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 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
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
Police are here to protect and serve. If you cant trust your law enforcement, who can you trust . And. Your youth choir director . Or the youth choir director, the priest or minister whomever. Its sad. Reporter the judge ordered palmer held, pending a preliminary hearing on tuesday and granted a motion to keep him segregated from the rest of the jail population. The alleged victim making the charges is 19 years old and she went to the police in march of last year after her mother called the child and Family Services agency hotline. Thank you. A search is underway for this man. He escaped from Washington Adventist Hospital in maryland last night. The police say clayton mallenhoff suffers from paranoia, hes suicidal and has a history of violence. Hes known to have extensive weapons and carries extensive martial arts training. If you have seen him, dont approach him. Two men accused of stealing two Alexandrea Police cruisers. Police arrested 31yearold daniel harris, 33yearold corey yates
Derecho storm, now details how it could have been avoided and a Police Officer sworn to protect and serve is accused of sexually abusing an underage girl, new details about this case. Thanks for joining us tonight. Im shawn yancy. Im brian bolter. We begin with the flu virus running rampant. Hospitals nationwide are swamped with people with flu symptoms. The states in red is where the cdc is reporting widespread of the nasty virus. Now crowds are flocking to get flu shots and that is creating supply shortages. Fox 5s Audrey Barnes has more. This early onset of the flu is causing a run on the flu vaccine in the d. C. Area. Some doctors offices and local pharmacies have run out. The shortage has Healthcare Providers scrambling to restock and people afraid of the flu scrambling to get protection wherever they can. The doctors at metropolitan pediatrics in rockville started seeing cases of the flu in october and they just keep coming. Weve had probably 20 or 25 cases the past two weeks. Re