Technology
Online Guides & Tips Archive
- Babyboomers go the distance with E-learning
- by June Edwards
- It may be hard to teach an old dog new tricks, but that’s not stopping babyboomers going back to college. Distance learning is one of the fastest growing sectors in universities and colleges around the world. June Edwards checks out what’s on offer, how it works plus the pros and cons.
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- Podcast know-how
- by Adam Maguire
- Podcasts are a great way of catching up on radio shows you’ve missed, listening to the best of international radio and finding some high-quality niche shows for all interests. Adam Maguire tells you what you need to do to become a podcast listener and lists some must-hear shows
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- Twitter away at any age
- by Susan Daly
- Ivy Bean is 104 years old and ‘twitters’ from her UK nursing home (using @ivybean104). She uses the latest technology to stay in touch with the outside world. Bean told the Guardian newspaper that her cyber-friends have been a lifeline to her in her loneliness. Susan Daly looks at how new technologies help people who are isolated to reconnect
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- Finding family skeletons online
- by Elaine Larkin
- Trying to trace your family tree has got a whole lot easier as the National Archives begins to put some Censuses from the early 1900s online, writes Elaine Larkin
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- Log on, learn it, live more
- by Kathy Foley
- Log On, Learn is a new eight-module programme designed to ‘buddy up’ a transition year student with an older person from their local community to share skills. Kathy Foley reports on a venture with big social benefits in both ‘real’ and cyber-worlds
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- Online and in touch
- by Elaine Larkin
- Confused when people talk about Bebo and LinkedIn? Don’t know what to do when someone says ‘Check it out on Facebook?’ Elaine Larkin’s guide to social networking sites will be indispensable
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- Breaking free of your TV
- by Elaine Larkin
- If brighter evenings and a busy social schedule keep you out and about, you might miss some of your favourite programmes. Elaine Larkin finds out what you can catch up on online – for free and legally
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- Talk can be cheap
- by Elaine Larkin
- You can keep in touch with friends and family across the world for free if you’re both using VoIP programs. Elaine Larkin looks at how to get set up and the equipment you will need
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- Embracing the internet
- by Fiona McGoran
- Fiona McGoran looks at some of the initiatives in place to help older people become more tech savvy and get the most out of the technology at their disposal
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- Silver surfers
- by Maeve McGovern
- In general, the over-55s are a conservative group and like to budget their money carefully. The seemingly endless number of banking scandals has done nothing to give them more confidence in the system.
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- Blogging away
- by Maeve McGovern
- Blogging - a sort of online diary - can be an immensely fulfilling pursuit and, as long as you have internet access, there is nothing to stop you from blogging away to your heart’s content.
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- Getting to grips with downloading
- by Jennifer Wade
- There are plenty of websites where you can download – safely, cheaply and legally – a vast array of music, books and movies, writes Jennifer Wade.
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