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SU10-01 EBAY BUYING AND SELLING ON THE INTERNET This course is a “how to” tutorial on buying and selling goods and services on the Internet. We will discuss sites such as eBay, Craig’s List, Ubid, and various auction sites. In class we will cover caveats, tricks of the trade, preparing and loading photos, costs, “writing to sell,” electronic payments, marketing techniques, software, and security issues. Actual examples will be used. Primarily PC oriented, but most points will apply to Mac users equally. Handouts provided via email. Student participation encouraged.
Course leader Lance Grandone holds an A.B. from Princeton University and has spent forty-five years in senior executive positions in the fields of information systems, health care, and management consulting. He has twenty years’ experience buying and selling on the Internet and is a Power Buyer/Seller on eBay. He is an active member of the American Philatelic Society and has given numerous talks on philatelic matters. He is experienced in grading, evaluating, and purchasing stamp collections.
Mondays, June 7-July 26
9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
7 weeks (No class July 5th)
SU10-02 SO YOU’VE NEVER TOUCHED A COMPUTER? It’s time for you to start just the way your computer-savvy friends once started—at the beginning. Learn how to use the keyboard and how to move and click your mouse. Find out where the brains of the computer are and get your brain into technology mode as you discover how to select and open files and folders and applications. Learn how to surf the Internet, that whole new world of information at your fingertips. And best of all, graduate with an email address that can put you in touch with a world of people, both near and far.
Course leader Bonnie Hammer has her Florida teaching certification in art and elementary education, a B.F.A in graphic design, and an M.F.A in computer art. She has taught computer skills to individuals and groups of all ages, pre-K to seniors. She has worked in the fields of graphic design, web design, education, feature film effects, and video gaming.
Mondays, June 7-July 26
9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
7 weeks (No class July 5th)
SU10-03 STAMP COLLECTING Stamp collecting is so much more than just acquiring and pasting stamps in an album. This class will explore a wide range of stamp-related topics, including: history and basics (great collections of the past and present, items to collect, terms, supplies); pricing and value (buying/selling, catalog value vs. real value, grading/condition, investment analysis); sources (clubs, shows, stores, the Internet); and much more (how to find treasures, caveats, forgeries). Participants may bring in material for discussion and evaluation as well as suggest additional topics. Class will be informal with much reference material provided. If you are interested in participating in an intellectually challenging and enjoyable hobby without spending a lot of money, this class is for you.
Course leader Lance Grandone has been a collector since he was four years old. His philatelic field of expertise is Great Britain and British Commonwealth pre-1950. He holds an A.B. from Princeton University and has spent 45 years in senior executive positions in the fields of information systems, health care, and management consulting. He is an active member of the American Philatelic Society and has given numerous talks on philatelic matters. He has many years’ experience in grading, evaluating and purchasing stamp collections.
Mondays, June 7-July 26
11:30 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
7 weeks (No class July 5th)
SU10-04 PARLONS FRANÇAIS: FRENCH I This lively, interactive class is designed for beginners and/or those who are looking for a good refresher course. We will cover basic terms and practical vocabulary, which we will draw upon to converse with one another in class. We will also listen to and translate songs by Edith Piaf. Students need only bring a notebook, pen, and the desire to engage other students in French conversation. Handouts will be provided.
Course leader Betty Silberman is a professional singer, actress, music, and language teacher. Originally from Montreal, and a graduate of the Boston Conservatory of Music, Betty brings warmth and humor to her classroom. She taught French at Berklee College of Music in Boston for over a decade, currently teaches at Longboat Adult Educational Center, and operates Betty’s Music Studio in Sarasota.
