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This course will help you feel more confident about using technology. You will learn about using technology safely in your everyday life and for learning.

Finding information

Tools for learning

Keeping in touch

Keeping safe

Introduction

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Introduction

Introduction

In this introduction we will think about:

• how we use technology in our daily lives
• what we would like to be able to do
• the advantages and disadvantages of technology

What do you use technology for?

" Technology gets in the way of communication"

Emma

"Technology makes life easier and helps bring people together"

Dan

Is technology positive or negative?

What would you like to be able to do?

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Review

In this introduction we looked at:

• how we use technology in our daily lives
• what we would like to be able to do
• the advantages and disadvantages of technology

Tools for learning

Tools for learning

In this section we will look at how to use technology to help you learn. We will look at how to:

• use your mobile phone for learning
• put an app on your device
• use your online classroom

Tools for learning

Our way of learning has changed overnight.We are using new tools but there is still a place for the traditional too. Use what works best for you.

Traditional note taking

New books

New place for your work

New classrooms

Smartphones

A survey in December 2019 revealed that 96 per cent of Irish people now own a mobile phone with 91 per cent having a smartphone.

91%

Deloittes survey reported in Irish Times (see info for link)

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Using your phone for learning

You can use your mobile phone or tablet for learning. Let's get to know the parts of the phone and the keyboard.

The keyboard

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Test your knowledge

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Do you know these apps?

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How to put an app on your phone

• Teams is like an online classroom.
• It can help you learn at home.
• Only students in your team can see the class.
• You can post messages to the group or to your tutor.
• Your tutor can put work onto Teams.

The Teams App

Using Teams for class

Find your class

Join your class meeting

Join your class meeting

Send a message in your class meeting

Like a message

Leave at end of class

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Review

In this section we looked at how to use technology to help you learn. We looked at how to:

• use your mobile phone for learning
• put an app on your device
• use your online classroom

Keeping in touch

Keeping in touch

In this section we will look at how to use technology to keep in touch with friends and family.

Have you used WhatsApp before?

When do we send messages?

Sending a WhatsApp message

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Adding a contact

Review

In this section we looked at how to use technology to keep in touch with friends and family.

Finding information

Finding information

In this section we will look at how to use technology to find information.

Searching the internet

• Use the website address if you know it. For example www.rte.ie
• Or you can type what you are looking for into the search box.
• You don't have to use a full sentence.
• Just type in the important words (keywords).
• You can also use the mic and say what you are looking for.

Using Keywords

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Searching the internet

Searching the internet

What words would you type in to find out..

• where to take children on a rainy day

in Dublin?

• what the weather will be like tomorrow because I am taking a trip to Glendalough
• where to get my phone fixed locally
• the best gym to join

Searching the internet

Searching safely

When visiting a website, always check for the secure lock in your web browser.

Avoid sites with 'Ad' beside them as they are just advertising.

Review

In this section we looked at how to use technology to find information.

Keeping safe

Keeping safe

In this section we will look at how to keep you, your device and your personal information safe. We will look at:

• passwords
• keeping your information private
• keeping you and your device safe

What are the dangers around technology?

Can you think of any ways to keep safe?

Passwords

Choose a different, strong password for each account. A strong password uses a mixture of uppercase, lowercase, numbers and special characters and is not easy to guess. Don’t use the same password more than once.

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Password activity

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A strong password is no good unless you keep it safe!

Keeping safe online

• If you get a message from an unknown person, do not reply or click on a link.
• When visiting a website, always check for the secure lock in your web browser.
• Be careful using Wifi in "public hotspots."

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Keeping your device safe

• Install all updates • Only download files and apps from trusted sources.

Keeping safe on social media

• Don't publish any personal information about yourself such as your date of birth, where you live, or your phone number.
• Set your social media privacy settings to control who can see what.
• Don't feel you have to accept all Facebook or other social media 'friend' requests

Review

In this section we looked at how to keep you, your device and your personal information safe. We looked at:

• passwords
• keeping you and your device safe
• keeping your information private

For other activities to help you learn at home visit our website: https://abebray.wixsite.com/website

This publication is one of the results of the Erasmus+ KA2 strategic partnership project in adult education FLIP- IDEAL – Flipped Learning in Adult Education http://www.flipideal.org.