1. 1. Beyond e-mailDoing more with your computer
2. 2. ObjectiveDiscover some different things that youcan do using your computer
3. 3. Things you may already doTHE BASICS
4. 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. 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. 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. 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. 8. Some different places to exploreOFF THE BEATEN PATH
9. 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. 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. 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. 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. 13. Questions? Comments? Email me at: mprine@sdccd.edu