Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today we took the class on their first journey on the Internet. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in …
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Tablet Coaching: General Recap
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: As it’s been quite a while since we last delivered a lesson, we used today to recap on what’s been covered in previous lessons to date. Filed under: Delivery, Evaluation, Feedback, observation, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my …
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Computer Coaching: More Word Processing Skills
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today we devoted the lesson to building on the learners’ word-processing skills. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer, Writing Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication …
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Computer Coaching: Word Processing Recap
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: It’s been a few weeks since we ran a Tuesday Class, so we used the time to recap ‘word processing’. Filed under: Delivery, observation, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my …
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Computer Coaching: Recap
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: After the long break between classes (that restarted today) we spent the morning recapping the ‘essentials’. Filed under: Delivery, observation, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love …
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Computer Coaching: Colourful Words
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today, we looked at how to add a splash of colour to word-processed documents. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer, Writing Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology …
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Computer Coaching:
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today we looked at how to copy a selection of files from a USB stick to your Laptop. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong …
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Computer Coaching: The Essentials of Word Processing (Part 1)
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today, we looked at a range of generic skills needed when using ANY word-processing programs. Filed under: Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer, Writing Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology …
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Tablets: Play Store
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: It was a small class this afternoon, so I had a real opportunity to carry out some one-to-one coaching, and I concentrated on Google’s Play Store. Filed under: 1-to-1 coaching, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post …
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Computer Coaching: USB Sticks
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today, we looked at how to transfer data from a USB stick to a PC. Filed under: Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and …
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Computer Coaching: Managing and Filing your Data (Part 2)
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today, we continued to look at understanding how to ‘file’ data according to your personal requirements. This included looking at disk labelling. Filed under: Delivery, Design, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Staff Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 …
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Computer Coaching: FAQs
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today, we had an open session for the class, dealing with their individual queries and questions. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of …
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Computer Coaching: Managing and Filing your Data
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today we looked at how to manage data on your PC. This included copying, moving and renaming files; creating and renaming folders. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into …
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Computer Coaching: From Camera to PC
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today we looked at how to transfer photos from a digital camera to a PC. Smile please! Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love …
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Computer Coaching: Recap – Word Processing (Part 2)
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today, we covered different ways to embellish a word-processed document using bullets and numbering. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer, Writing Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology …
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Eastbourne or Rust!
After the torrential rain on the south coast last week, it was good to learn that we wouldn’t end up rusting this weekend as the weather forecast predicted a heatwave! So, we left home just before 9am, in the direction of Eastbourne, with a plan to stop of along the way, somewhere, and enjoy a …
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Computer Coaching: Personalising your Desktop
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today, we looked at different ways to customise the look of your PC’s Desktop. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and …
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Tablets: A Tour around ‘Settings’
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today, we began a detailed discussion explaining the various functions within the ‘Settings’ menu on an Android tablet. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong …
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Computer Coaching: Keyboard Skills
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today, we took a tour round the keyboard of a typical PC and applied it to some word-processing tasks. Filed under: 1-to-1 coaching, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! …
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The Future of the Petrol-Head
We, I think this self-confessed petro-head will soon be changing his name – to electric-head! As part of this weekend with friends, Ralph and Karen introduced us to their latest acquisition – the all electric Tesla P85D. The rather boring sounding name, hides the fact that this is the most advanced electric car to date. …
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Computer Coaching: Browser Essentials
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today, in the second of our ‘Tuesday Classes’, we looked at the essentials of using an Internet Browser. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong …
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Computer Coaching: Recap – Word Processing
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: A small class today (due mostly to holidays), so everyone got a bit more personal tuition. We concentrated on recapping on a previous module covering Word-Processing. Specifically, understanding and using the various toolbar icons in Word and Wordpad. Filed under: Design Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in …
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Computer Coaching: A Tour Round your Laptop!
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today was the second in my series of ‘Tuesday Classes’. I gave the group a tour around the outside of their laptop, explaining the various sockets, lights and buttons. We also discussed how to keep the exterior in good condition. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve …
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Tablets: App Stores
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today was the second, in my occasional Monday afternoon classes for Tablet users. We looked at the App Stores and how to download and use apps. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until …
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Computer Coaching: Music on your PC (Part 2)
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today we concentrated on the theory of sampling music to your PC. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in …
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Computer Coaching: Tuesdays are Go!
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Yay! The Monday class in Rothwell became so popular that now, here we are on Tuesdays too …and that was just through word of mouth! I have a fresh set of Learners all wanting to improve their PC skills. Today is the initial TNA and in the weeks that …
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Computer Coaching: Music on your PC (Part 1)
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today, we began looking at how to listen to music on your PC. This introductory lesson looked at the difference between ‘streaming’ and ‘storing’ and we also discussed various music sources such ‘sampling’, ‘using iTunes’, ‘Amazon Music’ and ‘Google Music’. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve …
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Computer Coaching: Maintaining a Healthy PC (Part 3)
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today we looked at the vast choice of AV programs for the PC. We also discussed the pros and cons of ‘free’ vs ‘paid for’ AV programs. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post …
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Computer Coaching: Maintaining a Healthy PC (Part 2)
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today, we looked at virus and malware attacks in more detail – and how to avoid them. We also discussed the pros and cons of free AV products as well as the best the worst AV/Malware programs available for a PCs. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer …
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Computer Coaching: 1-to-1
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Another ‘1-to-1′ today working with a new Pupil who has recently left the Army and treated himself to a shiny new laptop. Filed under: 1-to-1 coaching, Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – …
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