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Take Fabulous Photos of the Flora and Fauna in Your World
$40
with BoomerTECH Adventures, with Maine educators Jill Spencer, Chris Toy, and Ed Brazee
This course by BoomerTECH Adventures guide, Jill Spencer, shows you how to take beautiful photos of flowers, plants, and wildlife.
Four easy-to-follow videos demonstrate and give examples of each of the topics including: Using focus, exposure and HDR features to capture the beauty of your surroundings; ways to avoid blurry images; tips for composing your images; and editing options that turn so-so images into stunning ones.
In addition to the instructional videos, we have several articles with useful information to build your repertoire of photographic strategies.
This course is made for you if you want to learn to use your camera or significantly upgrade your skills and abilities.
This course package contains all the materials you need: Tips for Getting Started, summaries of each of the instructional videos, and a list of all course resources (videos and printed articles). All resources are accessible from the course booklet.
Students will need a strong internet connection and a Mac computer, iPad, or iPhone to access videos and articles.
Taking Awesome Photos with Your iPhone/iPad Camera
$40
with BoomerTECH Adventures, with Maine educators Jill Spencer, Chris Toy, and Ed Brazee
This course by BoomerTECH Adventures is a step-by-step guide to taking beautiful photos. It is packed with easy-to-follow instructional videos that explain and demonstrate how to use your iPhone/iPad camera.
This course is made for you if you are learning to use your camera for the first time or if you want to significantly upgrade your skills and abilities. This course is not to make you a professional photographer but will teach you how to take excellent photos! And have fun.
You will learn how to use your camera to take photos, portraits, slo-motion, panos, and more. You will learn about camera settings for focus and exposure, High Dynamic Range (HDR) to adjust light in photos, and finally composition.
In addition to the step-by-step instructions, we offer inspiring photos to illustrate the tips and suggestions in the instructional videos.
This course package contains all the materials you need: Tips for Getting Started, summaries of each of the four instructional videos, and a list of all course resources (videos and printed articles). All resources are accessible from the course booklet PDF.
Students will need a strong internet connection and a Mac computer, iPad, or iPhone to access videos and articles.
Unlock Safari's Secrets on Your iPad in Just Five Lessons
$40
with BoomerTECH Adventures, with Maine educators Jill Spencer, Chris Toy, and Ed Brazee
This course by BoomerTECH Adventures will show you how to get the most out of Apple’s powerful Safari browser. Your iPad is the gateway to the world when you open the Safari app. Safari, Apple’s browser, is superb because it provides a variety of cool features. The Safari iPad app has some differences from the iPhone version. (See our separate course for iPhone, “Unlock Safari’s Secrets on Your iPhone in Just Five Lessons.”)
In this course, you will learn what the icons on the top menu do, explore all of the choices on Safari’s opening page, review efficient search strategies, look at the hidden possibilities within the share feature, learn the advantages of reader view, and more. After completing the five lessons you will be a confident user of Safari on your iPad.
This course includes 5 videos: the Top Menu, Start Page/Opening Screen, Efficient Searching, the Share Button, and Reader View. Other course resources include supplementary videos and articles. You will have access to BoomerTECH Adventures email for support before, during, and after the class.
The course package contains all the materials you need: Tips for getting started, summaries of each of the instructional videos, a list of all course resources (videos and printed articles). All resources are accessible from the course booklet.
Students will need a strong internet connection and a Mac computer, iPad, or iPhone to access videos and articles.
Unlock Safari's Secrets on Your iPhone in Just Five Lessons
$40
with BoomerTECH Adventures, with Maine educators Jill Spencer, Chris Toy, and Ed Brazee
This course by BoomerTECH Adventures will show you how to get the most out of Apple’s powerful Safari browser. When you are on the go with your iPhone in hand and want to do a quick search on the internet, Safari, Apple’s browser, is the place to start. The iPhone app has some differences from the iPad version. (See our separate course for iPad, “Unlock Safari’s Secrets on Your iPad in Just Five Lessons.”)
In this course, we will explore all of the choices on Safari’s opening page, review efficient search strategies, look at the hidden possibilities within the share feature, come to see the advantages of Reader View, and more. After completing the five lessons you will truly know the ins and outs of Safari on your iPhone.
This course includes 5 videos: the Menu, Start Page, Efficient Searching, the Share Button, and Reader View. Other course resources include supplementary videos and articles. You will have access to BoomerTECH Adventures email for support before, during, and after the class.
The course package contains all the materials you need: Tips for getting started, summaries of each of the instructional videos, a list of all course resources (videos and printed articles). All resources are accessible from the course booklet.
Students will need a strong internet connection and a Mac computer, iPad, or iPhone to access videos and articles.
Unlock Safari's Secrets on Your Mac in Just Five Lessons
$40
with BoomerTECH Adventures, with Maine educators Jill Spencer, Chris Toy, and Ed Brazee
This course by BoomerTECH Adventures will show you how to get the most out of Apple’s powerful Safari browser. Doing basic internet searches on Safari is fairly straightforward. However, within Safari there are many options most of us never explore. Join us for five lessons that will unlock the secrets of Safari; options contained in the top menu, choices provided on the opening screen, tips for more efficient searching, possibilities hidden within the share feature, and a demonstration of why you want to click on the AA button. After completing the five lessons you will truly know the ins and outs of Safari.
This course includes 5 videos: the top menu, opening screen, efficient searching, the share button, and reader’s view. Other course resources include supplementary videos, articles, and tip sheets. You will have access to BoomerTECH Adventures email for support before, during, and after the class.
The course package contains all the materials you need: Tips for Getting Started, summaries of each of the instructional videos, a list of all course resources (videos and printed articles). All resources are accessible from the course booklet.
Students will need a strong internet connection and a Mac computer, iPad, or iPhone to access videos and articles.