Online Computer help for beginners
From time to time, "hands on" training classes geared toward beginners are offered to club members in our lab for a nominal fee.
Senior Surfer Jim Kniskern has this to say:
"Training beginners is a very important function of our Senior Surfers Computer Club. The membership of most computer clubs consists of geeks for whom computing is a great hobby. Not necessarily so with ours. We help seniors get over the learning hump until they can navigate on their own. Then some of them look on their computer as simply an everyday tool, not as a hobby, and drift away as soon as they can function without our assistance. Those who remain, and continue learning and exploring, also find it rewarding to help those seniors who would otherwise be “lost sheep” in this Information Age. We hope you will enjoy learning with our help, then follow in our footsteps and help others in years to come."
Senior Surfer Jim Kniskern has this to say:
"Training beginners is a very important function of our Senior Surfers Computer Club. The membership of most computer clubs consists of geeks for whom computing is a great hobby. Not necessarily so with ours. We help seniors get over the learning hump until they can navigate on their own. Then some of them look on their computer as simply an everyday tool, not as a hobby, and drift away as soon as they can function without our assistance. Those who remain, and continue learning and exploring, also find it rewarding to help those seniors who would otherwise be “lost sheep” in this Information Age. We hope you will enjoy learning with our help, then follow in our footsteps and help others in years to come."
Focused on the very beginner, the links listed here will help you get started using the mouse and learning to type. Other links will help explain today's technology world in simple to understand terms. Please read the disclaimer below.
Click on the green underlined text to go to the websites as listed.
Happy Surfing!
Click on the green underlined text to go to the websites as listed.
Happy Surfing!
USING THE MOUSE
Mouse Practice: https://www.letsgolearn.com/bubble.html
Place the Mouse: http://www.seniornet.org/howto/mouseexercises/placemouse1.html
Clicking the Mouse: http://www.seniornet.org/howto/mouseexercises/clickmouse1.html
Drag and Drop: http://www.seniornet.org/howto/mouseexercises/dragpractice1.html
Mousey Games: http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/games.htm
More Mousey Games: http://www.gamequarium.com/learntousemouse.html
Place the Mouse: http://www.seniornet.org/howto/mouseexercises/placemouse1.html
Clicking the Mouse: http://www.seniornet.org/howto/mouseexercises/clickmouse1.html
Drag and Drop: http://www.seniornet.org/howto/mouseexercises/dragpractice1.html
Mousey Games: http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/games.htm
More Mousey Games: http://www.gamequarium.com/learntousemouse.html
LEARNING TO TYPE
http://www.keybr.com/#!practice
http://www.powertyping.com/qwerty/lessonsq.html
http://www.typeonline.co.uk/lesson1.html
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/winkeyboard.htm
http://www.powertyping.com/qwerty/lessonsq.html
http://www.typeonline.co.uk/lesson1.html
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/winkeyboard.htm
COMPUTER BASICS
http://tech.tln.lib.mi.us/tutor/welcome.htm
http://bestnetguru.com/abcofcomputing/
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computerbasics
http://www.ba-bamail.com/content.aspx?emailid=14569
Great Beginner Guides:
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/connect/BBC_First_Click_Beginners_Guide.pdf
http://www.pcdon.com
Oldies music: http://www.pcdon.com/page90.html
http://bestnetguru.com/abcofcomputing/
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computerbasics
http://www.ba-bamail.com/content.aspx?emailid=14569
Great Beginner Guides:
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/connect/BBC_First_Click_Beginners_Guide.pdf
http://www.pcdon.com
Oldies music: http://www.pcdon.com/page90.html
If you wish to download the list of websites, please click on the words "Download File" below.
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DISCLAIMER: The information provided on any external links provided is made available as an informational service only. Any references to organizations or other websites do not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement by the Senior Surfers Computer Club or the Newark Senior Center. If you choose to use the sites presented, you do so at your own risk.
