Tides Young Persons Project Centre

Who uses the Computers

All of the staff at Tides use the computers when working on projects at different times.

The young people at Tides also help each other and the staff out with computer skills.

So using computers at Tides is just part and parcel of the projects that everyone gets involved with.

Computers? - no big deal !!

What's Inside a Computer

We'll let you look inside and tell you what the bits are if you are really interested. Getting to grips with the "hardware" - (that's the bits that you can feel or touch) is also part of what is offered here at Tides.

Find out what floppies, CPU's, RAM, CDROM, DVD, parallel cables, mother boards, warm boot, cold boot, serial port etc are really all about.

So if you find you are tripping over your mouse lead and landing on your graphic interface.

Tides is a good place to go.

What to do when your puter gets sick

Computers do get poorly, due to all sorts of reasons.

Their cards might be incompatible, or their software might clash, they might even suffer from clogged up hard discs.

We can show you some of the methods of nursing your puter back to health as well as some of the sources of the problems.

So come on, put the smile back in your life. Be kind to a puter today. Even Puters need some TLC.

What happens in Computer Corner? Just about anything you want. We start at the basics and work from there. No jargon, no pressure, you work at your own level and your own pace. You tell us what you want, we will provide the training that you need.. You can have intensive "one to one" help or just ask for help when you need a hand. The choice is always yours.
	What if it goes wrong We will help you put it right. It might be that you need to take a different approach, or change the order of work., or it may mean that the planning of the job in hand needs to be changed. We can help you look at the options available, then you can decide upon your course of action. What if I cant get a program to do what I want No problem, we will provide extra training, or find another program that you are more comfortable with. Different people get on with different programs, we always provide choices.
What is a Computer A computer is a piece of machinery that is used to produce articles, reports, pictures, web pages, databases, spreadsheets, etc, etc, etc. A computer is a tool that helps us produce what we want. Just like you use a car to get from A to B you use a computer to produce the things that you require. You don't have to know how the computer works to be able to use it. Computers are inherently stupid. All the computers in the world cannot match the power of a single human brain. Because computers are stupid, we need to be gentle with them and learn all sorts of rules and things to help them work. At Tides we try to make this process as simple and easy as possible, especially for the computers.
	Who uses the Computers All of the staff at Tides use the computers when working on projects at different times. The young people at Tides also help each other and the staff out with computer skills. So using computers at Tides is just part and parcel of the projects that everyone gets involved with. Computers? - no big deal !!
Be Gentle Remember to treat the computers gently, they are more frightened of you than you are of them. They can't help getting things wrong, its just that their little brains get confused. So with a little help and kindness we can get them to switch on and do what we want them to do.
	What's Inside a Computer We'll let you look inside and tell you what the bits are if you are really interested. Getting to grips with the "hardware" - (that's the bits that you can feel or touch) is also part of what is offered here at Tides. Find out what floppies, CPU's, RAM, CDROM, DVD, parallel cables, mother boards, warm boot, cold boot, serial port etc are really all about. So if you find you are tripping over your mouse lead and landing on your graphic interface. Tides is a good place to go.
What to do when your puter gets sick Computers do get poorly, due to all sorts of reasons. Their cards might be incompatible, or their software might clash, they might even suffer from clogged up hard discs. We can show you some of the methods of nursing your puter back to health as well as some of the sources of the problems. So come on, put the smile back in your life. Be kind to a puter today. Even Puters need some TLC.