Work with them. One of the things we do is we asked people what do you want to use a computer for . I cannot tell you how many people tell us they have never been asked that. They have been told they need to use a computer, but no one has told the what they need it for. Sometimes we hear that people do not have anything they want to use it for, but a lot of times, they have something in particular. We tried to focus on something that will give them early success. So they are going to be able to have some success with the computer. If someone wants to be able to email their grandchildren so they can get pictures of their grandkids, they will be motivated to push past their Technology Fear for that. At least i keep telling my mother that. But we also have to recognize that one of the things that happens is people come in who have been using technology, and they have their own systems for use in it, and we let them. We do not try to change how people are using it. An example of that is my
Be able to tell you about two things before lunch. As you know, this is the middle of a process to train and teach more people how to use computers. We wanted to showcase a little bit of what folks are learning out there. First, we will show a video, and then wind up linda will explain about lunch. I know a few people have slipped over there, but i ask everyone to be quiet for a few minutes. There is plenty to go around. The video were going to show right now i got a feeling this morning at 4 00 a. M. That tells you how dedicated people were to be able to produce it and have it here today. I wanted to thank paul grant, who has worked with the project with the Family Services Agency Senior Community Services employment program. You will see his good work here also john boswell, who came in at the last minute and help us pull this together. He did it in exchange for tyne bank hours with the Bay Area Community Exchange Time bank. If you want to know about that, you can learn about that ac
Those of us charged with doing this have a really important role. We have to be able to provide the tools for the technology in ways that the people can hear. I am happy to be your speaking with you because i think this is an incredibly important topic. This afternoon, there is a workshop on addressing multiple barriers for accessing technology, and it will be a brainstorming session where someone from my office and a couple of other people will be leading a discussion of what issues people run into and how you deal with them. I think it is a really important topic and i think it is probably one of the most important things people could be talking about now. For all of us, technology is here and going to be here, and we all need it. Thank you very much. [applause] thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I am really pleased to be up here well, not really, but youre so pleased to be able to tell you about two things before lunch i am pleased to be able to tell you about two things before lunch.
And for seniors who have never done it . I have a great way. Go home and find a 14yearold boy and ask him to play a video game. I have done this with both of my sons when they were younger, and it is an amazing experience. My kids will be playing a game, which i am total in not understanding at all, and my kids say, jump, and i go, how . Everything that is intuitive to them is completely foreign to me. The good news is i am at no risk of becoming addicted to video games. The last point i would like to make is that the environment is really changing rapidly. 10 years ago, if we had sat down and talk about seniors and technology, a lot of people would have wondered why seniors would want to use computers, but that has shifted. Over the next few years, as all of us move toward being seniors, we will not be wanting technology. We will be demanding it. The field is going to change, and more and more people are going to be here. So the ability to make Technology Accessible is there. Those of
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