It's awesome that you are doing this! Last year I tried to so something like this for seniors in my community, (of which there are a lot) and it didn't particularly go so well. I've got a few questions for you:
1) How do you motivate seniors to learn about the internet? This was a real problem for me.
2) Do you plan out teaching sessions, and if so:
2a) How do you get them to focus on the topic at hand instead of asking about more miscellaneous computer questions?
2b) What general topics do you plan on teaching them? I thought that I was giving them good information, but their feedback told me otherwise.
3) How do you let seniors know what you're offering, or does knowledge of your business spread pretty much all by word-of-mouth?
4) How long do you spend on teaching them to be safe on the internet and what (if any) safety topics do you focus on? (I.E. anti-virus/malware software, phishing, scamming, safe passwords, bad sites, etc.)
5) Do you give them all access to a computer while you're teaching them, and if so, how do you do it? (do you use a local computer center?)
6) What methods do you teach them to search the internet?
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It's awesome that you are doing this! Last year I tried to so something like this for seniors in my community, (of which there are a lot) and it didn't particularly go so well. I've got a few questions for you:
1) How do you motivate seniors to learn about the internet? This was a real problem for me.
2) Do you plan out teaching sessions, and if so:
2a) How do you get them to focus on the topic at hand instead of asking about more miscellaneous computer questions?
2b) What general topics do you plan on teaching them? I thought that I was giving them good information, but their feedback told me otherwise.
3) How do you let seniors know what you're offering, or does knowledge of your business spread pretty much all by word-of-mouth?
4) How long do you spend on teaching them to be safe on the internet and what (if any) safety topics do you focus on? (I.E. anti-virus/malware software, phishing, scamming, safe passwords, bad sites, etc.)
5) Do you give them all access to a computer while you're teaching them, and if so, how do you do it? (do you use a local computer center?)
6) What methods do you teach them to search the internet?
7) What is your favorite part of the job?
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