Roseville Area Schools Community Education - Adult Enrichment / Personal Interesthttp://isd623.ce.eleyo.com/courses2024-03-29T02:26:07-05:00Writing for Online Blogs, Magazines & Websiteshttp://isd623.ce.eleyo.com/course/9572/summer-2024/writing-for-online-blogs-magazines-websites2024-03-04T00:00:00-06:00<p>You don’t need a journalism degree or previously published articles to write for anyone’s online blog, magazine, or website. Some opportunities offer exposure, while many pay well -- $1 a word and more. In this fast-paced session, you will learn how to: find ideas, sources, and more than 1,000 opportunities that pay, conduct interviews and create interesting content, protect your copyright, write query letters, and then use this credibility to sell other articles or even your self published novel. Informative handouts for future use are included in class fee. The instructor LeeAnne Krusemark is a former journalist, current author and editor, and a nationwide Professor of Publishing at higher learning institutions, including Harvard Adult Education. The webinar login information will be emailed the day before class.</p>Self Defense Fundamentals (Adult)http://isd623.ce.eleyo.com/course/9682/summer-2024/self-defense-fundamentals-adult2024-03-04T00:00:00-06:00<p>Find strength and confidence in learning self-defense fundamentals. Learn effective responses to practical situations, experience hands-on exercises, and unlock what you are capable of in order to defend yourself.</p>Labor in Film: My Work, My Risk, My Sweathttp://isd623.ce.eleyo.com/course/9679/summer-2024/labor-in-film-my-work-my-risk-my-sweat—12024-03-04T00:00:00-06:00<p>Despite being advertised as romance, crime, horror, or heroism, many popular films are often revolve around work. This class will examine portrayals of working and having a job in films, drawing from critical economic, philosophical, and sociological theories of work. Various types of labor and the economic systems shaping them will be analyzed, with a particular focus on how gender and race influence onscreen representations of work. No expertise required. </p><p>Films to be covered include: </p> <ul> <li>Thief (1981)</li>
<li>Witness (1985)</li>
<li>My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)</li>
<li>Support the Girls (2018) </li>
<li>First Cow (2019)</li>
</ul>The Assassination of John Kennedy: An In-Depth Analysishttp://isd623.ce.eleyo.com/course/9663/summer-2024/the-assassination-of-john-kennedy-an-in-depth-analysis2024-03-04T00:00:00-06:00<p>During this course, we will exam the discrepancies between the Warren Commission, that investigated the assassination for ten months and published their findings in September 1964; along with the conclusions reached by the United States House of Representatives that investigated the assassination for thirty-one months and published their report in March 1979. The participants will develop a rounded perspective regarding many of the controversies surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy. Each of the sessions will have ample time for participant comments and questions.</p>Beginner's Guide to Getting Publishedhttp://isd623.ce.eleyo.com/course/9573/summer-2024/beginner-s-guide-to-getting-published2024-03-04T00:00:00-06:00<p>If your goal is to become a published freelance writer by selling a magazine article, short story, poem, or even a novel to a traditional publisher, this comprehensive workshop will guide you to, then past the editor's desk. You will discover how to:</p><p>*become a “published” writer overnight</p><p>*submit manuscripts the correct way</p><p>*find the right publisher for your work</p><p>*write irresistible query letters</p><p>*determine when and how to get an agent</p><p>*100 ways to make money as a freelance writer</p><p>If you really want to succeed, this step-by-step workshop is a must! Informative handouts for future use are included in class fee. The instructor LeeAnne Krusemark is a former journalist, current author and editor, and a nationwide Professor of Publishing at higher learning institutions, including Harvard Adult Education. The webinar login information will be emailed the day before class.