Author Archive | chris

Starting from the very begining

The Boot-IT club is trying to make sure that everyone has the opportunity to learn about computing, tablets and the internet.  The sessions run on Thursday mornings are designed for anyone to come along with no previous knowledge.  For some, the information may seem simple, for others it might act as a reminder and a […]

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What is a…

In the modern digital world there are many, many terms which are alien to people.  There are also terms which are sometimes mis-used or misunderstood. This project has a number of Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10″ tablets for people to use during the sessions. It runs the Android operating system. You can find the full […]

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Starting with a new tablet

Our tablets have been used for over 18 months now.  So to start this new session we are going to reset them to their orignial factory condition. Before doing this, is there anything that needs to be kept? When they are reset, they will start up and then prompt for a gmail account which is […]

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Know your tablet – widgets

Have a look at the widgets on your tablet.  Do you know what they all do? Are there some that you don’t want?  Normally widgets are part of an app and so to remove a widget from the system you have to remove the corresponding app. Have you used Google Search and Google Now?

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Know your tablet – apps

There are many apps on your tablet that you may not have used yet. Have a look at all of them and see if you know what they each do.  Try them all out and then ask if you get stuck. If you think they are not for you, why not delete them? Can you […]

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Quizes

All about Android… a hard test android trivia questions All about computers… an easy quiz and another and the internet… easy do you know… a quiz on your tablet… try QuizUp Logo Quiz Logo Quiz – World Flags World Map Countries Capitals Trivia Crack      

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Security and Android Device Manager

Security The more open nature of the Android operating system makes it more susceptible to the kind of malware that we’ve grown accustomed to dealing with on Windows PCs. Although the scale of the Android malware problem isn’t yet as bad as it is on Windows, it remains a threat all the same. The security […]

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A questionnaire

As part of the evaluation of its funded programmes East Riding Council is trying to understand how beneficial their funding has been.  They are trying to establish this using a methodology called “SROI”. Social return on investment (SROI) is a principles-based method for measuring extra-financial value (i.e., environmental and social value not currently reflected in […]

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