This category contains training material beyond what is typically covered in our Learning Community training
This Post describes how you can create a shortcut on your tablet Home Screen to quickly open a web page. Suppose you are very interested in a daily summary of the news from a non-biased source. You could open the Silk browser and search for “unbiased news sources” and find a news source that is…
Sparks Below are additional topics to explore. These are lessons that we may not have an opportunity to explore in Week 8 but we make them available to you if you wish to pursue on your own. Sparks” are ideas you might be interested in trying to improve you life by using your tablet. Our…
Links for Seniors is an app on your tablet that will introduce you to the Internet and some of it’s best benefits. Links for Seniors provides a safe internet environment to access material relevant to using the Gifts for Seniors/Tech for Seniors tablets. Each of our Learning Communities have different interests, questions, experience, priorities, etc….
What is the Internet? The Internet is a global network of billions of computers and devices. With the Internet, it’s possible to access almost any information, communicate with anyone else in the world. How is the Internet Used? The Internet is used a a wide variety of ways for both business and personal uses. This includes uses…
Now that you have gained some experience with your tablet, let’s identify the actions that will allow you to navigate on your tablet. This lesson will teach you the basic gestures and actions that you will perform on your tablet’s screen. First, watch the video to review the basics. Then read about the topics and…
Quick Start to Your Tablet We hope you have been able to read the printed Fire Tablet Quick Start Guide. This guide is intended to give you a quick start with some basic skills. If you haven’t read the guide, no problem. We’ll cover and even expand on the same topics in the video and…
This article recommends a short term way to try to address the issues we experienced with our ZOOM sessions. Although we have researched the issue, it is difficult to completely validate this approach without testing in an upcoming Cohort ZOOM session. Here’s the plan. When the tablet gets low on memory, it moves things to…
View the Quick Start Guide online
While many free games include ads to support development, some—like Mahjong Master—are praised for being light on interruptions or playable offline, which helps avoid ads altogether. If you’re looking for a completely ad-free experience, you might also consider downloading a game, then turning off Wi-Fi and mobile data while playing. That trick works wonders on many…
The Amazon Fire Tablet typically requires a WiFi connection to the internet in order to access the Learning Center and Links app. Many of the other apps on the tablet, like Maps, Weather, and Zoom also require WiFi. If WiFi is not available, the following apps will still function: You may want to disconnect from…