These agendas were created at the end of each term, Apologies, but unfortunately some of the links may have become stale and no longer work.
If you would like any of the topics to be repeated, please let us know.
| Date | Topic and websites for the day |
|---|---|
| 9th May | History and genealogy part 2. Click here for more. |
| 16th May | Sadly the typing tests web site no longer exists. |
| 23rd May | No meeting today - Elections |
| 30th May | Books and e-readers. |
| 6th June | Keyboard and mouse tips and tricks with Open Office examples Click here for more. Click here for the Spooktacular booking form. |
| 13th June | TV, Radio and streaming. Click here for
more. Click here for the BT trial video, and here for the 'School in the cloud' TED lecture |
| 20th June | Email attachments on PC, phone and tablet. Click here for the test photo |
| 27th June | Social media. Click here for more. |
| 4th July | What is behind a web page? Click here for a presentation and here for the examples. |
| 11th July | Hobbies part 1. Click here for more. |
| 18th July | Backups, followed by Hobbies part 2, click here for more. |
| 25th July | Fun and games in the garden |
| Date | Topic and websites for the day |
|---|---|
| 25th January |
The following topics were covered today:
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| 1st February |
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| 8th February | |
| 15th February | |
| 22nd February | |
| 1st March |
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| 8th March |
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| 15th March |
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| 22nd March | Giles Computer Surgery |
| 29th March | More about documents
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Club re-opened via Zoom
| Date | Topic and websites for the day | 12th April | Backups Part 1. Very Simple Backup calculator |
|---|---|
| 19th April | Backups Part 2. The Cloud |
| 26th April | Introduction to Spreadsheets |
| 3rd May | Bank Holiday, no call this week |
| <10th May | Surgery |
| 17th May | Introduction to the PDF
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| 24th May | Surgery |
| 31st May | Bank Holiday, no call this week |
| 7th June |
Shopping |
| 14th June | Surgery |
| <21st June |
More shopping
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| 28th June | Surgery |
| 5th July | Labels and mail-merge |
| 12th July | End of term event in Johns garden |
| Date | Topic and websites for the day |
|---|---|
| 4th November | Welcome back (free session)
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| 11th November | Christmas posting Open Offie Fonts |
| 18th November | |
| 25th November |
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| 2nd December | |
| 9th December | |
| 16th December | CLOSED |
| Date | Topic and websites for the day |
|---|---|
| 13th January | Passwords and Security revisited |
| 20th January | Spreadsheets |
| 27th January | No meeting this week - sorry |
| 3rd February | Spreadsheets |
| 10th February | Spreadsheets |
| 17th February |
Graphs in spreadsheets Labels
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| 24th February |
CANCELLED due to lack of heating |
| 3rd March |
Mail merge |
| 10th March | Photos |
| 17th March |
Photos |
| 24th March | More on Photos |
| 31st March | Scanning and the Windows Photos application |
| 7th April | Editing Photos |
| Date | Topic and websites for the day |
|---|---|
| 5th May | Special Guest Speaker |
| 12th May | Surgery Session |
| 19th May | Surgery Session |
| 26th May | Closed |
| 2nd June | Bank holiday - no session |
| 9th June | Emails and Attachments |
| 16th June | Email rules and Attachments |
| 23rd June | Backups |
| 30th June | More on Backups |
| 7th July | The Internet and mapping, how it works and some useful sites |
| 14th July | Maps on the Internet |
| 21st July | July suggestions;
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| 28th July | Google Docs - carried over to next term |
| Date | Topic and websites for the day |
|---|---|
| 1st September | New term begins with the Camera on your phone |
| 8th September | More on Photos, and phone photo apps |
| 15th September; | Internet Shopping. Amazon, PayPal and eBay |
| 22nd September; | Selling on eBay, Moonpig and buying using PayPal, Tesco and Kindle. |
| 29th September; | TBA |
| 6th October | Posters |
| 13th October | Posters |
| 20th October | Posters |
| 27th October | Half term holiday - no meeting today |
| 3rd November | Keyboard shortcuts |
| 10th November | Organising your disk and getting images |
| 17th November | No meeting today, Neighbourhood Plan Referendum |
| 24th November | Skills needed fot the Christmas Card. Page orientation, vertical text, and inserting photos into documents. |
| 1st December | More prep for the Christmas card |
| 8th December |
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| 15th December | Games sesion.
