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Tech Talk - September 14

9/14/2017

 
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​Agenda for September 14 Tech Talk:

Good morning to all who are attending this week, and I have one
housekeeping announcement; I have prepared a group email list
for attendees so that I can send you meeting agendas in advance and
links to the various thing we discuss.

That list is going around right now;

- if you are not on the list but would like to be, please add your name,
suite number, and email address at the bottom
- if you are on the list but do not want emails, please just cross your
name off on the list

Last week we talked about Cyber-Seniors, navigating the Westwood
website, and adding a Desktop Shortcut on your Windows Desktop.

Are there any questions relating to last week?

Okay, let’s get started, first let me repeat our objectives for
these Tech Talk sessions;
Tech Talk sessions;
- Must be easy to watch
- Must be easy to understand
- Must be interesting and informative

Our agenda this week is about Jigsaw Puzzles, Google Chrome,
Google Maps, and Google Earth and, of course, Cyber Seniors!
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Magic Jigsaw Puzzles;


If you are using Windows software ​newer than Windows 7 you can
get Magic Puzzles from the MS Store, or you can download from the
Internet. It is free, and you can get a new puzzle every day.
Many people including myself find it a good stress reliever.

I do one every morning 
to kickstart my brain!

Here is the intro to a puzzle started, but not completed.
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​Note that you can choose the number of pieces, I usually do
140 pieces, a friend of mine does 620, it often takes 2 or 3
days to complete.

This is what happens once you pick the number of pieces then
click on the puzzle;
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For the Internet link to download Magic Jigsaw Puzzles, click on Puzzles
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Are there any questions about Magic Jigsaw Puzzles?


Google Chrome;

How many of you already use Google Chrome as your Internet browser?

This is what a “new page” in Chrome looks like, and I set mine
to open with Google.ca search window.
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Why use Chrome?

It is simply the best in the world now and has been for over 10 years.
- More than 2 billion people worldwide use Chrome as their Internet
web browser
- Chrome’s share of all web browsers (July 24, 2017) is 53.9%
- Chrome protects users from malicious websites 205 million times/month

You can download it from any search window by typing in
“download google chrome”.

Any questions?

Google Maps;

- One billion people use Google Maps each month
- 41% of Internet users worldwide use Google Maps

How many of you use Google Maps?

Let’s run a Google Maps option, perhaps from Westwood to
the Dirty Laundry winery; this is what I see when I call up
Google Maps, I have Maps set to my Home Address;
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When I click on the blue directions sign in the search box,
and put in “dirty laundry winery”, this is what I get;

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The map and the turn by turn directions can be printed out.


Are there any questions?


Simply, these Google products are the best, and part of the
reason is that all were developed and intended for real people,
not just big businesses and professionals.


Let's just do a Google Search for Google Earth and see;
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After we start Google Earth and get past the introduction,
this is what the Earth search screen looks like;
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We’ll start by watching a segment from the
​Cyber-Seniors documentary;

Click the Play button on the video,
for full screen click on arrows at
bottom right, ESC to exit full screen:


What do you all think?  Any questions?


Do you want to try it?


I’m going to start;
- I grew up on a farm in Prince Edward County, Ontario
- the farm community was called West Lake
- our address was just Rural Route 1, Picton, Ontario


I am going to search for West Lake, Prince Edward County, Ontario,
this is what I got;
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That’s pretty neat, eh?

I know exactly where the farm was, so I am going to
​zoom in and

go to a road spot in front of our farm.
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And now I drag the “peg man” to that spot
on the road to go to a Street View.

And here is the house I grew up in, now an Ontario
Heritage House in a Provincial Park.
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Is that amazing or what?

Who else wants to try it? Give me a location to search for.

Cyber-Seniors:

Very good news, I met with Rhonda and Christie this
morning, we have a full go-ahead from Regency Westwood.

That “go-ahead” includes full membership in the
Cyber-Seniors program, new or upgraded computer
technology as needed for Westwood, and full support
for the necessary Mentorship Program.

We plan for that mentorship to include a number of
our dining room servers, all of who you already know
and who know you as well. We expect to arrange for
them to get course credits for being mentors.

Our expected kick-off date will be mid-January.

Wrapup:

This presentation outline and the photos will
be posted to the Westwood website, and I will
send a link to everyone for whom I have an
email address.








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