Senior MomentsTeaching seniors computer skills

With BOB

What I want you to get out of this

•The goal is to have you question what you are doing and why.

•Libraries needs creative people who can work on a shoestring.

•If everyone is totally happy with everything I say then I did not do my job today.

I do not want to turn anyone into a teaching zombie

I want you to pick apart these ideas and make them work for you

Who are seniors?

•Traditionally – anyone over 55/65/72.5

•For our purpose today – anyone who is old enough to have not grown up with computers available to interact with and does not have sufficient computer skills

•Working in 1985 or later should have skills ▫(~20 in 1985 so ~45 now)

Why are they special?

•Seniors are a key base of library supporters

•Everyone needs to be Computer Literate

•More and more services are only available online▫IRS.gov▫FLUID

Get off my lawn!

Same people - different setting

•Seniors are not special needs students

•They just need a slightly different class setting

•More one on one or smaller class sizes

•Hands on training

When you teach

•Early is better

•Learn over Lunch

•Get help – more than you think you need

Length of Class

•Shorter is better

•Build in “breaks”

•Add in time to practice

Same information – different presentation

•Seniors need to know all of the same things

•Computer Basics is not the end it is the beginning

•Learning Tracks

Handouts

•Have something memorable

•No pictures

•Read the screen

•Highlight “top ten to remember”

Examples that fit your audience•Use sample text that pertains to your

class

•Pick web sites that will interest them

•Refresh by reinforcing how skills build on each other

PasswordsPassword Length All Characters Only Lowercase

3 characters4 characters5 characters6 characters7 characters8 characters9 characters10 characters11 characters12 characters13 characters14 characters

0.86 seconds1.36 minutes2.15 hours8.51 days2.21 years2.10 centuries20 millennia1,899 millennia180,365 millennia17,184,705 millennia1,627,797,068 millennia154,640,721,434 millennia

0.02 seconds.046 seconds11.9 seconds5.15 minutes2.23 hours2.42 days2.07 months4.48 years1.16 centuries3.03 millennia78.7 millennia2,046 millennia

Passwords

•Catchphrase

•Letters, numbers, symbols

•Easy to remember – hard to crack

Scams

•Seniors can be more trusting

•Unskilled/Unaware people are targeted

•Remind them about common sense

BOBwww.linkedin.com/in/anstettwww.robertanstett.com

Senior Moments