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SeniorNet Dargaville Inc
Member of The Federation of SeniorNet Societies Inc.
7-9 Liverpool Street Dargaville
No.156
February 2015
Registered with Charities Commission No. CC25250
Chair Person
Dorothy Gorrie
Ph: 439 1711
Email:
[email protected]
Vice Chair Person
Heather Somers
Secretary
Heather Cashin
Ph: 439-4452
email:
[email protected]
Treasurer:
Faye Bakulich
Ph: 439-7975
Course Coordinator:
Heather Cashin
Ph: 439-4452
Email
[email protected]
Committee:
Stan Wordsworth
Bev Lardner
Francie Beagley
Margaret Taylor
Bronwyn Bernard
Judith Herbert
Chris Smith
Siny Haverkamp
Joyce Martin
Web Page Designer:
Margaret Taylor
Ph: 439-8994
email:
[email protected]
Newsletter Editor:
Heather Cashin
email:
[email protected]
Centre Contact
Information:
Phone 439 4154
Web Page
http://homepages.paradise.
net.nz/seniornet
NewsLetter
From the Chair
Hi All,
Wishing you all a happy New Year and that you enjoyed the holidays with your
families.
I had a new learning experience with my first time at
purchasing something on Trade Me. It would appear that I
need supervision by a kid, I must have misunderstood how
the system works. Instead of one set of inks for my printer
(2 black and 1 each of the colours) at the price of $19.99
per set, I had thought that it was the price for one cartridge
(afterall I had paid $25 for just one cartridge, so thought it
was a bargain) but it appears that it was for a set. I ended
up with 5 sets, not realising that when clicking the "buy
now" it came up with the price for a set x 5. Paying for
rural delivery was not a problem, ordered on Monday and
it arrived Thursday to my surprise, but when all this ink arrived I thought I had better
check out exactly what I’d paid for, yes they were right I had purchased 5 sets. I now
have enough ink to last about three years!
I look forward to seeing you on the 16th of February.
Cheers
Dot
Welcome to new Member
Louise McDonald
We hope you enjoy your time with SeniorNet
Annual Subscription for 2015 due now
$25.00 (or $45.00 for 2 people at same address)
A monthly newsletter will be emailed.
If you wish for your newsletter to be posted there will be an extra $10.00 on your sub to cover
printing and postage costs.
All members are required to fill in the membership form each year to keep records up to date.
Phone Siny 4394573 or Heather 4394452 for information pack
Send to: SeniorNet Dargaville Inc., P.O. Box 425, Dargaville 0340
If you are renewing a Membership, you can Direct Credit to: 12 3098 0258248 00
Please enter “Surname&initial” and “Sub” in details also please email Siny [email protected]
advising name, address and phone number.
or
Pay Faye at Enrolment Day on February 16th.
Disclaimer
From time to time some of our members voluntarily give help and advice to other members on matters relating to computers, associated equipment and
software. This includes information contained in this newsletter. This help or advice is taken solely at the recipient’s risk and imposes no responsibility
or liability of any kind, either on those providing such help or advice, the newsletter editor, or on SeniorNet Dargaville Inc.
Course Co-ordinator’s Report January/February 2015
Members,
If you know the course you want then please phone the Tutor direct. Choose
a Tutor who is working on the day you are available.
Give me a call if you have queries we can chat and sort something, 439 4452.
Once more I am sitting at the computer thinking of our vision for SeniorNet, another year and yet another new lot
of technology to get our heads around. If you are feeling like “this is all too much I can’t be bothered stressing
myself anymore!” - well don’t give up come and sort it out together with likeminded people at SeniorNet. That
is what it is all about “seniors teaching seniors”.
Please remember we are all volunteers who wish to keep up with technology and see others succeed too. Learn
something new everyday, little steps keeping the brain active and enjoy the pleasure of success when it becomes
easy—but don’t stop there, keep learning and sharing your knowledge with others.
There is a slight increase in fees this year, your committee feels this is justified as so many of our classes are one
on one tuition. We advertise courses that are available but often it is that you have a couple of problems that you
personally are having and the teenagers are too busy to put you right! If it can’t be solved at the time our tutors
will ask others (including Google). When you are happy with your problems please consider sharing your
knowledge with others and joining our team of buddy tutors. Don’t forget to look at the back of this newsletter to
see what is on this month.