</p>How to Start Any Home Business + 250 Home Business Ideas!http://isd623.ce.eleyo.com/course/9574/summer-2024/how-to-start-any-home-business-250-home-business-ideas2024-03-04T00:00:00-06:00<p>Tired of working for someone else? Do you need to make more money? Turn your talents and hobbies into profits by starting a home business. Taught by a Chamber of Commerce Past President and award winning business owner, this is probably the most comprehensive business start up workshop you will ever find. You will discover:</p><p>* more than 250 legitimate home business ideas</p><p>* mandatory legal documentation</p><p>* many ways to market your product/service</p><p>* how to take tax deductions (this workshop included!)</p><p>Informative handouts for future use are included in class fee. The instructor LeeAnne Krusemark is a former journalist, current author and editor, and a nationwide Professor of Publishing at higher learning institutions, including Harvard Adult Education. The webinar login information will be emailed the day before class.</p>Live from Ireland!http://isd623.ce.eleyo.com/course/9442/winter-spring-2024/live-from-ireland2023-12-04T00:00:00-06:00<p>Join Jillian "Live from Ireland" as she shares an eclectic mix of Dublin's public art, architecture, mythology, historical figures, and a little Irish fun.</p>Sound Healinghttp://isd623.ce.eleyo.com/course/9277/winter-spring-2024/sound-healing2023-11-06T00:00:00-06:00<p>Sound Healing, through various techniques and technologies, is the educated and conscious use of the energy of sound to reach identified goals and promote wellness in the human system – including the expansion of consciousness. Sound Healing is founded on the premise that all matter is vibrating at specific frequencies. In this class you will need a mat and a pillow, perhaps a blanket, as you relax and enjoy the playing of 7 chakra singing bowls and other modes of sound healing. </p>Introduction to Fly Fishinghttp://isd623.ce.eleyo.com/course/9257/winter-spring-2024/introduction-to-fly-fishing2023-11-06T00:00:00-06:00<p>Join us for a one-day session to discover the enjoyment of fly fishing. Did you know that, in addition to trout and salmon, you can catch bass, sunfish, northern pike, and muskie on a fly? Or saltwater fish like redfish, bonefish, permit, and tarpon? After taking this class, you’ll be ready to catch all those, and more, with a fly rod. </p><p>You’ll finish the class knowing about:</p><ul> <li>Fly rods and reels</li>
<li>Fly lines and leaders</li>
<li>Fly casting</li>
<li>Fly selection</li>
<li>Knots</li>
<li>Safety</li>
<li>Clothing and gear</li>
</ul><p>Most importantly, you’ll discover whether fly fishing is right for you! Children ages 10-15 are welcome with a parent or other participating adult.</p>Eleanor Roosevelt: The Woman of the Centuryhttp://isd623.ce.eleyo.com/course/9275/winter-spring-2024/eleanor-roosevelt-the-woman-of-the-century2023-11-04T00:00:00-05:00<p>Eleanor Roosevelt is considered by many to be the most important and remarkable woman of the 20th century. We will look at her life, relationship with FDR, accomplishments and amazing personal character and courage.</p>So You Want to Be Anti-Racist?http://isd623.ce.eleyo.com/course/8930/winter-spring-2024/so-you-want-to-be-anti-racist2023-11-04T00:00:00-05:00<p>This six week virtual course is offered to anyone looking to deepen their understanding of what it means to be anti-racist. Participants will be given tools to engage in uncomfortable conversations, develop their racial literacy, and begin to unpack how race operates in their everyday lives often without consent and/or acknowledgement, all the while building the muscles to move into action!</p><p><strong style="background-color: initial;">Join us online!</strong> This class will be held online. We will send you a link to access the class. Simply click the link and Kristen and Meghan will lead you through the class from the comfort of your own home!</p>Self Defense Fundamentals (Adult)http://isd623.ce.eleyo.com/course/8826/winter-spring-2024/self-defense-fundamentals-adult2023-06-30T00:00:00-05:00<p>Find strength and confidence in learning self-defense fundamentals. Learn effective responses to practical situations, experience hands-on exercises, and unlock what you are capable of in order to defend yourself.</p>