Initial session for computer classes

1. Computer
Opportunities
A Discussion of Computer Training at Winter Haven
6 January 2012

2. Agenda
Who?
Goals
Did you know?
Options
Path forward

3. Who
Computers
since 1979
Recently
mobile
User Groups
Education and
Training

4. Favorites
Browser Read Later
(Instapaper)
Brain “Games”
“Curation”
Evernote
TweetDeck
Skype
Dropbox
Clearly

5. What color is the sky?
1. Green
2. Red
3. Blue
4. Yellow

6. Your Computer…
1. Desktop
2. Laptop
3. Tablet
4. Cell phone
5. None

7. Your Expertise…
1. Expert
2. Doing Fine
3. Novice
4. Need Help

8. Goals
Have fun!!
Share
Learn from each
other

9. Did You
Know?

10. Why Computer Classes?
Senior citizens who master computer
have less depression - American
Psychological Association.
Remain independent
much longer
Improved
communications
Brain exercises
Have fun!!!

11. QR Codes
QR Codes are used to connect something in the physical world to
something in the virtual world.

12. Korea QR Code Shopping

13. Your Phone…
1. Cell phone
2. Smartphone
3. Land line
4. None

14. Changing Demographics of
Cell Ownership

15. In 2011, 84% of Adults Have
a Cell Phone

16. Usage Patterns by Phone Type

17. Health Care
OnStar for your
body
Connected
Communications
Reduce patient
readmissions,
length of stay
Don

18. Focus on Tablet Users

20. FaceTime for Apes: Orangutans Use iPads
to Video Chat With Friends In Other Zoos

21. Options

22. Google Forms

23. Initial Top Choices
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3
4
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Browser Tips Photography Skype Facebook

24. Current Uses…
1. eMail
2. Browser
3. Word Processing
4. Finances
5. Genealogy
6. Other

25. Computers 101
$16.95 ($9.63)
January 3, 2012
Jargon-free
guide to the joy
of using a
computer for
seniors
448 pages

26. Communication…
1. eMail
2. Text
3. Blog
4. Facebook
5. Skype
6. Twitter

27. eMail Basics
Options
Passwords
Attachments
Storing
Signatures
Chain letters
Phishing

28. Winter Haven Web Site
1. Use regularly
2. Have looked, but
don’t use
regularly
3. Have not looked

30. Browser Used
1. Chrome
2. FireFox
3. Internet Explorer
4. Other
5. Don’t Know

31. Browser Tips and Tricks
Safety
Add-ons
Saving and
printing
Sharing

32. Internet 101
Browser options
Tabs
Add-ins
Security
Privacy

33. Keeping in Touch with
Facebook
Navigation
Friends
Messages
Commands
Photos - album
Winter Haven site?

35. Twitter - What is it? And Why
Should I Care?
Find
Follow
Photos
Shorthand
Trending
Hashtags

36. Blogging
Why?
What?
How?
Who?

37. Creating a Website

38. Communicating with Skype

40. Maps and Directions
Location
Directions
Planning
Search

41. Photography Basics
Sharing
Flickr
Picasa
Editing

42. Online Learning
Khan Academy
Driving - savings - AARP

43. Cell Phone Basics
Texting
Data plans
Contacts
Browsers

44. Smartphone Apps
Downloading
and installing
eBooks
Sharing of
favorites among
approximately
1 million apps

45. Tablet Computing

46. Applications:
Microsoft Office
Word
Excel
PowerPoint

47. Applications:
Google Apps
Docs
Voice
Sites
Forms
Mail and
Calendar

48. Applications:
Microsoft Works
Word Processing
Spreadsheet
Database
Home projects

49. Other Interests
eBay
What else?
What could you teach?

50. Logistics…
When
Length
Frequency
Volunteers

51. Resources
http://whjudyb.posterous.com/
YouTube videos
AARP
Free graphics
Tips

52. Questions
Comments
?