U-Blog 2

I found it very interesting and a challenge when it comes to training and our seniors.

I do some what of a beginner’s computer course at my church and also assist in help anyone who needs set of their home computers. The task comes in when it comes to seniors, a lot of them I found to be intimidated or more hesisinent by the computer and what it can actually do. The major objective that I noticed and found through out the class thus far is how differently people learn and different techniques used to train them.

The younger generation seem to a more ambitious and their willingness to absorbed and any everything when it comes to connecting the computer up, printing pictures, programming languages and mainly games and sites where they can communicate with other teenagers and kids their own age. Group sessions, I found work really well with this generation. When it comes to seniors and getting them more accustom to the computer, that one on one session works best. Starting from the basic start up and pulling up applications and games. I found it a little difficult for some of them to understand the amount of information that was available and how to look it up. Most were under the impression that someone would so easily obtain their identity and do what every. I found that the saying teaching an old dog new trick to be very true – it can prove to be a very challanging task.