Mondays, June 7-Aug. 2
11:30 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
8 weeks (No class July 5th)
SU10-05 DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR? Students will immerse themselves in the lives of the important military and political figures of the 1860s as well as the lives of the common, struggling soldier and the people he left behind as he marched off to the American Civil War. Through class lectures and activities, artifacts, maps, videos, books, pictures and presentations from guest speakers, the day-to-day human side of the Civil War will be brought to life. The text for this class is The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara, available at the campus bookstore as well as used online from amazon.com. Recommended for additional reading is The Civil War Dictionary by Mark Boatner. Participants will leave this class enriched in both understanding and appreciation for this pivotal time period in our nation’s history.
Course leader Matthew H. Donovan holds a bachelor’s degree in social studies from the University of South Florida and a degree in Criminal Justice from the State University College at Oswego in New York. He currently teaches American history, geography, and gifted students at the Braden River Middle School in Manatee County. He has been a member of the Manasota Civil War Roundtable for the past sixteen years and has served as its vice-president and treasurer.
Mondays, June 21-July 26
11:30 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
5 weeks (No class July 5th)
SU10-06 INTERNATIONAL MUSIC STYLES International Music Styles will explore the music of Africa, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. As we listen to various artists, we will discuss and compare rhythms, melodies, languages, and movement, as well as the basic geography and norms of each culture. This class will be particularly interesting for students who have not been previously exposed to world music. Handouts will be provided.
Course leader Betty Silberman, professional singer and actress, is a native of Montreal. A graduate of the Boston Conservatory of Music, Betty has performed and traveled throughout Europe, Israel, and the United States. She has taught at Berklee College of Music in Boston and Tufts Experimental College. She currently teaches at Longboat Adult Educational Center
SU10-07 FABRIC COLLAGE This course will teach students of all levels how to use fabric as a basis for collage. Our focus will be on the elements of good design through the use of color, shape, and balance to create finished artworks. This experience, of course, can enhance your ability to use good design in everyday life. The end result of your work in this class will be your own masterpiece—landscape, still life, abstract—expressed by you in fabric. Students will provide their own lightweight patterned, plain, and textured fabrics, as well as fusible webbing. Finished products can be made into handbags, bracelets, framed artworks and more.
Course leader Ellen Goldberg Tishman has worked as a multi-media artist, designer, and instructor for over thirty years. As a self-employed artist and designer, she has won numerous awards in shows from the Midwest to the Eastern Seaboard. She has also been represented in stores, galleries, and museum shops throughout the country. She holds a B.F.A from Syracuse University and has studied with well-known artists and craftspeople at the prestigious Penland School of Crafts and at other locations over the years. s .
Mondays, June 7-July 12
1:30 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
4 weeks (No class June 21stor July 5th)
SU10-08 DRAWING THE HUMAN FORM: This course is for students who have already taken the beginner course in drawing. Human anatomy will be studied from portraiture to the entire human form through the use of pictures and diagrams, not live models. Understanding of skeletal and muscle interaction will be a feature of the learning process. Each part of the anatomy—head hands, torso, legs and feet—will be studied. There is no required reading. Supplies: 11x14 drawing pad, two 6B pencils, one HB pencil, a pencil sharpener, a graphite stick, a blending tool (stick made of presses paper) and a kneaded eraser. Supplies cost is about $35.
Course leader Joel Tanner is an experienced professional with over forty years in the graphic arts and advertising field. He operated his own advertising agency in New York City and Connecticut for twenty-five years. He has graduate degrees in graphic and fine arts from Pratt Institute and New York University and is a graduate of the High School of Music & Art in New York. His teaching experience includes two years in the Stamford, Connecticut, public schools, a year at Ringling School of Art, a year at Longboat Key Art Center, two years of lessons at his home community of Rosedale, and two years at the Lifelong Learning Academy.
SU10-09 GREAT BOOKS: GREAT CONVERSATIONS #4 Method: Shared inquiry discussion allows everyone to read and enjoy great works of literature. The effectiveness of this method comes from the egalitarian approach it takes: discussion is based on the text at hand and only that text. Material: We will be reading selections from Great Conversations #4 as well as James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time. The texts are available through the campus bookstore. Assignments: Class participants should read assigned selections prior to each class meeting. Please read “The Darling” by Anton Chekhov for the first class meeting. Other authors included this term are Yasunari Kawabata, Shirley Jackson, Lisel Mueller, Clarice Lispector, Eavan Boland, and Tim O’Brien.
