Get Connected! Starter Links for Online Activities

These links were presented at the Successful Aging Expo on February 19, 2011 in San Diego as part of a talk describing the benefits of older adults connecting to the Internet.

General Help

San Diego Technology and Aging Coalition http://www.agetechsd.org
General information about technology for older adults including links to San Diego County training sites.

San Diego Futures Foundation http://www.sdfutures.org
Home of the San Diego Broadband Initiative.

Aldea’s Happy@Home Program http://www.aldea.com
Purveyors of aging-in-place technologies -- tested and supported.

Internet Providers

Wired DSL or Cable
AT&T http://www.att.com
Cox San Diego http://ww2.cox.com/residential/sandiego/home.cox
Time Warner Cable http://www.timewarnercable.com/sandiego-desertcities/

Mobile/Cell

AT&T http://www.att.com
Cricket http://www.mycricket.com
Sprint http://www.sprint.com
Verizon Wireless http://www.verizonwireless.com

Satellite

HughesNet http://www.hughesnet.com (Recovery Act program eligibility)

Get Social

Skype http://www.skype.com
Facebook http://www.facebook.com
Twitter http://www.twitter.com

Be Healthy

Google http://www.google.com
Medline Plus http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
Mayo Clinic http://mayoclinic.com

Be Fit

San Diego Network of Care http://sandiego.networkofcare.org/aging/home/ Choose SAFETY, then FALL PREVENTION
CDC Healthy Aging http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/everyone/guidelines/olderadults.html
American Council on Exercise http://www.acefitness.org
ACM Exercise as Medicine http://www.exerciseismedicine.org/public.htm
IDEA Trainer Connect http://www.ideafit.com
ADA Eat Right http://www.eatright.org/Public/

Entertainment

YouTube http://www.youtube.com
Hulu http://www.hulu.com
Netflix http://www.netflix.com
The Weather Channel http://www.weather.com
MSNBC http://www.msnbc.com
Fox News http://www.foxnews.com
CNN http://www.cnn.com
Food Network http://www.foodnetwork.com
ESPN http://www.espn.com
San Diego Union Tribune http://www.signonsandiego.com
Pandora http://www.pandora.com

Shopping

Amazon http://www.amazon.com
Vons http://www.vons.com
GroupOn http://www.groupon.com
SignOnSanDiego Daily Deal http://dailydeal.signonsandiego.com
North County Times Daily Deal http://www.nctimes.com click Today’s Deal, Coupons
BizRate http://www.bizrate.com
NexTag http://www.nextag.com
PriceGrabber http://www.pricegrabber.com
Google Maps http://maps.google.com