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User Group events: August 19, 1997 Boston FrontPage User Group @ Microsoft Office, Waltham August 20, 1997 ISIG and Boston Linux joint meeting: New Internet protocols MIT 3-133 Webmasters & Webgrrls: Web Advertising Solutions & Systems @MIT 6-120 MacTechGrp Meeting "Apple at the Crossroads" MIT E51-395. August 21, 1997 Microsoft Office "CBT materials from LearnKey" PowerPoint 97, Waltham August 25, 1997 Windows 95 User Group "full-session teach-in" at Microsoft Waltham August 27, 1997 Visual Basic Self-Paced Learning Group "VB5 & ActiveX" @ MS Waltham August 28, 1997 Richard Seltzer on-line chat:"Business on the Web...."www.web-net.org September 2, 1997 Digital Commerce Society "Elliptic Curve Cryptography" Harvard Club September 3, 1997 MacTechGrp Meeting "TBA" MIT E51-395. September 4, 1997 Richard Seltzer on-line chat:"Business on the Web...."www.web-net.org Visual Basic Professional User Group @ Microsoft, Waltham September 5, 1997 Boston Area SAS Users Group "Using SQL in SAS Programming," Woburn September 8, 1997 Association for Women in Computing "Tooting Your Own Horn" Newton September 9, 1997 Network Users Group (BNUG) "Network Performance" @ Novell, Wellesley Omnis UG "Something cool..... " New Hampshire Seacoast Mac Users Group - Adobe Products - Rye September 10,1997 NE Domino/Notes group: "Learning Space" @ IBM, 404 Wyman St., Waltham Internet Developers UG: "Java and J++ Application Foundation Classes " ACM SIGGRAPH/Boston September 11, 1997 Richard Seltzer on-line chat:"Business on the Web...."www.web-net.org Microsoft's Developer Technology presentation 7 pm @ NE Life Hall Rhode Island Macintosh User Group Association for Women in Computing "Tooting Your Own Horn" Newton September 17. 1997 Boston Linux & Unix: " Building Intranets with Linux", MIT 6-120 ? MacTechGrp Meeting "TBA" MIT E51-395. September 18, 1997 Richard Seltzer on-line chat:"Business on the Web...."www.web-net.org Greater Boston ACM SIGCHI "Learning from Users" September 22, 1997 Boston Windows 95 User Group "PartitionMagic on Windows 95" Microsoft September 23, 1997 MS Windows Developer Users Group "Visual Interdev" @ MSFT, Waltham October 6, 1997 Ass'n for Women in Computing " Male Dominated Cultures" Newton October 8, 1997 NE Domino/Notes group: "Domino.Action" @ IBM, 404 Wyman St., Waltham Internet Developers Users Group: Visual Interdev - How To Session October 14, 1997 Network Users Group (BNUG) "Web Servers" @ Novell, Wellesley Boston Omnis UG Greater Boston ACM SIGCHI "Interaction Design" New Hampshire Seacoast Mac Users Group - Rhapsody, Tempo and Sonatas October 15, 1997 Boston Linux & Unix: "OmniBroker and CORBA" MIT 6-120 ? October 29, 1997 Computer Measurement Group @ DoubleTree Suites, Waltham, November 12, 1997 Internet Developers Users Group: "Active X" Ass'n for Women in Computing "Balancing Career and Family" Newton November 17, 1997 Greater Boston ACM SIGCHI "Office of the Future" Computer Education: The Virtually Wired Class list in now on the net at: http://www.vw.org/classes.html
Cambridge Center for Adult Education (617) 547-6789 Class Schedule extracted from http://www.ccae.org Aug. 18 -- 1 Monday, 9:00 am-6:00 pm. Introduction to Windows 95 Begins Aug. 20 ,Wednesday and Thursday 1:30-5:30 pm. (meets 2 times per week for 2 weeks) Basic Internet Skills: An Intensive Introduction Aug. 25 -- 1 Monday, 9:00 am-6:00 pm. Adobe Photoshop on the PC Sept. 5 -- 1 Friday, 9:00 am-6:00 pm. Introduction to QuarkXPress (Macintosh) Sept. 8 -- 1 Monday, 9:00 am-6:00 pm. Searching the Internet Begins Sept. 9 -- 3 Tuesdays, 7:00-9:30 pm. Introduction to Web Home Page Design Begins Sept. 10 - Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 6:00-9:00 pm (meets 2 times per week for 2.5 weeks) For Beginners Only: Using Computers Sept. 10 & 11 -- Wednesday and Thursday, 1:30-5:30 pm. Introduction to Excel (PC) Sept. 10 & 11 Wednesday and Thursday, 9:00 am-1:00 pm. Introduction to Microsoft Word, Part I (Windows) Sept. 12 1 Friday, 9:00 am-6:00 pm. Introduction to PageMaker (Macintosh) Sept. 15 1 Monday, 9:00 am-6:00 pm. Introduction to WordPerfect, Part I (Windows) Begins Sept. 16 - 2 Tuesdays, 1:30-5:30 pm. Introduction to Microsoft Word (Macintosh) Sept. 17 & 18 - Wednesday and Thursday, 9:00 am-1:00 pm. Window on the World: An Internet Introduction Sept. 17 & 18 -- Wednesday and Thursday, 1:30-5:30 pm. Introduction to QuarkXPress Windows) Sept. 19 1 Friday, 9:00 am-6:00 pm. Introduction to Excel, Part I (Macintosh) Sept. 22 1 Monday, 9:00 am-6:00 pm. Photoshop, Part II for Web Design Sept. 23, 1 Tuesday, 9:00 am-6:00 pm. Introduction to QuarkXPress (Macintosh) Sept. 24 & 25 Wednesday and Thursday, 9:00 am-1:00 pm. Introduction to ACCESS (Windows) - Microsoft Office Pro Sept. 24 & 25 Wednesday and Thursday, 1:30-5:30 pm. Introduction to PowerPoint (Windows) Sept. 26 1 Friday, 9:00 am-6:00 pm. Introduction to PowerPoint (Macintosh) Note: The schedule of classes at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education is provided as an example because I found it on their web site. All other non-profit computer classes are welcome. Send me the info.
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