This presentation highlights some of the more interesting things that you might do with your computer and online.

1. Beyond e-mail
Doing more with your computer

2. Objective
Discover some different things that you
can do using your computer

3. Things you may already do
THE BASICS

4. Photos and videos
 Organize your photos on your computer and even
store some online
https://picasaweb.google.com/home
 Edit photos and add fun elements
http://www.befunky.com/
 Find interesting videos online to learn something
new or for a good chuckle
http://www.youtube.com/

5. Around the home
 Check your bank balance online, make
deposit, even automatically back up to your home
computer
http://infocenter.bankofamerica.com/
 Cooking? Looking for inspiration? Try opening
https://www.google.com/ and typing ingredients
into the search bar, then pressing enter. See
what you find!
 Listen to music you like at
http://www.pandora.com/

6. Improve your brain health
 Play bridge online (small fee for this site)
http://www.bridgedoctor.com/
 Challenge your brain online
http://akidsmath.com/mathgames/leapfrog.htm
 Learn a new language
http://www.livemocha.com/
 Take a free college class
http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm

7. Improve your physical health
 Find valuable and reliable health information
http://nihseniorhealth.gov/
 Monitor your own health records, refill
prescriptions, leave notes for your doctor
https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/html/kaiser/i
ndex.shtml
 Pets make us healthy! Find your next pet
http://www.houndsavers.org/

8. Some different places to explore
OFF 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 pictures
which represent your lifestyle
http://www.open.ac.uk/choose/inspiringlearning/my
world/?LKCAMP=onl04m&MEDIA=onl04md_lkcamp
aign71
 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 new
light
http://www.wolframalpha.com/examples/HealthAnd
Medicine.html
 What exactly is the White House policy on seniors
and 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 there
which challenge your mind and may change
the way you act? http://bigthink.com/
 Working on a group project, and don’t want
to travel all over town? Try an online
collaboration site http://www.zoho.com/
 Or do you simply want to schedule a
common meeting time for a group of
people? http://www.doodle.com/

12. How do you find interesting
sites?
 Use Google (or another search engine) to find
links to things that interest you
 If you find an interesting site, make it a favorite
 Read technology news, such as
http://www.makeuseof.com/ and
http://news.cnet.com/
 Use Twitter to keep track of new technologies,
sites and trends

13. Questions? Comments? Email me at: mprine@sdccd.edu