Senior Academy

Computer Skills for Seniors

Learning and Practice Resources

Portals and Sites

You can connect to sites shown on this page by clicking the underlined text links or the picture links.

Click on any of the links to visit these sites. When you are finished click the "return" button to get back to this site.

Some sites will not allow you to return (we have tried to avoid those).

Some sites open in a new browser window - just close that window to get back here.

The links provided here are for training and exercises, they were chosen to support the learning instructions.

No endorsement of any kind is implied.

 

Popular Portals

A web portal is a starting point of information to diverse sources. From the portal you can "link" to other sites. Portals usually provide buttons or underlined links as used here. Popular portals are MSN, Yahoo, AOL.

msn.com yahoo.com aol.com

Web search engines finds information located on sites throughout the World Wide Web. Popular search sites are Google, and Bing.

google.com bing.com

News and Science

Sites of interest for computer information include PC World, PC Magazine. Other sites offering information on specific areas include National Geographic magazine, and Sky and Telescope magazine, NASA.

cnn.com usatoday.com ajc.com

 

nationalgeographic.com skyandtelescope.com sciencedaily.com

 

spaceflightnow.com   hubblesite.org

 

Shopping and Travel

Popular shopping sites include Amazon, and eBay.

Travel information can be found at sites like Expedia, Delta Airlines, Hilton Hotels.

To help you find your way there are map sites such as Google Maps, Mapquest, and Bing Maps.

travel.yahoo.com delta.com hilton.com

Before you embark on your trip you may wish to check the weather at The Weather Channel.

 

Food and Cooking

There are many sites that support the pleasures of eating and cooking. Most restaurants have their own sites. Here are a few "good eats":

 

olivegarden.com   thecrabshack.com

 

kraftrecipes.com cookingforengineers.com foodnetwork.com

 

cooking.com   cooks.com

 

The links provided here are for training and exercises, they were chosen to support the learning instructions.

No endorsement of any kind is implied.