In the plush surroundings of the new Barry Library, tonight’s taster session on PC Maintenance was to demonstrate the kinds of things that we do on this course, with the aim to get students to sign up for the new academic year in September.
The PC Maintenance Class has now been running successfully for a few years now at Barry Comprehensive School on Wednesday evenings. This years class has been especially enjoyable both for the students and myself with the arrival of Microsoft’s Windows 7 Operating System, which was released on the general public October 2009. This has given us something new to get to grips with, but realising that there is a big mixture of different versions of Windows out there, and that a tremendous amount of people still use Windows XP, we cater for Windows XP, Vista and 7 – so no one misses out!
I gave the group a demonstration on how a computer was taken apart, to be repaired, or upgraded, and introduced them to the components that make up the machine. We discussed all the aspects of the course, including how we have surgery sessions where students bring in their own computers with various problems, and that we tend to focus on current and important technology topics, such as Anti-Virus threats, and more serious matters such as phishing and various Internet Scams!
I am looking forward to teaching this new class in the new academic year, it has been my favourite class of those that I teach, and if you are interested in joining our group then you can enrol for the course by contacting Barry Adult Education Centre on 01446 738054 or the Palmerston Education Centre on 01446 733762.
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