Category Archives: Learning

Summer Reading

Posted on June 29, 2011 by EngAGE

Are you going to spend some of the holiday weekend reading? Take a look at the recommendations from The Big Read, a National Endowment for the Arts blog devoted to reading. There’s also a wealth of information — essays, radio shows, videos … Continue reading →

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Tech Boot Camp

Posted on June 23, 2011 by EngAGE

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 … Continue reading →

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Kids Teach Seniors in Canadian Mentoring Program

Posted on June 16, 2011 by EngAGE

Technological expertise may be more prevalent in the younger generation, but many seniors are eager to learn the ins-and-outs of Facebook, Twitter, Skype and YouTube. Now, a new pilot program in Thornhill, Ontario, allows secondary school students to get academic credit for helping … Continue reading →

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Intergenerational Learning in Australia

Posted on June 15, 2011 by EngAGE

A fascinating article on “The Australian” website explains the efforts one community to ensure that the education of their children includes teaching traditional skills: hunting, painting, kinship ties and the clan totems of the indigenous culture. The key has been to involve … Continue reading →

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Are You Smarter?

Posted on May 31, 2011 by EngAGE

Oprah Winfrey’s website shares an article by Annie Murphy Paul from O Magazine entitled “Ten Ways You Get Smarter as You Get Older.” Are you feeling smarter?      

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Fifty Facts About Older Adults

Posted on May 26, 2011 by EngAGE

May is Older Americans Month and, in honor of the occasion, the Masters in Health Care blog featured a terrific list of “Fifty Fascinating Aging Facts.” Are you surprised to learn that your brain never stops growing? Or that drivers over sixty-five have fewer … Continue reading →

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The Queen of England and Her iPad2

Posted on May 17, 2011 by EngAGE

Yes, even the Queen of England has embraced technology! Click here to learn more. Did you know that the royal family also has a Facebook Page? Click here to stay up-to-date, but you’ll need to join Facebook if you want to … Continue reading →

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