Course leader Charles Sprandel has a B.A. in history and political science from Albion College and an M.S. in Japanese studies and comparative education from the University of Michigan. He taught English at Meisei University in Tokyo, Japan, and philosophy of education at the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio. His many experiences include the post of Adjunct Professor of U.S. History at Kenyon College, as well as teaching the Great Books course for five years at the Academy.
Tuesdays, June 8-July 27
9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
8 weeks
SU10-10 THE JOY OF TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY This is the time of life when we are free to travel. How do we generally prepare for a trip? How do we choose what photographic gear to bring along? What are the photographic challenges that we will encounter on our adventures and how do we meet them? Afterward, how do we improve, organize, keep safe, and easily retrieve all of our precious images? Finally, how can we produce emails, slide shows, and prints that are show stoppers? These topics and more will be covered in this lecture and field trip course. Our field trip will be to Arcadia, Florida, with its old-Florida architecture, antique shops, and fascinating refurbished tea room restaurant, where we can have lunch.
Course leader Jack Winberg played cello with the Minneapolis Symphony, then decided to attend college. He holds degrees in medicine, biochemistry, and microbiology. He was on the faculties of the University of Illinois and Northwestern colleges of Medicine, where he taught, practiced clinical psychiatry, and did research about brain metabolism. Jack is an active chamber music cellist and photographer, and has been teaching both music and digital imaging at such locations as SCTI, Johnston Photographic Institute, and The Lifelong Learning Academy.
Tuesdays, June 22-July 27
9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
6 weeks
SU10-12 THE CRUSADES The Crusades were, collectively, one of the most important events in world history, shaping the course of world politics and relations for over 600 years. The four holy wars to aid the eastern Roman Empire and free Jerusalem shaped the East and West and set the tone for Christian and Muslim relations to the present day. We will explore the major events, individuals, and groups who fought the Crusades, and discuss how the Crusades have shaped today’s world.
Course leader Daniel Stephens is a graduate of the University of South Florida. His background is in anthropology and archaeology and he has an extensive background in European history through the Middle Ages and Renaissance. He is currently a park ranger at De Soto National Memorial, where he trains other rangers and creates interpretive programs.
SU10-13 MODERN ECONOMIC THOUGHT Ever wonder about the economic policy coming out of Washington, D.C.? That policy affects every aspect of our lives and yet it is mired in a level of controversy and contentiousness unmatched in recent history. Cutting through the hubris, we will analyze the merits and pitfalls of positions set forth by several well-known economists from across the political spectrum, paying particular attention to the school of economic thought to which they subscribe, as well as the political alliances that helped shape their stance.
A veteran of 40 years on Wall Street, course leader Lauren Rudd is a senior partner and chief economist for Day Hagan Asset Management. In addition, Mr. Rudd is a syndicated newspaper columnist with 22 years of experience writing about Wall Street and the economy. A recognized public speaker, television commentator and publisher of The Rudd Report, Mr. Rudd has a bachelor of science in economics and computer science with high honors from the University of Maryland along with graduate work for his doctorate in economics at Wharton.
Tuesdays, June 8-July 27
11:30 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
8 weeks
SU10-14 THE SPONTANEOUS BEAUTY OF WATERCOLOR PAINTINGDesigned for both beginning and experienced students, this is a hands-on course which will study color theory, watercolor techniques, and composition. Everything studied will also be put into practice through a series of exercises and finished compositions. Students will paint still life, floral, landscape, architectural, and abstract matter. Experienced students will be encouraged to select subject matter of their own choice. No reading required. A supplies list will be available through the office of the Lifelong Learning Academy.
