Tap into IT will be updating our Things to do at Home page on a regular basis, so why not bookmark it and re-visit it soon.
Have you “Liked” our FaceBook page as we have been posting a few funny things to lighten the mood?
Health
CORONAVIRUS INFO
- NHS
- NHS Scotland
- ReadyScotland: CORONAVIRUS
- National Helpline: 0800 111 4000
MINDFULNESS, MEDITATION & MENTAL HEALTH:
EXERCISE
Joe Wicks aka The Body Coach:
- 10 minute home workout for seniors
- 10 minute Full body work out for seniors
- Full body work out for seniors HIIT
- 10 minute home chair work out for seniors
- 10 minute chair based work out
- 15 minute low impact work out
Diana Moran aka The Green Goddess is back:
Sunshine Delos Santos, Pilates Instructor:
BALLET
- The Royal Academy for Dance ran a block of weekly online Silver Swan Ballet classes. The 8 week course can be accessed here.
Sport
FOOTBALL
Watch various FREE NOT live
GOLF
- Replay The Masters 2017
- The 2020 Masters Tournament practice session: watch this amazing skimming shot by Jon Rham
TENNIS
- Wimbledon YouTube channel with lots of clips available for Wimbledon fans
RUGBY
Educational
LANGUAGES
Commit to learning a new language with Duolingo. There are 35 languages to choose from including Gaelic, Welsh and Irish! There are no excuses now – it’s FREE!
You can download the App:
HISTORY / Local History / Interest / Entertainment:
- https://canmore.org.uk
- https://www.scran.ac.uk (free access until March 2021)
- https://britainfromabove.org.uk
- https://maps.nls.uk
- https://digital.nls.uk/gallery/
- https://movingimage.nls.uk
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/categories/films/featured
- https://player.bfi.org.uk/free
- https://www.warhistoryonline.com
- https://www.capitalcollections.org.uk
READING
- Books: Project Gutenberg is the oldest digital library in the world and the top 100 downloads can be viewed here. Select the book that you want to read, then select the format that you want to read it on and enjoy…
- Magazines: can be viewed online via Edinburgh Libraries if you have a library card
- Library books: can also be viewed online if you have a library card
- Newish podcast: On the Road with Penguin Classics
TYPING
BBC ARCHIVE
- Interesting items from yesteryear on the BBC Archive Facebook page – worth a look!
- Quiz – 10 questions every hour!
Cultural
MUSICAL
- Join a virtual choir – via a Facebook Group
- Bird Song Opera – the Magic Flute “Papageno/Papagena” Duet
- Les Miserables – BBC adaptation on iPlayer
MUSEUMS / GALLERIES
Virtual Tours of Museums around the world
- Louvre, Paris
- Guggenheim Museum, New York
- British Museum, London
- Musée d’Orsay, Paris
- National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul
- Pergamon Museum, Berlin
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
- The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Uffizi Gallery, Florence
- MASP, São Paulo
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
PODCASTS
VIRTUAL TRAVEL
- Drive & Listen – listen to local radio while virtually driving through foreign cities. It’s quite fun and more relaxing than actually driving on the continent!
Hobbies
GARDENING
- Jane Perrone’s Podcasts feature lots of information about Houseplants – helpful as you are probably shielding at the moment. Nothing fancy is required to listen to these podcasts…just a gadget!
FAMILY TREE
- Free temporary home access to Findmypast via Edinburgh Library. Just email informationdigital@edinburgh.gov.uk with your library card number and they’ll let you know how to login from home.
RAILWAY ETHUSIASTS
- Here’s how to build a model railway
- Pixel Federation’s – Train Station FREE build your own railway 🚃 game
- Footage of the first diesel-electric train journey from Glasgow to Euston – from the BBC archive
- Enjoy a virtual tour of the Railway line in Yorkshire – Watercress …
TRAVEL VIRTUALLY
- Nature Relaxation Drone films of idyllic destinations – worth a look!
Crafts
KNITTING
- The Innocent Big Knit – knit tiny hats to raise funds for charity
- Knit a Carer
- Water bottle string cover – quite cool!
SEWING
- Make your own 😷 mask: remember it is not a substitute for good hygiene – keep washing your hands 🤲
- If you can’t sew – make a face mask from a head scarf 😷
MINDFULNESS COLOURING
- Johanna Basford – free colouring downloads
Other
GAMES
- Learn to play Chess
- Play online Scrabble with a friend once you have both registered
- https://nerdschalk.com/best-zoom-games/ (Zoom games for all ages)
- Hangman using the Zoom Whiteboard
- Pictionary using the Zoom Whiteboard
PUZZLES
- Lots of Online Jigsaws to choose from…. Thanks Margaret
- TapIT Christmas Word Search (PDF 111KB)
- TapIT Online Jigsaw Puzzle
- Online Jigsaw Puzzles – new ones added daily!
QUIZZES
- https://www.sporcle.com
- https://www.geoguessr.com
- https://www.randomtriviagenerator.com
- BBC Archers quiz
MAGIC LESSONS
- Quantum Magic Lab – Learn 30 tricks over the next 30 days
WINE TASTING
- Free Online Wine Tasting Course from Aldi! (Module 1: Course notes (PDF))
TV LISTINGS
- If you don’t have a smart TV or get the paper delivered you can get the tv schedule online
WEB OF THE WEEK
- A resource for that you can use to explore interesting, uplifting and inspiring stories. And a bit of IT help too…Check it out
LOOKING THROUGH WINDOWS
- A live and random look at the views through other people’s windows throughout the world.
Religion
CHURCH SERVICES
Check out our Edinburgh Church services online article which tells you where to access these services during the Coronavirus lockdown
Live Web Cams
BIRDS (the feather variety!)
- For all the budding TapIT ornithologists, why not check out this live web cam streamed from Ohio.
ANIMALS
Cooking
RECIPES
- Supercook: Add the ingredients that you have and Supercook will give you a list of recipes (really for when your cupboard is getting bare!)
- Quick Banana ice cream – recipe from BBC Good Food.
Shopping
LOCAL SUPERMARKETS OVER 70’s HOURS (updated November 2020)
- Sainsbury’s Local Morningside: prioritised at any time
- Sainsbury’s Local Bruntsfield: prioritised at any time
- Tesco Superstore Colinton Mains: 9am – 10am Wednesday & Sunday
- Tesco Metro Holy Corner: no prioritised shopping for Elderly
- M&S Simply Food Morningside: no prioritised shopping for Elderly
- Waitrose Morningside: no prioritised shopping for Elderly
Amazon
- If you are shopping on Amazon, then why not go to smile.amazon.co.uk/ch/SC047766 and select Tap into IT as your charity of choice. Amazon will donate 0.5% of the net purchase price to Tap into IT. Happy shopping and please remember us!
IT HELP
SKYPE SOUND ISSUES
- Android issues with Skype volume – try this to fix
iPhones
Zoom Meetings
- Read our How to Set up a Meeting on Zoom from a WINDOWS based gadget (PDF 1MB)
LOCAL NEWS
USEFUL INFO
- Apply for a National Entitlement Card if you are 60+ online and save yourself at trip to the library
BASIC DIY
REQUESTED INFO
- B&Q Youtube video explaining how to change a plug and a fuse
- Cut men’s hair using clippers and scissors
Scams
TRADING STANDARDS SCOTLAND
- Newsletter – worth a read
Fun!?
VIDEOS FROM THE TAPIT CAST:
- A TapIT Christmas Carol
- A TapIT sledge race
- TapIT turning on the Christmas lights
- ElfYourSelf 2019
- Happy
- Halloween 2020
Other Christmassy things: