Computer Club Learns to BLOG!

On Monday, April 5th, the SMSCC discussed and started its blog in earnest! That means we all decided to "FOLLOW" our club's blog. Or... most of us committed to the fun challenge.

We added a photo of this cute cat because it is looking at us and will remind us to "FOLLOW" this blog.

The first portion of our meeting today was the "Help Desk" time for asking all sorts of questions about our technology troubles. Today, we discussed the tool bar and how to keep it from moving to the side of the screen. The answer is: Tool bars can be easily moved from the bottom of the screeen to the side or top by left clicking the mouse and "dragging" the tool bar. If you don't wish for the tool bar to move, we learned how to "LOCK" the tool bar by right-clicking and selecting "LOCK TOOL BAR".

Discovery Learning - Tutorial

We often hear how people "get lost in time when online". Do you like the rhyme?

It is true that we often "stumble upon" interesting items and follow links to more details or additional websites. Discovery Learning is another name for that. In these, the reader learns about a topic such as new technology tools for persons with disabilities or communicating in the 21st century, but they use their own interests and passions to learn MORE about the technology tools that are relevant to them.

Here are a few discovery learning tutorials that you can explore:

• Discovering Assistive Technology: This tutorial is brought to you by the California School Library Association and TransAccess, a community-based organization that provides persons with disabilities access to computer adaptive technology and career transition services so that they can achieve their desired education and employment, and improve their quality of life.

• Learning Web 2.0: Librarians at the College of San Mateo offer this introductory tutorial on blogs, wikis, image creation, news feeds, and more -- at no cost -- enjoy!
  

Our First Post

The Computer Club now has a blog! Stay tuned for interesting and timely items. Visit us online or at the San Mateo Senior Center.

We've added our logo of the computer holding a letter. How? It is an old logo and we only have it on an old brochure, so we made a digital image of it, saved it as a .jpeg image, and then added it to the sidebar.

We also added an avatar (representation of a person) in a computer classroom. That's fitting, right? Several of us will be experimenting and "playing" with the words and design, so please don't be surprised if the original orange template is a different color next time you look.

Homework for the computer club: Look over this blog and then learn how to create your own by taking the free & fun online course called "CSM Learning 2.0". There are 23 "Things" to learn -- learn one thing a week or one thing a month. Enjoy!