“Worth Repeating” is a weekly feature on the EngAGE Blog that will bring you previous posts that we think are still timely, interesting, or just plain fun! From 2/9/12:
“Lorraine Kenfield (left) looks up after checking emails on her computer. When her husband died, she knew so little about the computer where their important information was stored that she literally did not know how to turn it on.” An article by Katy Read in the Star Tribune, called “It’s Never Too Late to Learn,” explains that seniors who know nothing about computers are not just missing out on access to information, they’re at risk of being left out of the cultural loop completely, now that computers have become “the backbone of mainstream life.” More here.