Friday 20th January, 2012
It's the club's 5th birthday party. We will be showing photo stories and photos from competition winners at the ASCCA conference.
Our monthly member meetings are held on the 3rd Friday of the month in the Gwen Logan room on the second floor of the Council Chambers Building. This is the room next to our regular computer training room.
All meetings start at 9.30 am until 11.30 am, and include a morning tea break, an update on club activities and course plans, and a presentation, either by one of our members or a visiting speaker. After morning tea we have a Q & A session.
Some of the topics presented so far have been:
- Using the resources of the Parramatta Local History Centre (for family research online or for local history)
- Freeware and open source software applications
- Internet etiquette
- Easy Computing Pty Ltd on their "Take the Teacher Home" computer training CDs and DVDs for beginners
- Discussions about our training courses, and
- Useful websites, including the Seniors Portal.
- Games older people play - on the Net or CD
- Parramatta Council's website
- Windows Vista and Microsoft Photo Gallery
- Online banking
- Creative writing
- Effective use of Google
- Using E-bay
- Scrapbooking
- You-Tube
- WebShots
- Skype
- Professor Teaches CD
- Creatacard
- Land maps
- Yahoo lists
- Getting rid of unwanted applications
- Computer parts
- Apple Computers
- Travel tools
- Parramatta Library
- Social networking
- e-Parra Strategy and ParraConnect
- IT in Ireland
- Technology for a hearing lifestyle
- Travel websites
- The future of information communication technology including NBN
- Laptops and netbooks
- Differences between PCs and Macs
- iPads and Kindles
- Google web albums
- Our club website
- Cleaning a PC or laptop
- Backing up
- Equipment and software for seniors with low vision: Quantum RLV
- Project "eyewatch": police communicating with residents via Facebook"
- Tapestry
Friday 24th February, 2012: 1-3.15pm
If you are an Apple Mac enthusiast and join the Club, come along to our new Apple Mac Special Interest Group, to be held between 1-3.15pm in the Gwen Logan Room on Level 2 of the Council Chambers building. Bring your own laptop or iPad if you have one. Contact Margaret on info@parramattacps.org.au or Judy Joyce on 9871 6820 for further information.