Crosswords and word games Parlour games Video Games There are several free PC video games here Newspapers Please remember to bring your forms and payment for the Hippodrome trip |
| 2nd January | Trip to Yarmouth Hippodrome. |
| 12th January | New term begins, The annual Passwords and Security session, with a special section on VPNs |
| 19th January |
Layers, Physical network, routing and addressing and name resolution |
| 26th January | More Networking |
| 2nd February | Applications on a mobile phone Part 1 |
| 9th February | Applications on a mobile phone Part 2 |
| 16th February | Half Term, no meeting today |
| 23rd February | |
| 2nd March | |
| 9th March | |
| 16th March |
Photo editing - The Windows Photo App |
| 23rd March | Advanced Photo editing with Gimp |
| 30th March | Last session of term - internet games and shopping.
Crosswords and word games Parlour games Video Games There are several free PC video games here Newspapers |
| 27th April | |
| 4th May | No meeting this week - Elections |
| 11th May |
Email , How it works, Hints and tips, Email etiquette |
| 18th May | |
| 25th May | |
| 1st June | |
| 8th June |
No formal topic |
| 15th June |
Document orientation, formal letters, templates and drawing Document page layout, columns |
| 22nd June | |
| 29th June |
Crosswords and word games Parlour games Video Games There are several free PC video games here Newspapers |
| 10th August | Tables and photos in documents |
| 17th August | Document labels Gingham label image |
| 24th August | An in troduction to Spreadsheets cells and
formatting Open Office Sample data Microsoft Excel Sample data |
| 31st August | No formal topic |
| 7th September | Spreadsheets 1 - cells, formatting and formulae |
| 14th September | Spreadsheets 2 - Graphs and an intro to Mailmerge |
| 21st September | More Mailmerge |
| 28th September |
Quick reminder about Folders Crosswords and word games Parlour games Video Games There are several free PC video games here Newspapers |
| 2nd November | Cancelled due to flooding |
| 9th November | Introduction to the smartphone and Apps
Payments with a smartphone
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| 16th November |
Getting the most out of your phone 2 |
| 23rd November | |
| 30th November |
The Christmas Card 2 |
| 7th December | The Christmas Card 2 |
| 14th December | End of Winter term - games
Crosswords and word games Parlour games Video Games There are several free PC video games here Newspapers |
| 7th January | Trip to the Hippodrome |
| 11th January | Passwords and Security |
| 18th January | Networking |
| 25th January | |
| 1st February | Folders and Backups |
| 8th February |
More on Folders and Backups |
| 15th February | No session |
| 22nd February |
Customising your PC Accessibility (large fonts, mouse etc.) |
| 29th February | |
| 7th March | More Music TV and video streaming |
| 14th March | |
| 21st March | |
| 28th March | End of term - Games and 3D Printing |
| 4th April | |
| 11th April | Email, how it works, tips and ettiquette |
| 18th April | No session |
| 25th April | No session |
| 2 May | No session - Elections |
| 9th May | Applications and the desktop |
| 16th May | Smartphones |
| 23rd May | Smartphone applications |
| 30th May | Importing and scanning photos |
| 6th June | Importing and scanning photos |
| 13th June | Getting the best from a mobile phone camera |
| 20th June | Simple photo editing
Right click and chose 'Save link as...' to download the photo above to a folder of your choice. |
| 27th June | Advanced photo editing with Gimp |
| 4th July | No meeting - Elections |
| 8th August | |
| 15th August | |
| 22nd August | |
| 29th August |
Has the Kettle sold yet?
OpenOffice Spreadsheet demos
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet demos |
| 5th September | Spreadsheets |
| 12th September | Creating a formal letter and a template |
| 19th September |
End of term |
