Smart Phone/Dumb User
In 1976, Seymour Cray created the world’s first super computer, the Cray-I. It cost almost $8 million. That smartphone sitting in your pocket has 2000 times more memory, 200 times the storage, and runs 8000 times faster. The Cray-1 was used by the National Security Agency, the Department of Defense, the Weather Bureau, and the Department of Energy to solve complex environmental simulations. You use all that processing power on your smartphone to post updates to Facebook.
Feel like you’re just not getting all you can out of your phone? Are you confused by it? This series of classes will show you the ins and outs of your smartphone and making more useful. You’ll learn so much that you’ll be able to roll your eyes back at your kids when they ask you a question.
Automatically remember where you park your car.
Remind you to send an email or call someone when you get home or to work.
Set multiple cooking timers by voice command. Convenient when you’re doing holiday cooking.
Using Apple Mail to control all of your mail accounts. No more having to jump from one email program to another.
Protecting your privacy.
Fixing notfications. Turning them on and off for each program, and to use
Classes will be based upon the iPhone because that’s what I have. However, many of these also apply to Android phones.
The first class will focus on the basic settings, standard programs, and standard gestures. You will learn useful Accessiblity settings for the abled body. You will learn how to quickly turn WiFi on and off and to choose your network, setting up your phone for tapping shortcuts, and using gestures to switch between programs.