Basic Internet skills for seniors
May 5th 2007 00:08
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No, it's not me who does the teaching. You'll find the reference and the link below.
"One of the things I do is teach basic internet skills to seniors. The courage, commitment and perseverance of this group never stops impressing me. In the face of trifocals, small print, arthritic hands and lack of computer experience, they come in week after week, sometimes repeating the four week class three or four times, gaining a little more each time and somehow being encouraged by these small steps in what proves to be a stony field for them.
Add more stones for not knowing how to type and never having touched a computer in your life. One older African American woman in my last class wanted to make sure she was in the right class when she saw that others had had mouse experience. “Yes, you are in the right place,” I assured her. “We are going to start from the very beginning, with how to place your hand on the mouse and how to move it, don’t worry.”
This particular class was very animated. They went through the mouse exercises with precise concentration, not asking for it, but as we came around to help them, staying with the exercises and pressing on. One by one, as they finally made cut and paste work, they would yell out loud, “I got it! It’s in there! It worked!” - this woman included."
This is an extract from "Feel-good Librarian"
The full text of the post is via the following link
Do try to encourage the 'oldies' to get netted.
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Comment by Nickoftime's Sanity Corner
my Mother is 77 years young, and loves her computer with a passion..
I taught her years ago how to use it, and ever since then, I have upgraded it, taken out and installed programs that she wanted or no longer wanted...
She even has more music downloaded on HER computer than I do! LOL
She surfs, chats, researches, plays music and games, does on-line banking and even pays her bills on her comp, and is also VERY protective of it lol
I think it should be almost mandatory for seniors to learn how to use a computer, since almost everything nowadays is either done on one, or connected to, a computer...
I learned at the very start that seniors are VERY very smart, and with enough time and patience, you can have them surfing the net and doing tasks on a comp in record time!
Great post, and loved the link!
Take care,
Nick
Comment by katyzzz
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You sound like a great son, Nick.
I do hope she only surfs when the temperature is right.
katyzzz