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Wallingford Senior Center

Wallingford Senior Center Computer Lab Jim@olneys.com What’s Happening? Wallingford Community Senior Center Northwest Seniors Online AARP Webplace Computers? Classes here will teach you the basics of operating the computer.

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Wallingford Senior Center

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  1. Wallingford Senior Center Computer Lab Jim@olneys.com

  2. What’s Happening? • Wallingford Community Senior Center • Northwest Seniors Online • AARP Webplace

  3. Computers? • Classes here will teach you the basics of operating the computer. • Internet classes get you started with E-mail and WEB searching. • Open lab hours let you “surf” at your leisure.

  4. Senior Survey of Internet Use • E-Mail 72% • Research 59% • News 53% • Games/puzzles 52% • Vacation/travel 43% • Weather 43%

  5. E-Mail • You can have your own e-mail address…FREE! • Send letters, pictures, news articles easily to friends & family • You can get mail anywhere you have access to the Internet

  6. Research • The Internet gives you access to a world of information. • www.google.com • www.vivisimo.com • www.dogpile.com • Health Merck & Company, global, research-driven pharmaceutical company

  7. News • Seattle Public Library - Wallingford Branch Library • The Seattle Times Home Page • Seattle Post-Intelligencer • The New York Times on the Web • Librarians' Index to the Internet • Thousands of newspapers on the Net

  8. Games & Puzzles • Thinks.com - brain games, puzzles and pastimes • The New York Times: Crosswords & Games • Welcome to OKbridge | The #1 Online Bridge Club

  9. Vacation & Travel • Hotwire: Airline Tickets, Hotel Reservations, Car Rentals - Discount Travel Deals, Last-Minute Travel Too! • Orbitz: Airline Tickets, Hotels, Car Rentals, Travel Deals • Expedia Travel -- discount airfare, flights, hotels, cars, vacation packages, cruises, maps • Priceline.com - Name Your Own Price for airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, prepaid long distance cards, new cars, home finance, and more!

  10. Weather • Rain or Shine • AccuWeather.com - Quilcene, WA Local Weather Forecast

  11. Explore Your World • Find news here or there (back home) • You can be an arm chair traveler or plan your real travel • Plan and follow your finances • Play games (alone or with others) See you in the computer lab soon…Jim

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