Welcome to the Prospect Heights Computer Club page!

The PHPL Computer Club meets every 4th Wednesday of the month at the Prospect Heights Public Library. Each month different topics are explored based on input from attendees, new technology at the Library and questions from patrons. The Club is open to everyone, sign up is requested but not required. Treats and coffee are provided. The Computer Club content is created and hosted by Shannon Scanlan the Library's Technology Resources Librarian. 

**The monthly PowerPoint presentations are available to download in the right sidebar under Navigator in the folder titled Monthly PowerPoint Presentations.

***MESSAGE FROM SHANNON: After 6 years at the Prospect Heights Public Library I've accepted a job with another library. It was a pleasure creating and instructing the Computer Club for 2 1/2 years. The patrons and guests of the Library are inquisitive, friendly, and eager to learn. I learned as much from each of you as you learned from me. We had a lot of fun. Keep exploring. Keep learning. Keep practicing. I'll miss you.

Shannon 5/13/11 

RECENTLY DISCUSSED:

Spokeo. For instructions on how to remove your information from this site, click here.

Cheat Sheets for using the features of Google. Access them here.

Great instructional videos at www.teachparentstech.org

Product reviews at www.eldergadget.com

10 Ways to Get the Most out of Technology, read the NY Times article here.

Send a Monk E Mail! Create one here.

Wondering about Facebook's new privacy policies? Watch this short video on how to set up your privacy settings. Watch here. 

Want to learn more about Twitter? Here is a link to 10 videos on using Twitter. Watch here.

Upcoming meetings: 

To Be Announced

Topics discussed at recent meetings:

April 2011: Digital cameras, social media, Windows 7, library resources, and Shannon's Goodbye.

March 2011: Internet browsers (Firefox, IE9, Google Chrome) and more.

February 2011: The Library's new catalog Bibliocommons, free music downloads with Freegal, Bargain and Coupon websites, Twitter,  Facebook, QR codes, and the Library's new Tech Tutoring

January 2011: Using MyMediaMall, e-readers and more. We were joined by special guest presenter Amy from Barnes& Noble!

December 2010: Online Shopping, MyMediaMall, Online Photo Sharing

October 2010: Cloud Computing, Open Office Suite, Google Talk, Google Voice, iGoogle, Digital Cameras, Travel websites

September 2010: Google Earth, Flip Video, Photo Sharing, Jump Drives, Social Networking, Skype, Staying Safe on the Internet

May 2010: Digital cameras and a review of topics from September through April.

April 2010: Coupon websites, program removal, PowerPoint, Testing Center website, travel websites

March 2010: Computer cleanup, iTunes, YouTube

February 2010: Organizing files and folders, Twitter, blogging

January 2010: eBay, cleaning up your computer, My Documents Folder, Instapaper, MyMediaMall, job searching online, Illinois Clicks, databases, Tutor.com

December 2009: Travel websites, RSS feeds, MyMediaMall, burning CD's

November 2009: Reading websites (Goodreads, Booklist, LibraryThing, Novelist), MP3 players, audio and forum Help

October 2009: Creating websites, blogs and wikis and working with digital cameras 

September 2009: Overview of past topics and planning for future meetings. 

April 2009: Photos sharing (Flickr, Kodak Gallery, Photo Bucket, Snapfish), music sites (iTunes, Last.fm, Playlist, Yahoo music), eBay (selling) 

March 2009:  Video sites (You Tube, Hulu, Blip), security sites (McAfee, Symantec) 

February 2009: Social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Bebo, Twitter, Friendster), Skype (a free video phone service)

January 2009: Electronic acronyms (WWW, PSP, HTML, Wii and others), popular tech toys (Kindle, Flip camera, USB Flashdrive)