Course leader Joel Tanner is an experienced professional with over forty years in the graphic arts and advertising field. He operated his own advertising agency in New York City and Connecticut for twenty-five years. He has graduate degrees in graphic and fine arts from Pratt Institute and New York University and is a graduate of the High School of Music & Art in New York. His teaching experience includes two years in the Stamford, Connecticut, public schools, a year at Ringling School of Art, a year at Longboat Key Art Center, two years of lessons at his home community of Rosedale, and two years at the Lifelong Learning Academy.
Tuesdays, June 8-July 27
1:30 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
8 weeks
SU10-15 HOLOCAUST: AMAZING STORIES OF SURVIVAL World War II was a seminal turning point in world history. The Holocaust ha become an indelible stain on the fabric of humanity. However, as in all things, hope triumphs. This course will present amazing stories of survival during the Holocaust and stories of some of the righteous people who helped those who survived. Participants will be introduced to a wide array of resources on the subject, through readings and film. Discussions will follow each presentation and offer answers to such questions as why some chose to go into hiding while others made different choices during this horrific chapter in history. We will ask ourselves how can we learn from those who have shared their experiences. This course is designed for mature participants and is open to all who wish to learn how history shapes us and how ignorance can cause history to repeat itself.
Course leader Ellen Goldberg Tishman is an artist and designer and teacher of Judaic religious studies at area schools. Her interest in hiding places during the Holocaust began when she was thirteen years old after she read The Diary of Anne Frank and wrote to Anne’s father Otto, then the sole survivor of his family. She subsequently became personal friends with Otto Frank and his wife Fritzi. This experience served as a springboard for her interest in Holocaust studies and, later, after much study and research, led to the eventual teaching of Holocaust-related topics.
Tuesdays, June 8-July 12
1:30 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
5 weeks (No class June 22)
SU10-16 uLEARN iPHONE Discover all the ins, outs and uses of your new iPhone. Learn how to use the app store to download apps, ringtones and games. Find out how to take photos and videos, then email them or upload them to your Facebook app. Discover the difference between emailing and texting. By the time you leave this course you will be changing your settings and your wallpaper with ease, using airplane mode, making favorite contacts. Your children and grandchildren will gasp as you organize your calendar and sync back to your computer using iTunes. This is a hands-on class—bring your iPhones charged and ready to play, along with your USB cables and your gmail username and password. (What? You don’t have an iPhone? Then here is the perfect opportunity! Get one, enroll in this class and hit the ground running!) Blackberry users welcome too.
Course leader Bonnie Hammer has her Florida teaching certification in art and elementary education, a B.F.A in graphic design, and an M.F.A in computer art. She has taught computer skills to individuals and groups of all ages, pre-K to seniors. She has worked in the fields of graphic design, web design, education, feature film effects, and video gaming.
Wednesdays, June 9-July 14
9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
6 weeks
SU10-17 HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY Have you ever wondered how Christianity began? Who wrote the first books about Jesus? Why was Christianity successful when other religions failed? How were the books selected for the Bible? What books were omitted from the Bible? Where did the Christian rituals come from? These questions and many more will be answered in this course.
Course leader Paul Valentine completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Omaha, with a major in history. He holds a law degree from the University of Denver’s School of Law and practiced law in Colorado for thirty years before retiring. An avid reader with a passion for books about the Christian religion, he applied his legal research skills to researching the early years of the Christian church and exploding some of the myths surrounding Christianity. He is currently developing a comprehensive chronological history of Christianity, covering the first 1520 years of the Catholic Church. As a career military officer, he traveled extensively in Europe and Asia.
Wednesdays, June 9-July 28
9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
8 weeks
SU10-18 LEARN TO E-COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR GRANDCHILDRENHas trying to communicate with your grandchildren got you wondering what Facebook is?…what Twitter does?…how email works? Now you can know what your grandchildren know about getting your photos online, Googling, and surfing the Internet. Join us as we demystify and explore the avenues of communication that are a huge part of everyday life for everyone—it often seems—but us.
