beyond email
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- 1. Beyond e-mailDoing more with your computer
- 2. ObjectiveDiscover some different things that youcan do using your computer
- 3. Things you may already doTHE BASICS
- 4. Photos and videos Organize your photos on your computer and evenstore some onlinehttps://picasaweb.google.com/home Edit photos and add fun elements http://www.befunky.com/ Find interesting videos online to learn somethingnew or for a good chucklehttp://www.youtube.com/
- 5. Around the home Check your bank balance online, makedeposit, even automatically back up to your homecomputer http://infocenter.bankofamerica.com/ Cooking? Looking for inspiration? Try openinghttps://www.google.com/ and typing ingredientsinto the search bar, then pressing enter. Seewhat you find! Listen to music you like athttp://www.pandora.com/
- 6. Improve your brain health Play bridge online (small fee for this site)http://www.bridgedoctor.com/ Challenge your brain onlinehttp://akidsmath.com/mathgames/leapfrog.htm Learn a new languagehttp://www.livemocha.com/ Take a free college classhttp://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm
- 7. Improve your physical health Find valuable and reliable health informationhttp://nihseniorhealth.gov/ Monitor your own health records, refillprescriptions, leave notes for your doctorhttps://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/html/kaiser/index.shtml Pets make us healthy! Find your next pethttp://www.houndsavers.org/
- 8. Some different places to exploreOFF THE BEATEN PATH
- 9. Looking at things differently Learn about the Internet visually (press play)http://prezi.com/wj5mepeoyjsd/computers-102/ Discover your personality by choosing pictureswhich represent your lifestylehttp://www.open.ac.uk/choose/inspiringlearning/myworld/?LKCAMP=onl04m&MEDIA=onl04md_lkcampaign71 Do you understand politics?http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/blog-html/leftvright_world.html
- 10. Knowledge is power Look at health and medicine data in a whole newlighthttp://www.wolframalpha.com/examples/HealthAndMedicine.html What exactly is the White House policy on seniorsand social security?http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/seniors-and-social-security Is that email really true? http://snopes.com/
- 11. Collaboration What are some of the big ideas out therewhich challenge your mind and may changethe way you act? http://bigthink.com/ Working on a group project, and dont wantto travel all over town? Try an onlinecollaboration site http://www.zoho.com/ Or do you simply want to schedule acommon meeting time for a group ofpeople? http://www.doodle.com/
- 12. How do you find interestingsites? Use Google (or another search engine) to findlinks to things that interest you If you find an interesting site, make it a favorite Read technology news, such ashttp://www.makeuseof.com/ andhttp://news.cnet.com/ Use Twitter to keep track of new technologies,sites and trends
- 13. Questions? Comments? Email me at: [email protected]