Cheers for now
Heather
Phone 439 4452 or email [email protected]
Last year I wrote about Microsoft’s new Smartphone Nokia 830 and its camera technology.
I would like to revisit this as Smartphones and Cameras are becoming so part of our lives, and
it is a quandary to know what is the best buy and why. I am no expert so decided to ask Mr.
Google and see what others are saying about smartphone cameras.
Nokia 830—Samsung Galaxy S4 - Apple’s iPhone 5s or 6—which is the best?
What I did find out was that the cameras were all equal in quality and performance even if different technology!
I go to a phone sales person to buy my camera — there’s the problem, they can’t tell me anything about the
camera, other than to say how many pixels it has. Megapixels are an imperfect measurement of camera quality,
but most of these phones have very good rear cameras, just very little zoom so the ability to have plenty of
pixels to play with is what most of us would need so we can crop to bring subject closer.
There is still the question of this Pure View Technology with the camera lenses. A complicated explanation of
what it does, however I think we should have another read and be on the look out for more of this technology to
come on the market. Here is the article again simplified even more….
Pure View Technology summarised:
It's a new camera technology that has been under development for over 5 years…
…that shoves 41 actual megapixels in a phone camera…
…and uses "oversampling" to give you all the advantage of much larger pixels…
customers wanted a 3x zoom, but the problem was that optical zooms on a camera phone are near impossible
due to size. So the answer was a zoom that you could do purely digitally.
In simple language, that means that you can take a picture at a distance, then when you get time either at home
at your computer or directly on your camera, you crop it, the subject comes close and because of the PureView
technology your cropped picture will still have the pixels.
Any PureView-packing phone will supposedly be the "best possible camera phone" in its class. We should be
excited to see what PureView technology is going to bring to the Phone Camera market.
Special Interest Group
Facebook Security
1.00pm last Friday in February.
$5.00 to cover costs.
Our age group has embraced this social media but we don’t
always know the hidden tools to keep ourselves private
If you are new to Facebook ask for a lesson first to get yourself set
up, then join to further your knowledge.
Phone Heather 439 4452 or Dot 439 1711
Technology Interest Group
1st Monday in the month
If you have finished a course for your iPad or Android Device
come along to share your successes and learn more.
Ring to confirm if you are coming, as if there is not enough
people coming on the day the rooms will not be open.
1.00pm at the Centre a $5.00 cover charge please.
Ring or email Heather Cashin 439 4452 or
Margaret Taylor 439 8994
Car Parking and your convenience.
ENROLMENT and OPEN DAY
At our Learning Centre
There is a lot going on at the Complex where we are
situated, as they are resealing the parking area.
On our Open Day please would you use the Lion of
Judah Church Carpark on River Road and walk through
the iron gates to our Learning Centre. These gates will
be unlocked for us on 16th February.
There are still a few parks available in front of our rooms
and when coming for classes these will be enough.
Monday 16th February
The rooms will be open from 11.00am-3.00pm
So you can pop in to renew your membership
and take a look around.
At 1.00pm
Interesting results of a recent AVG Survey
88% of those surveyed agree that technology has
improved their ability to communicate with family and
friends.
While only 27% of respondents say they find it easy to
keep up with or use the latest technology.
That explains the popularity of SeniorNet throughout
the country. Around 73% of people over 50 would
benefit by being a member and taking part in activities
at our Learning Centre.
Tell us what you need to know about, don’t feel nervous
or embarrassed about your problem because most likely
there are others out there struggling with the same thing.
We have 6 tutors available to listen and sort out your
needs.
Come to the Open Days each month to top up your
knowledge.
At our Centre we have this sign
on the wall to remind us of these
commitments to each other.
Learning Centre Commitments
Objectives and goals will be described before each session.
Provide quality resources for learning.
Our Volunteer Tutors are selected to teach the given topics.
Our Tutors will do their best to pace their teaching and
wherever possible provide individual tuition.
