Presented by David Mixdorf, Director & Odessa Meyer, Children’s Librarian, South Sioux City Public Library (NE) on February 28, 2013 as part of the Big Talk From Small Libraries Conference. http://nlcblogs.nebraska.gov/bigtalk

1. 1. Know Your Computer: Would you like to learn the very basics of your computer?
How about increase you computer vocabulary? This class will teach the very basics
of computer knowledge. It will let you feel confident in knowing what all the
components are on your computer.
2. Keyboard Mouse Skills:Double-click, Right-click, Scroll… If you get overwhelmed
by knowing what all to do and when to do it with your computer mouse, step into
this class and learn! Your mouse and keyboard are the ways you communicate with
your computer; the more you know the more you can make your computer work for
you.
3. Clean Up Your Computer:Is your computer running slower? Do pop-ups keep
appearing? Does your computer randomly crash or freezes up? Then this may be the
class for you. Clean Up Your Computer shows you how to maintain your computer
on both the outside and the inside. Learn what basic procedures and what free
software you can use to improve the performance of your computer.
4. Setting Up an Email Account:If you never have had an email account this is the
class for you. Learn about the different free email service that is very easy to sign-
up for and use.
5. Yahoo Messenger: Do you have friends or family that live so far away you never
get to see them. Yahoo Messenger provides you the opportunity to keep in contact
with them for free. Yahoo Messenger is a free instant messaging program that
allows you to visually see, talk to and even send text messages to individuals all over
the world. This class will teach you how to set up an account and what type of
equipment you will need for your computer.
6. Twitter Basics: An introduction to signing-up, creating a profile and using the
service to find friends and/ or use Twitter for a news source. Patrons will have the
opportunity to have two Twitter friends by the end of the class.
7. Facebook Basics:This class will help you get up to speed on how to create, use and
maintain a Facebook page of your own and understanding the privacy policies and
settings.
8. Facebook for Your Business: This class will help you get up to speed on how to
create, use and maintain a Facebook page of for your own business.
9. Blogging Basics: We will coverhow to create a blog, use templates to create the
look you want and how to add fun stuff to your blog.
10. Your Library Online Catalog: This is a broad overview of information and services
available on the library webpage. The focus is on using the online catalog.
11. Learn Your Library Web Page: Learn everything that you have available on the
library web page. How to renew books, how to search for jobs, find out important
information, what books your favorite author has written. All this information will
be revealed and more.

2. 12. Can You Get This Book from another Library?:If the library doesn’t have a book
you want, we can often borrow it from another Nebraska library. Learn how to
discover what is available at other libraries across the state.
13. What to Read Next: Learn how to use online tools from the library to discover your
next book.
14. Hold On!—How to use the online catalog to put a book on hold: So you are
reading a really great book and want to get the next volume. Learn how to put that
book on hold on a library book online.
15. Nebraska Access: An introduction to the search engine developed by the Nebraska
Library Commission and the databases available to South Sioux City Public Library
card holders.
16. Job and Career Accelerator:Are you looking for a job? Need help updating your
resume? Then this is your class. Learn how to use this library database to search and
apply for jobs in the United States. This program allows you to create a resume and
cover letters that are adapted to the type of job you are looking for.
17. Mango Languages: Learn languages quickly and easily with the world's most
powerful language software. Mango Languages allows you to learn even the most
difficult languages. Choose from 16 foreign languages and 12 English as second
languages (ESLs).
18. Everything Google: Welcome to the wonderful world of Google. Learners will
discover some about Gmail, iGoogle, Google Documents, Google calendar, Google
Books and more.
19. Google's Documents Spotlight: This class will give learners an opportunity to
learn how to create word processing documents, spreadsheets and presentations in
the cloud and share them with friends.
20. E-book Reader: Covers what an e-Book readersis and provides hands on
demonstration of some of the different kinds. Also teaches how to use Overdrive, a
way to get e-Books through the Library.
21. QR Code’s: Have you heard of Q R Codes? Do you know what they are? How can
they benefit you? Do you have a smartphone to use them? Come find out more
information over this unique tool that the library is implementing.
22. Online Bookmarking and Note Keeping: Discover various options for online
bookmarking and note keeping.
23. Search Engines: Covers some of the search engines other than Google, Yahoo and
Bing. Students will learn about Collarity, Ixquick, Ask.com and Local.com.
24. How to Search the Internet:Tired of having 100,000’s of results appear whenever
you search the internet. Learn some of the tricks librarian’s use to make your search
a lot more manageable.
25. Internet Privacy: We will cover why privacy is important, safe searches and safety
in social media.

3. 26. Using Reference Sources: By using reference tools, we will cover how to find
information on Wilson Web, eLibrary and HeritageQuest.
27. PinterestBasic:Discover, collect, and share inspiration, Pinterest lets you organize
and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. People use pinboards to plan
their weddings, decorate their homes, and organize their favorite recipes. Best of
all, you can browse pinboards created by other people. Browsing pinboards is a fun
way to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your
interests. Join millions of pinners who are using Pinterest to share and explore their
interests, the possibilities are endless!
28. Windows Basics:We will start at the very beginning of Windows 7 with an
introduction to the Desktop, Start Menu and the all new Taskbar.
29. Windows Basics 2: With this class we will build on the knowledge of Windows
Basic and learn more about the Start Menu, where you can launch any programs
installed on your computer and also search for files (pictures, videos and music)
We’ll also demonstrate how to “pin” your favorite programs to the Start Menu or
Taskbar.
30. Windows Basics 3: Did you know that you can Aero Peek, Snap and Shake on your
computer? If you don’t know what we am talking about, stop in and let us show you
some new ways of working with Windows to make it more productive.
31. Microsoft Word 1:We want you to become familiar with Microsoft Word 2007, so
to begin we will start with basic terminology, how to accomplish everyday tasks
such as creating a new document, saving a document, spell checking, changetext and
printing.
32. Microsoft Word 2: We will add to our knowledge from Word 1 and expand a little
bit more. We will discuss the ruler, insert/overtype, cut and paste, using the
clipboard, and paragraph styles
33. Microsoft Word 3: We have learned all about saving, new documents, text editing,
cut and paste and much more. In this class you will learn bullets, undo/redo, setting
margins, page numbers, page breaks, headers/footers and print preview and
printing your document.
34. Microsoft Excel 1: Trying to make a spreadsheet? Need a little starting guidance?
We can help. We will teach all about the worksheets in Excel, how to move around
the worksheet, all about the cells in the worksheet (cut copy paste) inserting
rows/columns, and saving all your hard work.
35. Microsoft Excel 2: Did you know that Excel has a way to input math calculations
right on your worksheet? There are ways to edit the cells in the worksheet such as
alignments, borders, font changes, background, etc.
36. Microsoft Excel 3: If you need to insert a chart into an Excel worksheet, this class
will teach you how. We will also talk about page breaks and printing your document.

4. 37. Microsoft Publisher 1: Microsoft Publisheris a basic course covering the types of
documents that can be created, how to modify templates and how to insert text and
images.
38. Microsoft Publisher 2: Learn how to use and modify Microsoft Publisher
templates.
39. Microsoft Publisher 3: Learn how to create a variety of documents using Microsoft
Publisher.
40. Tech Thursday:You have tech questions. We will help you find the answers. Tech
Thursday is a great time to bring your questions to the library and find the answers
you need.