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This group is the place for you, no matter what operating system your computers, tablets, or phones use or if you are considering getting involved with some new tech or making a change.

Consider learning Morse Code to Improve Brain Function and short-term memory and combat the symptoms of Alzheimer’s and MS.

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Program Calendar                                      Archives  20252024202320222021


Program Notes for 1st week2nd week3rd week4th week | 5th week of the Month.

  • Immediately after the 1 PM and 7 PM meetings each Monday. | One-on-One Help

May 19, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting Settings  Settings are essential if you expect the best experience running programs from the Web or directly on your computer. Web services, social networks, webmail, and even your banking service will have settings you should pay attention to. Many of these settings greatly influence how secure and private your online experience will be.
Two-Factor Authentication Can Fail You, but You Can Make It More Secure – Lifehacker

May 26, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > The Gadget Gurus: I will review the current tech news. We will do our best to answer questions about computers, smartphones, apps, cameras, tablets, and the Internet. Bring your tech issues and enjoy the meeting.

Jun 2, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > Use Google Photo To Manage Your Digital PicturesAll photos are organized and easy to find. Pictures on your computer or smartphone are backed up safely, organized, and labeled automatically. Google Photos is my favorite tool for managing photos to share with friends.

Jun 9, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > The Gadget Gurus: I will review the current tech news. We will do our best to answer questions about computers, smartphones, apps, cameras, tablets, and the Internet. Bring your tech issues and enjoy the meeting.

At approximately 1:45 and 7:45 PM | Immediately following the regular tech session.
Learning Morse Code To Improve Cognitive Health: | Join Online Meeting

We will discuss the techniques, processes, and tools for learning Morse Code. Your questions and issues are crucial to our discussion, so please bring them along and enjoy the meeting.

Jun 16, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > Use Google Photos to Manage Your Digital Pictures. All photos are organized and easy to find. Pictures on your computer or smartphone are backed up safely, organized, and labeled automatically. Google Photos is my favorite tool for managing photos to share with friends.

Jun 23, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > The Gadget Gurus: I will review the current tech news. We will do our best to answer questions about computers, smartphones, apps, cameras, tablets, and the Internet. Bring your tech issues and enjoy the meeting.

Jun 30, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > Browser—Search Engines—Research Tools A web browser or Internet browser is software for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web.

Jul 7, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > Using Search Tools How big is the Web? Currently, there are around 1.14 billion websites worldwide. 17% of these websites are active, and 83% are inactive.

Jul 14, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > The Gadget Gurus: I will review the current tech news. We will do our best to answer questions about computers, smartphones, apps, cameras, tablets, and the Internet. Bring your tech issues and enjoy the meeting.

At approximately 1:45 and 7:45 PM | Immediately following the regular tech session.
Learning Morse Code To Improve Cognitive Health: | Join Online Meeting

We will discuss the techniques, processes, and tools for learning Morse Code. Your questions and issues are crucial to our discussion, so please bring them along and enjoy the meeting.

Jul 21, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > Streaming Video Your Best TV Entertainment Value | Streaming video is content sent over the Internet and displayed in real-time. The user needs a player that can be either a browser, a set-top box, or built into a Smart TV.

Jul 28, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > The Gadget Gurus: I will review the current tech news. We will do our best to answer questions about computers, smartphones, apps, cameras, tablets, and the Internet. Bring your tech issues and enjoy the meeting.

Aug 4, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting >Privacy.com Virtual Credit Cards | Take control when you purchase online. Protect your card details and money by creating virtual cards for each place you spend online or for each purchase.

Aug 11, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > The Gadget Gurus: I will review the current tech news. We will do our best to answer questions about computers, smartphones, apps, cameras, tablets, and the Internet. Bring your tech issues and enjoy the meeting.

At approximately 1:45 and 7:45 PM | Immediately following the regular tech session.
Learning Morse Code To Improve Cognitive Health: | Join Online Meeting

We will discuss the techniques, processes, and tools for learning Morse Code. Your questions and issues are crucial to our discussion, so please bring them along and enjoy the meeting.

Aug 18, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > Introduction to Spreadsheets  | Spreadsheets have many uses in organizing and maintaining information.   We use them extensively to collect and store information for future analysis or research.

Aug 25, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > The Gadget Gurus: I will review the current tech news. We will do our best to answer questions about computers, smartphones, apps, cameras, tablets, and the Internet. Bring your tech issues and enjoy the meeting.

