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Glad you're here!

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My name is Mike, and I am a computer Instructor and author. My passion has been helping 1000’s of adults and seniors learn computers in over 60 cities in 19 years. I have taught at colleges, workforce and development, community education centers, libraries, and many senior centers. I get overwhelming excellent comments about my unique style of teaching, which is basically simplistic. I try to take even the advanced things and break them down so students can understand them. My goal is for “no student to be left behind” and I try to rank extremely high in trying to fulfill that goal. Currently, I instruct students virtually from my location into their own homes! My live sessions are great for dabblers, tinkerers, and those who have recently bought a computer for personal or business use.

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My Experience Working with Seniors and Adults

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of the virtual institutions below offer Mike's current classes

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Here are places I have taught at (or currently teach at) over the last 17 years
(with overwhelming excellent ratings) and you might have run into me:

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• Albert Lea Community Education (virtual)

• Ann Arbor Community Education (seniors)

• Alexandria Schools (virtual)

• Berkley Parks and Recreation (seniors)

• Bloomfield Twp. Senior Center

• Brighton Community Education

• Canton Public Library

• Canton Summit & Leisure Services (seniors)

• Chippewa Valley Community Education (seniors)

• Civic Park Senior Center - Livonia (seniors)

• Clarkston Senior Center

• Clawson Library

• Clawson Senior Center

• Clinton-Macomb Library (virtual)

• Clinton Township Senior Center

• Community District 128 (virtual)

• Dearborn Centennial Library

• Dearborn Heights Kennedy Library
  (Filled in and taught a class)

• Ferndale Community Education (Kulick)

• Ferndale Housing Commission

• Ferndale Library

• Ferndale Seniors' Group

• Five Town Community Education (virtual)

• Ford (William) Center

• Grosse Ile Center (seniors)

• Hamtramck Public Library

• Hazel Park Library

• Henry Ford Community College

• Henry Ford Comm. Coll. in association
  with the State Government, and
  Michigan Works! (Authored a book
  for HFCC M-TEC & Michigan Works!.
  Taught all Government-sponsored
  “No Worker Left Behind”
  computer classes in Michigan)

• Henry Ford Village Independent Living (Allegra)

• Huntington Woods Parks and Recreation

• Independence Township Senior Center

• Jewish Community Center (Southfield/W. Bloomfield)

• Livonia Community Education

• Livonia Library (Carl Sandburg)

• Los Positas College (virtual)

• Marygrove College

• McHenry County College (virtual)

• Millbury Library (virtual staff training)

• New Prague Community Education (virtual)

• Newbury Library (virtual)

• Northville Parks and Rec. (seniors)

• Oak Park Parks and Recreation (seniors)

• Pack Library (virtual)

• Parkland College (virtual)

• Plymouth-Canton Community Education

• Robbinsdale Community Education (virtual)

• Rockwood Senior Center

• Roseville Community Education (virtual)

• Royal Oak Library (virtual)

• S.E.M.C.O. (Southeast Michigan Computer Organization)

• S.O.A.R. (Society of Active Retirees)

• Saline Community Education

• Senior Services - Midland County, MI

• Schoolcraft College (in person and virtual)

• Shakopee Community Education (virtual)

• South Lyon Center for Active Adults

• Southern Lake Parks and Recreation (virtual)

• Southfield Library (hosted by library/Southfield Senior Rec.)

• Southfield Senior Recreation

• Springhill Library (virtual)

• St. Clair Shores Community Education

• Sterling Heights Computer Club

• Sterling Heights Senior Center

• Trenton Library

• Umpqua Community College (virtual)

• Utica Community Education

• Wayne County Community College

• Wayne-Westland Community Schools

• West Bloomfield Senior Center (virtual)

• Westland Library

• Westland Senior Center

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Additional Libraries Mike has

on his calendar for 2023​

• Franklin Library

• Milford Library

• Novi Library

• Oak Park Library

• West Bloomfield Library

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Potential classes to be offered at these

libraries during summer of 2023

• Eastpointe Library

• Grosse Pointe Library

• Oxford Library

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Potential classes to be offered

at this library during fall of 2023

• Highland Township Library

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Can't Attend Mike's Sessions...? Then Purchase
Any of His Self-Guided "Step-by-Step Books"!

(Click on the word "ORDER" above)

 E-mail: backoncourse@att.net

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My book: "Help! I Have a Computer and the 8-year Old Is Too Busy This Weekend!" was birthed as a result of seeing seniors (and adults) struggle to comprehend computer basics. (The book is for Windows 10 users.)

 

Oh, yes...I've heard the stories. Let me see...It goes something like this: "I sat down with my grandchild to learn a few computer related things, and they went so fast until I couldn't keep up!" Or how about this one: "I had my secretary do all the computer related work over the years and now I am retired and I need to learn this thing!" I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard those sayings!

 

I have responded to the needs of seniors and adults by authoring this book just for you! You no longer need to rely on someone from generation X and millennials' generation  to help you with learning computer tasks! As you know they certainly know computers, but often they are not good teachers. This is where I come in! I consider myself your "tutor-in-a-book", meaning I have given thought to what seniors really need to operate their computers successfully. I think I got it: SIMPLE STEPS! My book has been tested and enjoyed by several hundreds of seniors over the years. Get a copy! Maybe get two for someone else you know.