4. Photos and videos
Organize your photos on your computer and even
store some online
https://picasaweb.google.com/home
Edit photos and add fun elements
http://www.befunky.com/
Find interesting videos online to learn something
new or for a good chuckle
http://www.youtube.com/
5. Around the home
Check your bank balance online, make
deposit, even automatically back up to your home
computer
http://infocenter.bankofamerica.com/
Cooking? Looking for inspiration? Try opening
https://www.google.com/ and typing ingredients
into the search bar, then pressing enter. See
what you find!
Listen to music you like at
http://www.pandora.com/
6. Improve your brain health
Play bridge online (small fee for this site)
http://www.bridgedoctor.com/
Challenge your brain online
http://akidsmath.com/mathgames/leapfrog.htm
Learn a new language
http://www.livemocha.com/
Take a free college class
http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm
7. Improve your physical health
Find valuable and reliable health information
http://nihseniorhealth.gov/
Monitor your own health records, refill
prescriptions, leave notes for your doctor
https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/html/kaiser/i
ndex.shtml
Pets make us healthy! Find your next pet
http://www.houndsavers.org/
9. Looking at things differently
Learn about the Internet visually (press play)
http://prezi.com/wj5mepeoyjsd/computers-102/
Discover your personality by choosing pictures
which represent your lifestyle
http://www.open.ac.uk/choose/inspiringlearning/my
world/?LKCAMP=onl04m&MEDIA=onl04md_lkcamp
aign71
Do you understand politics?
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/blog-
html/leftvright_world.html
10. Knowledge is power
Look at health and medicine data in a whole new
light
http://www.wolframalpha.com/examples/HealthAnd
Medicine.html
What exactly is the White House policy on seniors
and social security?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/seniors-and-
social-security
Is that email really true? http://snopes.com/
11. Collaboration
What are some of the big ideas out there
which challenge your mind and may change
the way you act? http://bigthink.com/
Working on a group project, and don’t want
to travel all over town? Try an online
collaboration site http://www.zoho.com/
Or do you simply want to schedule a
common meeting time for a group of
people? http://www.doodle.com/
12. How do you find interesting
sites?
Use Google (or another search engine) to find
links to things that interest you
If you find an interesting site, make it a favorite
Read technology news, such as
http://www.makeuseof.com/ and
http://news.cnet.com/
Use Twitter to keep track of new technologies,
sites and trends