Laurence Edralin
The SaddleBrooke Computer Club offers free technical help to its members. Topics can range from any technology that you use every day or something newly purchased. Tech Help sessions, available for both PCs and Macs, phones, and tablets are scheduled twice a month, nearly every month, and are held in the club’s classroom. Registration is limited to four members, so visit our website and register for a scheduled session.
Visit our website at saddlebrookecc.org for the latest club information and class schedules. If the selected class is full, submit a request to be placed on the waitlist. The instructor will manage these requests and will contact you directly should cancellations occur. Browse our site to check out all the benefits and classes available to members and the SaddleBrooke community. Membership has its benefits. Take the time to join the club for access to the many classes offered, the Tech Help sessions, the Tech Talks, and the Tech Café breakfasts. Annual dues are only $35, and you receive the benefit of learning from experienced instructors presenting classes that fit your needs.
The Computer Club is focused on teaching technology through classroom events and informing the community about new technologies that can be of benefit to them. The club also has monthly scheduled Tech Talks. Tech Talks will focus on bringing information on a wide range of technology to all residents of SaddleBrooke through presentations and discussions by local and invited experts. Look for our schedule of these presentations on the club’s website at saddlebrookecc.org.
Tech Talks
New Technology: Smart Telescopes
Dec. 16 at 1 p.m. in the DesertView Performing Arts Center
Open to all residents of SaddleBrooke
There was a time when only professional astronomers, using giant or space telescopes, could take photographs of deep sky objects such as galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters. During the last few years, inexpensive new technology has come on the market: smart scopes. These compact combo telescope and camera packages are run by smartphone apps, automatically know where everything is in the sky, and save beautiful photos to your iPhone or Android phone.
Richard Spitzer, vice president of the SaddleBrooke Computer Club and organizer of Star Parties in SaddleBrooke for the SaddleBrooke SkyGazers Astronomy Club, will talk about smart scopes in general, demonstrate his Seestar S50 smart scope, and show photos he has taken with it.
Do you have any skill in any specific technology or application? Instructors are needed.
If you have knowledge of a particular branch of technology and the ability to teach it, we need you! Your knowledge is valuable to the club members and our community. Your participation would be a great help. The club will assist you with preparing a class using the club’s classroom featuring both Windows and Apple products.
The club is also seeking classroom assistants for current class events. Email [email protected] to volunteer for any class.