The Intergenerational Social Media Project is ready to go.
Seniors who want to learn and teenagers who want to teach are invited.
Teens can earn community hours and a small stipend as they share their knowledge of computers and social media with seniors.
There are three informational meetings where those interested can ask questions and see a movie about a group of seniors who learned from their teen mentors how to make a Youtube video.
One 87-year-old woman illustrates how she makes grilled cheese sandwiches with her iron and boils corn on the cob in her electric kettle.
The seniors also learned about emails, texting, Skype, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and more, on their computers, cell phones and tablets.
This free program, funded by a New Horizons Grant, starts Sept. 5 and runs every Tuesday from 4 to 6pm and Thursday from 4:30 to 6:30pm at the Older Adult Centre in the Rockwood library.
More sessions will be added as needed. There will also be special group sessions on internet safely and online banking.
Expert teachers are local teens who have been using computers and the internet almost before they could talk and are eager to pass this information on.
Each senior will be partnered with a youth mentor who will work with them one-on-one and answer specific questions and teach whatever is needed. The informational meeting times and locations include:
– Older Adult Centre in Rockwood library on Aug. 10 at 4pm;
– Older Adult Centre in Rockwood library on Aug. 15 at 10am; and
– Eramosa Eden Centre, 8178 Indian Trail, Eden Mills. Aug. 21 at 1:30pm.
For more information contact Gloria Nye at 519-856-0380 or glorianye@gmail.com.
