On Monday we look at social networking and media and discussed the advantages to using these technologies to stay in touch, read the news, meet new people who share the same as interests as you and even crowdsourcing information to help citizens following a natural disaster (we took a look at a Christchurch earthquake map). You can do a lot more than just share photos of your dinner!
These are the links and videos that we look at on Monday.
Videos
Introduction to a digital world video.
Videos on the Technology Explained website, we watched the one called Social Media.
YouTube
Vimeo
Photos
Instagram
Flickr (State Records NSW have a great selection of historical images)
We also looked at Facebook and Twitter. Next week we will go through the steps of setting up a Facebook account. And take a look at some more social networking sites.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Reminder
Just a reminder for everyone that tomorrow is the first Monday of the month so there are no classes. The club's monthly meeting is on at 10.30 am at Kincumber Pub instead. The guest speaker is me, and I'll be talking about iPads.
The Mac Users Group is meeting tomorrow at 1 pm at my house. Please email me if you would like to come (sallyturbitt at gmail.com).
Classes resume on Monday 16 June (9 June is a public holiday).
See you all either tomorrow or in a couple of weeks!
The Mac Users Group is meeting tomorrow at 1 pm at my house. Please email me if you would like to come (sallyturbitt at gmail.com).
Classes resume on Monday 16 June (9 June is a public holiday).
See you all either tomorrow or in a couple of weeks!
Friday, May 24, 2013
Printing and Scanning
How to print as a PDF instructions (from the Dummies website, which is not a reflection of our class, purely a great resource!) This method means you don't have to save the file twice (once as a Word doc and once as a PDF).
Here's the list of keyboard shortcuts. The list is quite long but mastering ones like Command + C for copy, Command + V for paste will make your life easier!
How to print instructions from Mac.
That's about all. See you Monday for e-books and e-readers. If you have an e-reader or iPad, bring them along so we can play).
Here's the list of keyboard shortcuts. The list is quite long but mastering ones like Command + C for copy, Command + V for paste will make your life easier!
How to print instructions from Mac.
That's about all. See you Monday for e-books and e-readers. If you have an e-reader or iPad, bring them along so we can play).
Monday, May 13, 2013
Monday finds
Seven simple tricks to speed up your iPad. The iPad users amongst us might want to save this one for future reference!
Carmel's Tech for Travel tips. For all the travellers!
And some more National Broadband Network information for those interested, How Fast is the NBN? The background to this website is an interesting read as well.
What have you found online recently?
Monday, April 22, 2013
Monday 22 April
Hi all,
Today's iTunes (making playlists and burning CDs) class turned into exploring iTunes U and Podcasts and we found some great lectures to listen to, there's something for everyone!
I mentioned this article, The Great NBN Fail is about the National Broadband Network and (in my opinion) gives a great (and lengthy) overview of what the NBN will/can do for Australia.
Next week (29 April) we are looking at Contacts and Calendars (iCal) - adding contacts, creating groups, using iCal and syncing to other devices.
And to everyone who is unwell at the moment, wishing you a speedy recovery and that we'll see you soon!
Today's iTunes (making playlists and burning CDs) class turned into exploring iTunes U and Podcasts and we found some great lectures to listen to, there's something for everyone!
I mentioned this article, The Great NBN Fail is about the National Broadband Network and (in my opinion) gives a great (and lengthy) overview of what the NBN will/can do for Australia.
Next week (29 April) we are looking at Contacts and Calendars (iCal) - adding contacts, creating groups, using iCal and syncing to other devices.
And to everyone who is unwell at the moment, wishing you a speedy recovery and that we'll see you soon!
Monday, April 8, 2013
Term 2 2013
Term 2 starts next Monday, 15th April.
Hopefully I've managed to include everything!
15 April, Week 1
Files and Images: moving files and images to and from USB drives, CDs, cameras and memory cards. BYO USB etc. if you'd like to work on something in particular.
22 April, Week 2
iTunes: adding CDs to your iTunes library, burning CDs and making playlists.
29 April, Week 3
Contacts and Calendars: adding contacts, creating groups, using calendars and syncing to other devices.
6 May
SCCCC Meeting at Kincumber Pub OR User Group
13 May, Week 4
Mail: organising your emails, creating folders, adding emails to folders automatically.
20 May, Week 5
Printing and Scanning: printing plus scanning images and photos and saving them.
27 May, Week 6
eBooks: borrowing and purchasing ebooks for iPads, tablets, laptops and ereaders.
3 June
SCCCC Meeting at Kincumber Pub OR User Group
10 June
Public Holiday
17 June, Week 7
Social Networking: setting up a Facebook account, Q&A plus Twitter.
24 June, Week 8
Social Networking: Blogs and what's new online?
1 July
SCCCC Meeting at Kincumber Pub OR User Group
Please bring along anything you think might be useful for classes.
See you next Monday!
Hopefully I've managed to include everything!
15 April, Week 1
Files and Images: moving files and images to and from USB drives, CDs, cameras and memory cards. BYO USB etc. if you'd like to work on something in particular.
22 April, Week 2
iTunes: adding CDs to your iTunes library, burning CDs and making playlists.
29 April, Week 3
Contacts and Calendars: adding contacts, creating groups, using calendars and syncing to other devices.
6 May
SCCCC Meeting at Kincumber Pub OR User Group
13 May, Week 4
Mail: organising your emails, creating folders, adding emails to folders automatically.
20 May, Week 5
Printing and Scanning: printing plus scanning images and photos and saving them.
27 May, Week 6
eBooks: borrowing and purchasing ebooks for iPads, tablets, laptops and ereaders.
3 June
SCCCC Meeting at Kincumber Pub OR User Group
10 June
Public Holiday
17 June, Week 7
Social Networking: setting up a Facebook account, Q&A plus Twitter.
24 June, Week 8
Social Networking: Blogs and what's new online?
1 July
SCCCC Meeting at Kincumber Pub OR User Group
Please bring along anything you think might be useful for classes.
See you next Monday!
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