Welcome to Senior Tech Tuesdays!
Senior Tech Tuesdays is the home of the Senior Tech Club’s FREE live online training.
Intended for users of iPhones and iPads, Senior Tech Tuesday sessions are an easy and casual way for older adults to learn about their technology. It’s like a group of us sitting around the kitchen table (via Zoom) demonstrating features of your smartphones and tablets. In the sessions Don will present a topic, demonstrate the actions and invite you to explore from your home.
Each Senior Tech Tuesday session will last about an hour.
The sessions are FREE. All that is required is that you register with Zoom before the class to receive your meeting link. The same Zoom link can be used for all Tuesday sessions between January and May.
You will need to register for your Zoom meeting link
The sessions are held on Zoom. Get your Zoom meeting link for our January through May sessions by clicking on the blue button below. You will register with your name and email and immediately receive your link. You will also receive the link via email. Save this email because you can use this link for every Senior Tech Tuesday through May 2021.
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At the Senior Tech Club, we provide lessons and classes on using Zoom.
Your best experience for Tuesday sessions is to use the Zoom app on a laptop, computer or tablet allowing you to use your iPhone to follow along and explore.
Learn more about Zoom by clicking on one or both of links below to review the process for accessing our Zoom meetings.
Upcoming Senior Tech Tuesday Topics
Below are the planned topics and dates for upcoming Senior Tech Talk Tuesdays. Our live classes are scheduled for 10:00 AM CDT and last about an hour. Use the Zoom Registration button above to get your Zoom link for these sessions.
During April and May 2021 our focus is Health, Fitness and Safety. Specific topics and dates are below.
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Previous Senior Tech Tuesday Pages
Below are the online pages for previous Senior Tech Talk Tuesday sessions. On these pages you can find the slide decks for the discussion and links to any relevant Recipes and Nuggets.
Click the session title to access the online page.
Learn IOS 14 Home screen customization. Topics include Jiggle mode, Widgets and App Library Explore notable app changes in IOS 14 including Magnifier, Translate, Messages Changes, Compact Interface for Calls & Siri, Photos Hidden additions to IOS 14. Topics include Back Tap, Detect Camera & Microphone Access, Photo Access & Privacy, Approximate Location, Safari Privacy Report This Tuesday session feature questions submitted by our community. Discussed was NFC, security, handling a second call, public WiFi and Email garbage. For all who like to read books on their devices, this session focused on how to find Free or affordable ebooks on Kindle, the Apple Book store, the Gutenberg Project and your local library. Exploring iPhone and iCloud storages and recommendations about optimizing your devices storage. This is an introduction to the Shortcuts app where we define its capabilities and demonstrate with some examples. We explore the hidden tips for typing on your device including Caps Lock, Symbol shortcuts, emojis and dictation. How to Access the Control Center, explore Key Control Center Functions and learn to Customize the Control Center We explore the various ways you can launch the camera app and release the shutter. You might be suprised at the number of options. We take a Tour of the Camera app and explore topics including Zoom, Flash, Live Photos, HDR, Focus & Exposure, Filters and Taking Selfies. We explore the Modes of the Camera app and explore the Photo, Video, Slo-Mo, Time-Lapse, Square and Portrait modes. We will explore a few advanced functions of the Camera and Photos app to add creativity to your photos and videos. Topics include iPhone photography accessories, Fun with Time Lapse, Ideas for Slo-Mo, Effects with Live Photos and using Night Mode. We explore the tools the Photos app provides to find and search for photos. We explore the tools the Photos app provides to organize your photos with Albums. We will also demo some of the actions that you can take with albums. We explore the tools the Photos app provides to edit, correct and modify photos. We will demo some of the actions that you can take to markup photos. We explore the tools the Photos app provides to share your photos using the Share Sheet We explore the tools the Photos app provides to share your photos using the Share Sheet We explore the tools the iPhone and iPad tools and apps that will support a healthy-brain lifestyle. We explore the tools the iPhone and iPad tools and apps that will support a healthy-brain lifestyle. We explore the tools the iPhone provides for storing medical information using Medical ID and making Emergency SOS calls. You can use the Health app to track fitness and health information. It will automatically track exercise like steps taken and stairs climbed. It will also consolidate health and fitness information from third party apps. This Senior Tech Tuesday session will help you get more from your Health app. The iPhone and iPad offer a few tools that may help with sleep. This class will explore Night Shit, Sleep Timer and the Sleep functions of the Health App. The iPhone and iPad offer a few tools that may support your quest for healthy activity and exercise. This class will explore and recommend a handful of helpful apps for fitness and exercise. The iPhone and iPad offer a few tools that may support your quest for healthy activity and exercise. This class will explore and recommend a handful of helpful apps for meditation IOS 14.5 brings some new privacy setting that are import for our community. We will look in general at IOS updates and break down the new App Tracker Transparency setting. The Apple Watch has a number of functions related to Health, Fitness and Safety. Let’s review the Apple Watch for the curious.
.Title Date Topics Senior Tech Tuesday #1 Home Screen Customization 10/20/2020 Senior Tech Tuesday #2 IOS 14 App Changes 10/27/2020 Senior Tech Tuesday #3 IOS 14 Hidden & Privacy Changes 11/03/2020 Senior Tech Tuesday #4 All Q&A 11/10/2020 Senior Tech Tuesday #5 – FREE Books 11/17/2020 Senior Tech Tuesday #6 iPhone and IiCloud Storage 11/24/2020 Senior Tech Tuesday #7 Getting Started with the Shortcuts App 12/01/2020 Senior Tech Tuesday #8 Typing Tips for iPhone and iPad Users 12/08/2020 Senior Tech Tuesday #9 Getting More from the Control Center 12/15/2020 Senior Tech Tuesday #10 – Let’s Point and Shoot 01/12/2021 Senior Tech Tuesday #11 – A Tour of the Camera App 01/19/2021 Senior Tech Tuesday #12 – Exploring iPhone Camera Modes 01/26/2021 Senior Tech Tuesday #13 – Let’s Get Creative 02/02/2021 Senior Tech Tuesday #14 – Find & Search Photos 02/09/2021 Senior Tech Tuesday #15 – Organize your Photos with Albums 02/16/2021 Senior Tech Tuesday #16 – Edit your Photos in the Photos app 02/23/2021 Senior Tech Tuesday #17 – Share your Photos in the Photos app 03/2/2021 Senior Tech Tuesday #18 – iPhone Photography Series Wrap Up & Q&A 03/9/2021 Senior Tech Tuesday #19 – Smart Phones, Sharp Brains 03/16/2021 Senior Tech Tuesday #20 – Safe Driving and your iPhone 04/06/2021 Senior Tech Tuesday #21 – Your iPhone in an Emergency 04/13/2021 Senior Tech Tuesday #22 – Making the Most from the iPhone Health App 04/20/2021 Senior Tech Tuesday #23 – Getting Better Sleep In Spite of your iPhone or iPad 04/27/2021 Senior Tech Tuesday #24 – Exploring Third Party Fitness App 05/04/2021 Senior Tech Tuesday #25 – Exploring Meditation Apps 05/11/2021 Senior Tech Tuesday #26 – IOS Tools,Upgrades and Privacy 05/18/2021 Senior Tech Tuesday #27 – How I Like my Apple Watch 05/25/2021