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PowerPoint for training teens to tutor Seniors (age 50+) in beginning computer tasks. Teens will teach computer parts, computer terms, mousercise, internet and email, and answer general questions.
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Teen Technology Tutors
You know a lot!
You can share your knowledge
You can make a difference!
Obstacles
Technophobia
•I will break the computer!
Technophobia
•I am too old to learn all this!
Computers/Internet
Make it sound easy:• Be a cheerleader!
• Convince them that they can learn computers - Give example of learning to ride a bike or drive a car. It just takes time and practice. One step at a time.
Physical Limitations
• Arthritis or Tremors • Vision - Cataracts or far-sighted• Hearing problems – don’t be afraid to be loud, if necessary.
• Arthritis– let them find a comfortable way to hold the mouse and how to right click and then left click on “open” from the menu.
• Tremors – the mouse pad can be used to keep mouse from moving, so that they can click on an icon.
• Vision:
Show your student how to use “control +” and “control-” to increase and decrease the font size on webpages.
Computers/Internet• Patience, step-by-step instructions, and repetition are needed.
Hands–on is key
don’t move the mouse for them!
Computers/Internet• Explain parts of the computer and keyboard (see handout). • Answer all their questions, but do not get too complex.
• Mousercise!
Computers/Internet• Internet - .com, .edu, .gov, .org
• email – how to set up account and how to use email
• Tell them about phishing – and that they should not click on a link from an email to log into their bank!
• email attachments
Computers/Internet• Don’t reformat their disks, install software etc. • It is ok if you can’t answer their question – just ask a librarian at the reference desk
• any problems – just ask us
Resources:
Carol Bean’s website:
http://beanworks.wordpress.com/category/seniors/
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