Course leader Bonnie Hammer has her Florida teaching certification in art and elementary education, a B.F.A in graphic design, and an M.F.A in computer art. She has taught computer skills to individuals and groups of all ages, pre-K to seniors. She has worked in the fields of graphic design, web design, education, feature film effects, and video gaming.
Wednesdays, June 9-July 28
11:30 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
8 weeks
SU10-19 MEDICINE AND HEALTH Poking into the corners of both the mental and physical aspects of our well-being, we will examine the remarkable medical possibilities of the future, stop and examine the “religious” gene, and move on to examine how primal instincts affect our social behavior. Along the way, we will look at disease prevention and then finish up by working on healthy relationships with our children, ourselves, and the people of greatest importance in our lives.
Instructors:
June 9: Rafael Haddock, Ph.D.,“Regenerative Medicine”—
June 16: Alan Grindal, M.D.,“The Neurobiology of Spirituality”
June 23: Alan Grindal, M.D.,“The Conflict in Human Behavior: Primal vs. Social Man”
June 30: Albert Tripodi, M.D., “Evidence-Based Preventive Medicine, Part I
July 7: Albert Tripodi, M.D.,“Evidence-Based Preventive Medicine, Part Part II"
July 14: Psychologist L.B. Wish, Ed.D., “Dealing with Adult Children and Their Children,”
July 21: Psychologist L.B. Wish, Ed.D.,“Health, Retirement and Future Togetherness,”
July 28: Psychologist L.B. Wish, Ed.D., “New Life, New Love, Loneliness and Loose Ends.”
Wednesdays, June 9-July 28
11:30 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
8 weeks
SU10-20 DIGITAL CAMERA BUTTONS, MENUS, AND PICASA This class provides information for students ready to operate and take digital photos. Learn the difference between auto mode and scene mode, how to set up red-eye, which resolution to use, when to use your flash, how to set up the self-timer, set the date and time, and master all the settings on your camera. We will discover playback mode, how to download, backup and upload to Web albums and beyond. We will enhance and edit photos using Google’s Picasa. This is a hands-on class—participants must bring to class a charged camera, extra batteries, a USB cord, and the manual that came with the camera. Students must have some computer and Internet experience.
Course leader Bonnie Hammer has her Florida teaching certification in art and elementary education, a B.F.A in graphic design, and an M.F.A in computer art. She has taught computer skills to individuals and groups of all ages, pre-K to seniors. She has worked in the fields of graphic design, web design, education, feature film effects, and video gaming.
Wednesdays, June 9-July 28
1:30 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
8 weeks
SU10-21 THE SHAPE OF OTHERSYou should treat others the way you want to be treated…right? Wrong…most of the time. Why? Because it assumes others are exactly like you. In many cases it makes more sense to “Treat others the way they want to be treated.” This course examines different ways of looking at people to determine what their “psychological type” is and how we need to treat them differently in order to have a mutually productive relationship.
Course leader Rafael Haddock has a Ph.D. in industrial/organizational psychology. He has been a consultant to major companies and government entities on human resources issues for the past thirty-five years. He has been on the continuing education faculty at Northwestern University, the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University. He is one of the regular facilitators of Einstein’s Circle.
Wednesdays, June 9-July 28
1:30 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
8 weeks
SU10-22 YIDDISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE This fun-filled course is open to those with or without prior knowledge of Yiddish and offers a lively, interactive way to learn and/or refresh basic skills in the language. We will learn vocabulary and humorous expressions, as well as listen to traditional Yiddish songs and current klezmer music. Handouts will be provided; only a notebook is needed.
Course leader Betty Silberman is a native Yiddish speaker from Montreal. A graduate of the Boston Conservatory of Music, Betty has taught Yiddish at Hebrew College (Brookline, Massachusetts), Harvard Hillel, Tufts Experimental College, Boston University Hillel, and M.I.T. Hillel. She currently teaches at Longboat Adult Educational Center. Betty performs professionally: her credits include off-Broadway shows, and touring with well-known klezmer bands, including Shirim and the Klezmer Conservatory Band.
