft Windows suite of programs: Word (word processing), Excel (spreadsheets), Access (databases), and Powerpoint (presentations). Other sessions focus on computer technology applications such as the presentation of a computerized family tree maker and using the Internet to access invenstment and stcok market information. Spread throughout the computer sessions are other sessions dealing with the history and technology of quilting and field trips to the Polk County Museum and Dahlgren's Sunflower Processing Plant in Crookston.
UMC is well suited for such a technology-based experience because of its distinctive status as the "Original Thinkpad University" and its extensively "wired" infrastructure. Classrooms are wired to a local area network, which, in turn, connects the entire campus to the Internet. Participants can even access the Internet from the rooms in the campus residence halls where they stay for the week.
In addition to the June 22-28 session, similar sessions are set for July 20-26 and August 3-9, 1997. For further information contact the University of Minnesota, Crookston Office of Outreach and Continuing Education at 218-281-8681 or 1-800-232-6466.
Elderhostel II: June 22-28, 1997
Agenda
Note: All meals and breaks will be in Morsels except where noted.
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Sunday, June 22
2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Registration in Brink Hall
5:30 p.m. Dinner in Epicurian Room, Conference Center 122
6:00 p.m. Introductions
Monday, June 23
7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Breakfast in Morsels Conference Building
8:30 to 10:00 a.m. Orientation & Computer Distribution--computer set-up & passwords, mouse skills, games and clicking. Dave Kuehn & Robbie McGurran, Dowell Hall 103
10:00 to 10:30 a.m. Break in Morsels
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon Windows ’95 Robbie McGurran, Dowell Hall 103
12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Lunch in Morsels
1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Computer Communication--Intro to e-mail and to Netscape Navigator browser Dave Kuehn, Dowell Hall 103
2:30 to 3:00 p.m. Break in Morsels
2:45 p.m. Group Picture, Meet in Morsels
3:00 to 4:30 p.m. Dairy Barn tour will meet in Morsels—Marlyn Jacobson
5:30 to 6:00 p.m. Dinner (Morsels)
7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) Entertainment in Morsels
Tuesday, June 24
7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Breakfast in Morsels
8:30 to 10:00 a.m. Computer Communication-- E-mail Dave Kuehn, Dowell Hall 103
10:00 to 10:30 a.m. Break in Morsels
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon Microsoft Word Robbie McGurran, Dowell Hall 103
12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Lunch, Guest: Don Sargeant, Chancellor of the University of Minnesota, Crookston
1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Family Tree Maker Demonstration & Computer Shortcuts Connie Batten, Dowell Hall 103
OR
Student Demonstration & Prospective of Powerpoint Kristi Puppe, Dowell Hall 1092:30 to 3:00 p.m. Break in Morsels
3:00 to 4:30 p.m. Field Trip: Dahlgren & Company Inc. (Sunflower Processing Company), meet in Morsels
5:30 to 6:00 p.m. Dinner
7:00 to 9:00 Computer Lab with Dave Kuehn, Dowell Hall Room 103
Wednesday, June 25
7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 to 10:00 a.m. Computer Communication--Netscape Dave Kuehn, Dowell Hall 103
10:00 to 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon Microsoft Word Robbie McGurran, Dowell Hall 103
12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Quicken Demonstration Connie Batten, Dowell Hall 103
or
Excel Demonstration Tom Mulvaney, Dowell Hall 1092:30 to 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 to 4:30 p.m. Crookston Historical Museum Tour, Meet in Morsels
5:30 to 6:00 p.m. Dinner
7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Quilting in the 90's Käthe Lemmerman, Dowell Hall 103
Thursday, June 26
7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. UMC Bookstore is open Bede Hall
8:30 to 10:00 a.m. Computer Communication--Downloading Dave Kuehn, Dowell Hall 103
10:00 to 10:30 a.m.Break
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon Microsoft Word Robbie McGurran, Dowell Hall 103
12:00 to 1:00 Lunch
1:00 to 2:30 Internet Search Engines Demonstration, Dr. Bernard Selzler, Dowell Hall 103
2:30 to 3:00 Break
3:00 to 4:30 Bonsai Demonstration Christo Robberts, Dowell Hall 109
5:30 to 6:00 Dinner
7:00 to 9:00 Computer Lab with Robbie McGurran, Dowell Hall Room 103
Friday, June 27
7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 to 10:00 a.m. Computer Communication--What to look for in buying a computer Dave Kuehn, Dowell Hall 103
10:00 to 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 Microsoft Office '97 Update Dan Lim, Dowell Hall 103
12:00 to 1:00 Lunch
1:00 to 2:30 Newtech Computer Systems, Inc. Jeff Sperling, Dowell Hall 103
2:30 to 3:00 Break
3:00 to 4:30 SVideo Over the Web: CUSeeME Demonstration Rita Resendiz, Dowell Hall 103
5:30 to 7:00 Graduation Banquet -- Epicurean Room, Conference Center 122
Check-in computers
Saturday, June 28
7:30 to 9:00 a.m. Breakfast
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