Howard Gilles
Vodafone Rep
Will speak about Vodafone and what
they have to offer.
Meet our Tutors and book a lesson
Bring a friend
Pay your member sub
There will be a special prize draw for those who
pay membership today
Have a cuppa and chat
Car parking is available at Lion of Judah Church carpark.
Are you a Vodafone
Customer?
If you are a Vodafone home line (formerly TelstraClear)
customer, support SeniorNet
Visit www.seniornet.org.nz and click on the
Vodafone supporters logo.
Martin Jamieson is our voluntary Tech Man
phone 439 0348 for computer queries.
Student Commitments
Maintain an open and positive approach to learning.
Respect other students and be patient, we all learn at a different pace.
Respect the tutors, remember they do this voluntarily.
Undertake practice sessions in your own time.
Keep to class timetables.
Provide constructive feedback to help improve learning at
the centre.
87 Victoria Street, Dargaville
Phone 4339 8305
Your local electrical contractor
and 100% Store
Call and see their friendly staff
For your digital devices and electrical appliances
Support your SeniorNet whenever possible.
Please support our Advertisers as they support this Newsletter
Thank you to our Sponsors, Vodafone, NZ Lotteries, COGs
ASB Trust , Pub Charities, Lion Foundation, Nestle
Some antics at
SeniorNet
yesterday
Dot suggested getting rid of the
partition since we don’t have large
classes running at the same time
anymore.
Stan and Chris got
straight into it, with
Heather S. and Dot
directing the operation.
Well done guys it looks
quite spacious now!
Timetable for Courses Term 1
All courses must be booked first with Tutor. Be early so classes can be filled.
COURSE
DAY
COST
Sessions
TUTORS
Open Day and
Computer problem
Solving.
3rd Monday
in month
1.00pm
Nil
1
Social mingling, Guest Speaker.
Tutors available to answer questions.
Come for a cuppa and chat.
Technology Interest
Group
1st Monday
In Month
1.00pm
$5.00
1
Sharing time to learn new apps etc. and
gain more confidence with digital devices.
Ring Margaret 4398994 if coming
Beyond the Basics
Tuesday
9.30am
$30.00
4
Heather Somers
Photo Enhancing
Tuesday pm
$20.00
2
Francie Beagley
PowerPoint
Tuesday
1.00pm
$30.00
4
Dot Gorrie
Introducing iPad
Wednesday
9.30 am
$30.00
4
Margaret Taylor/Dot Gorrie
Introducing
Windows 8
Wednesday
1.00 pm
$30.00
4
Bronwyn Bernard
Computer Awareness
Wednesday
1.00pm
$30.00
4
Bev Lardner
$30.00
4
Heather Cashin
$10.00
1
Heather Cashin
$30.00
4
Heather Cashin
$5.00
1
Finding Files, copy & Paste etc.
For those who have no computer
Experience.
Introducing Android
Tablets
Workshop
Online Shopping
Thursday
9.30am
Thursday
19th February
9.30am
Microsoft
Publisher
Thursday
1.00pm
Facebook Security
Interest Group
Last Friday
in February
A sharing time to learn more about
security with social media
Courses are available on request, ask about these at Social Days
or Phone Heather 439 4452
Windows 8, Ipad and Android Tablets, Smart Phones, WordProcessing Microsoft Office, Publisher, PowerPoint, Excel Spreadsheets, Open Office (Libre) CD and DVD Burning, Skype, TradeMe etc.
All Fees to be paid on the first day of the Lesson.
Course Bookings
The procedure for booking into classes is as follows:

Please phone the tutor direct for the course you wish to do. A list of phone numbers appears below. The name of the tutor
taking the class is highlighted in Bold letters in the Timetable.

This is essential as classes cannot accommodate others joining in after the first lesson has begun.
Tutors and Buddies Phone Numbers
Francie Beagley
439 5484
Bronwyn Bernard 439 6009
Heather Cashin
439 4452
Dot Gorrie
439 1711
Siny Haverkamp
439 4573
Bev Lardner
439 7125
Margaret Taylor
439 8994
Heather Somers
439 8185
Chris Smith
439 0559