From a Wall Street Journal online post:
“The Central Oregon Council on Aging, a Redmond, Ore., senior-services agency, enrolled 70 people last year for tech training by teens from a nearby high school’s computer class, and 100 more are signed up this year. A Carmel, Ind., nonprofit, Net Literacy, enlists 400 to 600 middle- and high-school students each year for a senior tech-training program called ‘Senior Connects.’ And at New York’s Pace University, a popular service-learning program sends students to retirement facilities to teach seniors skills from email and online banking to Wii and video chat.”
Read more of the article here to learn how much seniors and kids enjoy sharing information about technology — and how important technology is in the seniors’ lives.
