1. Tech Tip of the Week
A. How do you change a Screen Resoultion
B. Run Defrag Performance
2. Funding Opportunites and Resources
A.VERIZON EGRANTS
B.Funders Supportive of Communications Technology
3. Conferences and Trainings
A. Word, Access and Excel Training presented by:
PANO and Eastern College
B. Free Computer Skills Training for unemlpoyed people with
disabilities at the A.P. Orleans Center

Tech Tip #1 Changing Screen Resolution:
Have you ever seen a graphics designers, or a programmers display? Usually they use large monitors coupled with high resolutions to acheive a large display area that can fit a lot of information. While you may not have a 21 inch monitor or a super high performance graphics adapter, you can still acheive results better than you might expect. The Microsoft Windows operating system often defaults to a display
resolution of 640X480 pixels at 256 colors. This results in a screen area a bit too small for viewing todays high impact web pages. To increase your screen resolution, right click anywhere on the desktop and select "properties" from the menu. Click on the "settings" tab of the Display properties menu. There is a slider for resolution, which you can
increase to at least 800X600 pixels. There is also a pull down menu for color bit depth, which you should increase to 16bit for realistic looking images. Note that this may slightly slow down your machine, but these higher resolutions a color settings are becoming the standard for todays user.

Tech Tip #2 Run Defrag Performance
Your computers hard disk is a random access device. This means that the computer can read to or write data from anywhere on the drive at any time without having to'fast-forward' through the data at the beginning of the drive.
While your 400 page dissertation may seem to be all in one file, the reality of what is going on at the hardware level is that a few pages may be stored here and there on the drive. The File Allocation Table connects these segments or fragments together so that the file appears to the user as one piece. Over time files on your hard disk may become so fragmented as to slow system performance, or even jeapordize the integrity of the data. Microsoft Windows ships with a utility called "Disk Defragmentor"
(Start Menu, Programs -> Accesories -> System Tools -> Disk Defragmentor.) which will reorganise your drive at the lowest level to make sure that files are stored in contiguos segments. This is a good thing! Now to edit your dissertation the computer only has to read from one segment of the disk, rather than piece together your file from fragments located everywhere. I reccomend running 'defrag' about once a month to maintain file integrity and system performance.

Tech Tips are brought to you by the Urban Technology Project
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These tips were written by Samuel Halperin <http://samhalperin.home.att.net>
The author can be reached for questions or comments at samhalperin@att.net.

2. Resources and Funding Opportunities

A.VERIZON EGRANTS - This new program will provide funding for Internet access from the ISP of the recipient's choice. EGrants in the amount of $240 will be targeted to nonprofit organizations with annual budgets under $500,000
that currently have no Internet access. (Free registration required.) http://foundation.verizon.com/06003c.html

B. "Funders Supportive of Communications Technology"
A collection of funding resources and information on how to get your organization the technology resources it needs.
http://www.benton.org/Practice/Toolkit/techmoney.html

3. Confrences and Trainings

TOPIC: Word, Access and Excel Training presented by: PANO and Eastern College
All Classes are scheduled 9:00 a.m.-4:00p.m.
Word Training, St. Davids June 7th and Harrisburg June 14th
Excel I Training, St. Davids June 21st
Access I Training St. Davids July 19th
Excel II Training St. Davids August 2nd

Workshops are designed and taught for Non Profit Organizations. At each class you will learn on a computer and receive a workbook/manual.

For Details visit HTTP://WWW.PANO.ORG
Call (717) 236-8584

Harrisburg Classes are held at
Dixon University Center
2986 North Second Street
Duncan Hall

St. Davids Classes are held at
Eastern College
1300 Eagle Road
105 McInnis Hall

Each Class is limited to the first 20 paid registrants

$115 PANO Members
$175 Nonmembers

Please make Checks Payable to PANO
132 State Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101

TOPIC: Free Computer Skills Training for unemployed people with disabilities at the A.P. Orleans Center

Curriculum:

* Keyboard Basics
* Word Processing
* Spread Sheet Design
* Business office communication skills
* Using the internet
* web page design
* Placement counselor support

Participants must be willing to accept employment upon completion of the course.

Please call the admissions office at A.P. Orleans Center at
215-728-4435 for details and eligibility requirements.

They are accessible to public transportation

Amy Oommachan
Teaming for Technology VISTA
TEAMing for TECHnology
United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Seven Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Phone: (215)665-2514
AmyO@uwsepa.org
www.uwsepa.org/teamfortech/
www.uwsepa.org

Partnering For a Stronger Community