Sept 1, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting >Individual User Accounts & Individual Email Addresses | You may want to work with multiple Windows user accounts on your computer for many reasons. Couples who share an email address between them or even have a single email address for the whole family may have issues in the modern online world.

Sept 8, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > The Gadget Gurus: I will review the current tech news. We will do our best to answer questions about computers, smartphones, apps, cameras, tablets, and the Internet. Bring your tech issues and enjoy the meeting.

At approximately 1:45 and 7:45 PM | Immediately following the regular tech session.
Learning Morse Code To Improve Cognitive Health: | Join Online Meeting

We will discuss the techniques, processes, and tools for learning Morse Code. Your questions and issues are crucial to our discussion, so please bring them along and enjoy the meeting.

Sept 15, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > Beginner Tips. | This collection of beginner tips is appropriate for all Chromebook and Windows users.

Sept 22, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > The Gadget Gurus: I will review the current tech news. We will do our best to answer questions about computers, smartphones, apps, cameras, tablets, and the Internet. Bring your tech issues and enjoy the meeting.

Sept 29, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > Services Mostly Free | A collection of services I use. You might find a hidden gem or one that will prove helpful.

Oct 6, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > This & That, a random collection of fun and engaging online resources.

Oct 13, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > The Gadget Gurus: I will review the current tech news. We will do our best to answer questions about computers, smartphones, apps, cameras, tablets, and the Internet. Bring your tech issues and enjoy the meeting.

At approximately 1:45 and 7:45 PM | Immediately following the regular tech session.
Learning Morse Code To Improve Cognitive Health: | Join Online Meeting

We will discuss the techniques, processes, and tools for learning Morse Code. Your questions and issues are crucial to our discussion, so please bring them along and enjoy the meeting.

Oct 20, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > Working With Your Digital Pictures Online | All your photos are organized and easy to find. Pictures on your computer or smartphone are​ safely backed up, organized, and labeled automatically. Go​​ogle Photos is my favorite tool for managing photos to share with friends.

Oct 27, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > The Gadget Gurus: I will review the current tech news. We will do our best to answer questions about computers, smartphones, apps, cameras, tablets, and the Internet. Bring your tech issues and enjoy the meeting.

Nov 3, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > Do You Think Your PC Has a Virus | A computer virus is a malicious code; viruses may also be called malware. Browser hijacking is unwanted software that modifies a web browser’s settings. A browser hijacker may replace the existing home page, error page, or search engine with its own.

Nov 10, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > The Gadget Gurus: I will review the current tech news. We will do our best to answer questions about computers, smartphones, apps, cameras, tablets, and the Internet. Bring your tech issues and enjoy the meeting.

At approximately 1:45 and 7:45 PM | Immediately following the regular tech session.
Learning Morse Code To Improve Cognitive Health: | Join Online Meeting

We will discuss the techniques, processes, and tools for learning Morse Code. Your questions and issues are crucial to our discussion, so please bring them along and enjoy the meeting.

Nov 17, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > What’s a Podcast? Podcasts are the new on-demand radio and video serviceThey can be videos or audio only. I personally mostly listen to audio podcasts. I use the Pocket Casts app.

Nov 24, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > The Gadget Gurus: I will review the current tech news. We will do our best to answer questions about computers, smartphones, apps, cameras, tablets, and the Internet. Bring your tech issues and enjoy the meeting.

Dec 1, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > Two Factor Authentication | Two|factor authentication means using two authentication methods. It is one of the best things you can do to ensure your accounts aren’t hacked.

Dec 8, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > The Gadget Gurus: I will review the current tech news. We will do our best to answer questions about computers, smartphones, apps, cameras, tablets, and the Internet. Bring your tech issues and enjoy the meeting.

At approximately 1:45 and 7:45 PM | Immediately following the regular tech session.
Learning Morse Code To Improve Cognitive Health: | Join Online Meeting

We will discuss the techniques, processes, and tools for learning Morse Code. Your questions and issues are crucial to our discussion, so please bring them along and enjoy the meeting.

Dec 15, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > United States Post Office – USPS | Consider creating an account on USPS.com; they have many services, including printing your package shipping labels with postage, getting notification of mail to be delivered, hold mail during vacations, and changing address. GotFreeFax.com | A fax cover page plus three free pages, and you can send two complimentary fax messages per day, maximum.