Wednesdays, June 9-July 28
1:30 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
8 weeks
SU10-23 HISTORY OF CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE IN THE WESTERN WORLD This 4-week Power Point lecture series will trace classical ideals and architecture from Ancient Greece and Rome to the present day. This course will include Classicism in the ancient world, its renaissance in Italy and then Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries, Neo-Classicism and the Beaux Arts Style in the 19th century, and, finally, the classical revivals of architecture in the present.
Course leader Karin Jones has a B.A. in English and history from the University of Michigan and taught high school English in Lake Forest, Illinois. She moved to Savannah, Georgia, in 1978 where she received a summa cum laude degree in art history and interior design and subsequently founded a successful commercial design firm. After moving to Massachusetts in 1998, Karin taught the history of design and architecture at the New England Institute of Art in Boston.
Wednesdays, June 9-June 30
1:30 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
4 weeks
SU10-24 AN AMERICAN TRIBUTE This course is a celebration of America, its people, its history, and its geography. Topics and highlights include inspirational stories which honor the courage, devotion, and sacrifice of Americans past and present, excerpts and quotations from famous speeches and writings, as well as several photo/musical tributes to America. In addition, each class session will include a variety of United States geography and United States history activities. The geography material will cover basic facts and concepts relating to place and location; the history content covers people, documents, dates, and events. There is no lecture, as class participants will be actively involved completing highly motivating, intellectually stimulating, and challenging activities. You will be inspired, informed, and entertained. You will, no doubt, leave this course with an even greater feeling of pride and patriotism.
Course leader Guy Parillo is a former elementary and middle school teacher and principal. He has previously taught a series of geography classes at the Lifelong Learning Academy as well as at other locations. Guy is an accomplished presenter and teacher and he views this course as an opportunity to share with others his deep feelings of pride and patriotism.
Thursdays, June 10-July 15
11:30 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
6 weeks
SU10-25 LEWIS AND CLARK AND THE CORPS OF DISCOVERY OH, THE JOY! Come along with the Corps of Discovery on a remarkable journey of discovery into the unknown—the peoples…the flora…the fauna…the mountains…the rivers and the Great Falls of the Missouri…the Columbia River…and, finally, the Pacific Ocean. The joy, indeed, and the remarkable return, with the loss of only one man. Required reading for this course is Lewis & Clark: Blazing a Trail West by John Burrows, which is available at the campus bookstore or used from online vendors through amazon.com. Optional, suggested readings are: The Journals of Lewis and Clark by Frank Bergon and Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose.
Course leader Martin D. Garry received a B.S. in social science from Manhattan College in the Bronx, and M.S. in educational administration and supervision, and an M.A. in social studies from Hunter College of the City University of New York. He taught at DeWitt Clinton High School in New York from 1963–2007, where he was also a coordinator of student affairs, assistant principal in supervision of social studies, and founder, director, and curator of the DeWitt Clinton High School Museum.
Thursdays, June 10-July 15
1:30 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
6 weeks
AMI-SU01- OPERA ON THE ISLAND Join us this summer at The Studio on Anna Maria Island for six evenings of “Opera on the Island,” where opera lovers and potential opera lovers will enjoy six first-class works performed by leading opera houses such as La Scala and The Metropolitan Opera. Each performance, captured in all its beauty on DVD, will be preceded by an introduction of the composer and an overview of the opera itself. A short discussion will follow:
June 22, Cavaleria Rusticana, P. Mascagni
July 6, Pagliacci, R. Leoncavallo
July 20, Don Pasquale, G. Donizetti
August 3, Gianni Schicchi, G. Puccini
August 17, Macbeth, G. Verdi
August 31, Eugene Onegin, P. Tchaikovsky
Alternate Tuesdays—June 22, July 6, July 20, August 3, August 17 and August 31
6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
6 performances
At The Studio at Gulf and Pine