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Another interesting mix of topics...

14/5/2015

 
A very perceptive and comical Youtube clip 'A Senior Moment' featuring 'seniors' in a residential setting texting on their mobiles, (and even, somewhat comically, 'sexting' in error...) was a highlight at the start of this month's class.  We had a great laugh together.  (There is a link to this video on Ian's blog.) 

New internet tools introduced this month by Ian, again focusing on the freely available, included using a general search title in Youtube such as 'Classical Music' to stream playlists of music throughout the day; the Rainlendar desktop calendar; the Gadwin screen capture tool; Paypal (which is preferred by eBay); and Picasa3 for storage and organisation of photograph collections using the cloud.

Class member Margaret Jenkin, from Investment Group 2, gave us a most informative presentation on the use of the internet when investing in the stock market.  Margaret began by reflecting on the benefits on-line banking and the ways in which the banking system works to ensure online security, then described her practice of using a separate bank for her online purchases.  Using the ComSec website, Margaret introduced tools available for analysing trading possibilities such as indexes, charts; price; volumes; stock announcements; peer guides; comparative trading ranges; watchlists; tools for managing orders and more.  Margaret explained that each of the major banks has a similar website; and Ian added that the ASX site also provides similar information.

Class member Bev Lee then provided an introduction to developing a free website using www.weebly.com, the platform chosen for this website.  Neville was happy to throw his hat into the ring in setting up a website address - after which a theme was selected; pages were added and moved around; a title and some text were added using the 'drag' feature in the build page, and the tool bar was used to change font colours and sizes.  We finished with a demonstration of how easy it is to delete - in this case the dummy - website!  The class handout; information on the 'Website' page under 'Newsroom'; the two blog entries below and the resources and videos in the support section on Weebly.com will hopefully be useful to clss members keen to 'have a go'.  Bev is happy to provide support and mentoring.   

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    About 'Making the most of the internet"

    Offered initially in Semester 1, 2015, 'Making the Most of the Internet' may be offered again in Semester 2, 2016.  A course for those who want to venture beyond the basics, 'Making the Most of the Internet' looks at the Internet (rather than dealing with hardware or software).  The aim is to better understand what the internet can do by discussing topics such as Wikipedia, Metadata, Torrenting, Youtube, VPN, ISP, ADSL, NBN. 

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