Dec 22, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > The Gadget Gurus: I will review the current tech news. We will do our best to answer questions about computers, smartphones, apps, cameras, tablets, and the Internet. Bring your tech issues and enjoy the meeting.

Dec 29, 2025, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > Optimize Your Computer, Email, and WEB Use | Windows 10 has a built-in real-time antivirus named Windows Defender. It automatically runs in the background, protecting all Windows users against viruses and other nasties.



Jan 5, 2026, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > Back To The Basic | The “basics” aren’t just for beginners. You always hear something new or something you have forgotten because you haven’t used it for a long time.

Jan 12, 2026, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > The Gadget Gurus: I will review the current tech news. We will do our best to answer questions about computers, smartphones, apps, cameras, tablets, and the Internet. Bring your tech issues and enjoy the meeting.

At approximately 1:45 and 7:45 PM | Immediately following the regular tech session.
Learning Morse Code To Improve Cognitive Health: | Join Online Meeting

We will discuss the techniques, processes, and tools for learning Morse Code. Your questions and issues are crucial to our discussion, so please bring them along and enjoy the meeting.

Jan 19, 2026, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > Remote Support for Windows, Mac, and Android phones and tablets. We have implemented a software system/tool to connect to your computer remotely. This allows me to provide remote help installing a program, using an application, or fixing a problem.

Jan 26, 2026, 1 and 7 PM | Join Online Meeting > The Gadget Gurus: I will review the current tech news. We will do our best to answer questions about computers, smartphones, apps, cameras, tablets, and the Internet. Bring your tech issues and enjoy the meeting.

 


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Senior Tech Group Members: If you attended at least once, you are a member; please let us know what you would like us to cover in the future.


The Senior Tech Group brings technology users together to share knowledge and experience. Everyone welcome!

We do not have any prerequisites. You can just come, ask questions, bring your tech issues, and enjoy.

The Senior Tech Group operates on the principle of “members helping members.” We are particularly interested in helping those who have limited or no experience with a computer so they may participate in the rapid transition from traditional means of communication and commerce to the Internet. So please invite your “non-connected” neighbors to a meeting or clinic and see how easily we can help them learn what they need to know. Please understand that while a listed presentation topic may not be of particular interest, the discussion often branches into other topics of interest to those attending. There is no meeting where you don’t learn something new.

An Important Note:  Along with much praise for the STG and what we do at our presentations, some attendees say, “Their eyes get glazed over” at how quickly we move through the different screens and options. WE HEAR YOU!   We have kicked this around and are committed to making no demonstration clicks or entries on the computer image on the screen without ensuring everyone knows what we are doing and how/why we are doing it.

We cover the following topics during group meetings, clinics, and more.

  • Getting started with a computer
    • What computer, printer, or backup drive should you buy
    • Securing your computer
    • Using your computer and its software
    • Help with your email.
    • Speed up a sluggish computer.
  • We are using the Internet more effectively.
    • Connecting to the Internet and WiFi arrangements
    • How to search the Internet
    • Backup your photos to the cloud
  • Cell Phones
    • Finding an economic plan
    • Choosing a phone
    • Programming your cell phone
    • Using Apps
    • Backup your photos to the cloud
  • Shopping online
  • Cable TV or Fios issues, cutting the cord (get rid of cable TV)
  • Talking online using video chat, webcam, and Skype
  • Digital camera and photo problems: what camera to buy
    • Sharing photos on the Internet
  • Learning Morse Code To Improve Cognitive Health:
    Learning Morse code is a fascinating historical pursuit and a powerful tool for enhancing cognitive health. Engaging in the mental gymnastics required to encode and decode messages can improve memory retention and enhance problem-solving skills. Taking on Morse code as a form of cognitive exercise can be a unique and enjoyable way to invest in one’s mental well-being.
  • Help setting up your web address and personalized email address.
  • Building web pages

Notice for Visitors to the Website: This is an open website with access granted to all Internet users. The Senior Tech Group uses this site as a resource for the communities we support. When requested, we often make virtual “house calls “to assist with installing or restoring technology-based services and systems. All of our services are pro bono.

We welcome visitors to view the resources on the website. While we attempt to maintain all the information and links the best we can, we disclaim responsibility for any use or misuse of any information or links to other sites or information contained here.

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