COMPUTERS: A BEGINNER'S GUIDE
OR “COMPUTERS DON’T HAVE TO BE SCARY”
WELCOME & INTRODUCTION Reassuring Pace: The format is very friendly, and you will be encouraged to progress at your own speed, throughout this journey. Supportive Learning Environment: We meet here in a warm nonintimidating space where questions are welcomed, and mistakes are part of learning. Building Confidence: I especially want to boost your confidence in navigating IT, making it accessible and enjoyable for you. To foster a can, do attitude towards technology. Jargon Free: Getting the most from your devices in plain English
SESSION FORMAT
Welcome New Users
This Months News This Month’s Topic One Short Break This Month’s Topic Two Next Months Topic
ABOUT YOU Who has a PC / MAC? Smartphone or Brick? Tablet ? Who checks their email daily? Who checks their Social Media daily? Have you ever used Zoom? Anything Else
TOPICS WE WILL BE COVERING Can I just Ignore it all !
AI – Will it affect me?
Anti-Virus
Is big brother watching me
Malware
Keeping Safe Online
Passwords & Security
What’s True Anymore?
Apps
Bots
Advertising
Online banking / Shopping
Social Media
Google / Microsoft
OTHER TOPICS
This is your time so are there any other areas you would like me to cover over the coming sessions ?
WHERE OUR STORY BEGINS
The worlds first IOT device • Location: Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Pittsburgh, USAYear: • Early 1980s (around 1982) • The Coke machine was connected to the internet (ARPANET). • Students could remotely check whether drinks were available • Whether the bottles were cold enough • Sensors detected inventory levels (how many bottles were inside). • Temperature data showed if a bottle had been in the machine long enough to be cold. • Developed by CMU computer science students, primarily from the Artificial Intelligence Lab.
IT ALL STARTS HERE !!
EARLY COMPUTERS
Remember the early days !
2025
EARLY COMPUTERS
1980’s
2025
EARLY PHONES
1980’s
All made possible by the cloud
• SaaS – Software as a Service – Word / Excel • PaaS – Platform as a Service – Amazon AWS • IaaS – ABC Company’s stuff – shopping etc
WHAT IS THE CLOUD
BT Sky EE
http(s)://www.bbc.co.uk/news/storyone http = Hypertext Transfer Protocol https = Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure www = World Wide Web (URL Uniform Resource Locator) bbc = Name of company .co.uk .com .org .gov .co.fr News = Section or menu name StoryOne = web page name Suspicious http://www.wierdnameorlettershere.com/bbc/news/storyone The company name should immediately follow the www.
STAYING SAFE WEB ADDRESSES
• Your house has a postcode, so the Postie knows where to deliver the letter • But you may not be home? So you don’t get it until you arrive home • Email addresses the person not the place wherever you happen to be at the time. • Your email address should not be shared with others one per person • yourname@emailprovidor.co.uk • johnsmith@blueyonder.co.uk • Emails can be read on multiple devices at the same time • IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol • POP - Post Office Protocol • Sender > Cloud > Directs to your email provider > to you • Tip – your email provider should not be the same as your TV provider
EMAIL ADDRESSES
QUESTION TIME
PASSWORDS
Password Books Online Password Keepers Browser Password Keeper Apple Keychain Chrome Password Keeper Edge Password Keeper Bitwarden - www.bitwarden.com LastPass - www.lastpass.com 2fa
PASSWORD BOOKS
Date: 20/06/25 URL: Link: bbc.co.uk Email: myemailaddress@gmail.com Username: CDHTBS Password / Hint: BbcPL46xv# Three Words – Farm2 / City / Peach# Notes: Login for iPlayer and BBC Sounds Amazon link to buy (£7.99 Prime Day Price) https://tinyurl.com/3wb59vcc
2FA – TWO FACTOR AUTHENTICATION 2FA stands for Two-Factor Authentication—a security method that requires you to verify your identity using two different types of credentials before granting access to an account or system. Typically, it combines: - Something you know – like a password or PIN - Something you have – like a phone, security token, or authentication app (And sometimes even a third: something you are, like a fingerprint or facial scan)
2FA – TWO FACTOR AUTHENTICATION For example, after entering your password, you might get a code sent to your phone or be asked to approve a login via an app like Microsoft Authenticator or Google Authenticator. It’s like locking your front door with a key and a fingerprint scanner—much harder for intruders to break in.
Next Time
• Email Scams & Fraud NEXT TIME • Data Farms • Scale of Computers • File Types & File Handling
TICKET TAILOR ONLINE
https://tinyurl.com/2mujpre4 www.theppl.org.uk
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