- MS Access 2007: Create an Application with a Custom Switchboard
- Microsoft Access 2007: How to Create a Tabbed Form
- Learning Spanish: The Subjunctive Mood
- MS Access 2007: Calculating Mean, Median and Mode
- Teaching Spanish: Vocabulary Practice with Country Names
- Learning Spanish: Looking Ahead with the Spanish Future Tense
- MS Access Databases: Using the Switchboard to Navigate Your Database
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Microsoft Access
- MS Access: Adding Parameter Queries to a Form
- Teaching Spanish Medical Vocabulary
About Me
Curt Smothers is a retired career Navy officer, vocational counselor, and adjunct computer applications instructor. He lives the good life with his wife and best friend of over-40 years (both the same person) in beautiful Colorado. He spends his days puttering around on his turbo-charged Power Mac computer as an on-line tutor and freelance writer.
Curt tutors history, English (grammar and composition) and Spanish for Tutor.com, a national tutoring service. When he can bear to tear himself away from his beloved Mac, he and his wife get out and about into the Colorado mountains and beyond. (Their latest trek was to Mexico's Copper Canyon.)
Before retiring, Curt spent 15 years in the California Community College system as a Vocational Education specialist and part-time computer applications instructor. Before that, Curt was a 25-year career Navy officer specializing in administration. His final seagoing post in the Navy was as Administrative Officer onboard the USS Coral Sea, an aircraft carrier that made an around-the-world cruise from San Francisco, CA, to Norfolk, VA, via the Indian Ocean, Suez Canal, Mediterranean Sea and back across the Atlantic.
Curt joined the outstanding group of Bright Hub's technical writers in March of 2009. He has contributed articles on American History, computer applications, the Spanish language and English grammar.
My Awards & Certifications
Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences (History) from Chapman University, Orange, CA (2000)
Master Instructor, Microsoft Office
Meritorious Service Medal awarded by th President of the United States; three commendations from the Secretary of the Navy for outstanding service while on active duty.
My Experience
Over 30 years experience with computer hardware and software. Office productivity expert and specialist in data base programming. Taught college-level courses in computer operating systems, Word Processing, Spread Sheets, and MS Access data base. Administrative specialist and widely published technical writer covering a wide variety of subjects. Widely read and writer of numerous history articles on other web writng sites, under the pseudonym of Jerry Curtis.
My Latest Articles
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Demystifying Spanish Prepositional Pronouns
Spanish prepositional pronouns are a special category of object pronouns. They follow prepositions, but unlike English they don’t mimic their regular objective forms. They also help to clear up confusion caused by using the indirect objects “le"...Published on June 29, 2011 to Language Learning
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Software Review: FileMaker Pro 10 for Windows
FileMaker Pro 10 is a robust database application. New users will like the intuitive database design and look. This review is an overview of FileMaker from the perspective of the experienced database user who may want a cross-platform alternative to Microsoft...Published on May 25, 2011 to Windows Platform
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History Lesson Plan: The Siege of Vicksburg
The fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi, was the culmination of a year-long Union campaign to wrest control of the Mississippi from the Confederacy and split it in two. This lesson plan is an overview of the importance of Vicksburg in the ultimate victory...Published on May 20, 2011 to K-12 Learning
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