Teaching social media to 85 years old in September 2013
For a long time I have been trying to bridge the gap between my generation and seniors. I organized grandma dinners (the idea was replicated in Canada thanks to CBC coverage), interviewed retirees on their usage of new technologies (part 1, part 2), and now the next step will be a training on computers and social media I will host this September with the help of the Hospice Général, a Geneva based social institution.
The sessions will happen on Sept 19-20 and Sept 26-27 at La nouvelle Roseraie, a vacation house where the average age is 85 years old.
I look forward to see how the older citizens react to new technologies, the outlook they will have on things I take for granted like iPads, google, or wikipedia. I expect a lot of learning for both sides, a fulfilling and humbling experience. I would like to incorporate external speakers into the program, so if you would be interested in sharing your experience with seniors don’t hesitate to contact me!
super initiative ! :)
Let me know if you need usability and web accessibility input :-)
Dingue!
Florian Egger would you have something you could present on the topic, and that would be relevant to them?
fantastic .. you could work together with http://www.access-for-all.ch ..
Why not put together a workshop to discuss their perceptions and expectations of new tech/social media? Might be more engaging than just a talk. On a side note, Access for All will be speaking at our conference on 16 April in Lausanne: http://bit.ly/CRAW2013
Can help:)
Thanks all for the ideas and enthusiasm! It’s quite exciting to have a chance to sit down with the seniors and see what their struggles, hopes and wishes are for technology. I’ll setup a dinner with all of those interested in helping
Florian Egger I’ll need your help to advise on choosing the most usable techs to show them, in particular which email service will be easier to use for this age range (I suspect it won’t be gmail necessarily)
Here is a doodle, tell me when you can join Estelle Metayer, Florian Egger, Magaly Mathys and Nicolas Dengler: http://doodle.com/ywf8zpp8bzxgs3c8
Anybody else who would like to help is also welcome
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Very good initiative Laurent. When the sessions are over, let’s organise an SCMA (http://communitymanagers.ch/) event about the generation gap. You guys could come and tell us your story of teaching social media to elderly people.
Great idea Olivier!
Just reacting now… Would love to get involved!
Doodle: check!
Great, feel free to let me know if you want to come to the preparation dinner happening on April 11th
http://doodle.com/ywf8zpp8bzxgs3c8 to add your name
Done :)
I’d love to be involved of course (I’ve had a bunch of senior clients over the years and I love working with them). Sadly I’ll be abroad on April 11th.
Hi Laurent
I’m looking forward to join the discussion this evening