Are you having trouble seeing your computer screen?

If you are using a Microsoft operating system (Windows XP, Vista etc…) then visit this page to find out more about how you can make things a whole lot easier to see and use!

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You can change the size of buttons, icons, writing… you can change colours and entire colour schemes and much, much more.

A little bit of work in sorting out these issues now will save you many hours in lost time in the future as you struggle to see what you’re looking for.

This helpful Japanese robot has been designed to remind those suffering from memory loss not to do the same thing twice, and to tell you what you have just done so you don’t do it again!

Click on the play button below (right-facing triangle) to watch…

Japanese Robots for Forgetful Elderly – Funny bloopers R us

Can computers beat depression amongst seniors? This article suggests so…

In a research paper presented at the 113th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, researchers had said that it is possible to regulate the incidence of depression in senior citizens by helping them use the computer to stay connected with people. The data regarding computer use and depressive symptoms was collected as part of the latest wave of an ongoing longitudinal study that is designed to determine the changes over time in physical health, mental health and social activity of older adults living in lower Manhattan. The researchers had said that the researchers decided to look into the impact of the growing use of computers by seniors on the hypothesis that those using computers would report fewer depressive symptoms than non-users. Through observations at one of Village Care’s senior information centers in New York City, the researchers had found that computer use there seemed to give older adults a greater connection with the world around them. Given the social and informational nature of older adults’ computer practices – e-mail, chat rooms and health information gathering, for example, it seemed likely that this would be beneficial to an individual’s overall mental health, recommends the scientists. In the computer study, it was determined, after controlling for a number of background characteristics, that seniors who were computer users reported significantly fewer depressive symptoms than their counterparts who do not use the computer. Researchers also found that computer users tended to be among the younger members of the study group and have higher annual household incomes, while also reporting higher functioning in activities of daily living than the rest of the seniors in the study group. Participants in the survey included an urban community sample of 206 adults over the age of 65 (with a mean age of 80) that was randomly selected from three zip codes in lower Manhattan.

Source: Newswise

Sit like this at your computer desk.

Thanks to www.healthycomputing.com for the contents of this article:

Ergonomics comes from the Greek; ergo – to work and nomics – to study, so basically ergonomics is the study of work. In the perfect working world this would translate to fitting the job to the worker, unfortunately that is not always possible in the working world. In your Online learning world the student should make every possible effort to ensure that their computer work station is as ergonomically correct as possible. It will help prevent injury, and help make class more enjoyable, and less like work.

This Tip sheet is a quick overview from the Cornell University Ergonomics Web

12 tips for an Ergonomic Computer Workstation

1. use a good chair with a dynamic chair back and sit back in this
2. top of monitor casing 2-3″ (5-8 cm) above eye level
3. no glare on screen, use an optical glass anti-glare filter where needed
4. sit at arms length from monitor
5. feet on floor or stable footrest
6. use a document holder, preferably in-line with the computer screen
7. wrists flat and straight in relation to forearms to use keyboard/mouse/input device
8. arms and elbows relaxed close to body
9. center monitor and keyboard in front of you
10. use a negative tilt keyboard tray with an upper mouse platform or downward tiltable platform adjacent to keyboard
11. use a stable work surface and stable (no bounce) keyboard tray
12. take frequent short breaks (microbreaks)

So even if you think that you aren’t destined to be chained to your computer desk all day every day, getting into good habits at the outset can only lead to good things!