teaching old people the internet

[badkuk]

meron po ba kayong marecommend na site/training materials? balak kong turuan ung parents ko to surf the net on their own. can't think of a proper approach to it, kasi talagang zero balance sila pagdating sa computers B)

[pissword]

medyo mahirap nga yan hehe...

[mbeige]

May mga schools that teach this to elderly people. Informatics yata has that program? Not sure.

[artpogi]

badkuk, how old are they?

[XTO]

start mo agad sa yummypinays yahoogroups site si daddy. joke!

i think start muna sa yahoo mail, then pag nasanay na mag click-click

say mga pictures ng mga apos, tuloy tuloy na yun. baka maging tsikoteer

pa sila at maging mods in the future. joke ulit

[cutedoc]

tutorial nalang siguro, kasi kung sa school minsan siyahe yung klasmate mo bata lang...

pero in some way ok din kasi even if you are aged, willing to learn pa din=)

[XTO]

edit: sorry double post.

[BoEinG_747]

sir badkuk..bakit di na lang ikaw mag turo sa kanila .ng mga basic sa internet.
bigyan mo sila ng time(kung may free time ka pa) ,
mas maganda iyon para may personal touch

[ghosthunter]

if it's a ***y woman.. i'd probably volunteer my time. (Actually I think I already did that in my previous job. She was already married and that greatly simplifies things doesn't it? )

old folks? ... tell them to ask their kids to write them their email. It would save you much bloodletting trying to teach them the internet.

[NazQ]

pa gawin mo ng friendster account.

seriously. the email suggestion sounds good. at least functional. start with yahoo (main page) para yung mga menus dun maging familiar sila.. games/auto/business/news/celebrity/music/etc.

make sure na familiar sila sa buttons ng browser (ex. back button ->para malaman nila na pwede lang silang bumalik-balik)

and another thing is if you have a spare computer, kahit na P2 - win98, para lang kahit anong gawin nila, ok lang talaga, especially pag may na click silang adware/virus crap. Had a hell of a time backing up/formatting my GF's family PC after her dad clicked on something which looked like an alert message.

pwede mo sila sigurong bilan ng internet for dummies (kung hindi sila ma-o-ofend sa name). daming ganitong books sa Book Sale (Circa 5-10 years ago ang copyright).

good luck!

[niky]

It's simple. Teach them to turn on the computer. To log-in. To turn on firefox/opera/flock(nice one, just haven't downloaded it yet). Then teach them to spell google...

No, Lola, not googol. Google.

Yes, opo, that is the right spelling, but this is the internet.

Leave them at it for a few hours, they'll get the hang of it.

[Kikkomann]

meron po ba kayong marecommend na site/training materials? balak kong turuan ung parents ko to surf the net on their own. can't think of a proper approach to it, kasi talagang zero balance sila pagdating sa computers B)

If computers per se, better orient them first on the basic parts/components of a computer (mouse, keyboard, etc.). Hardware first, then gradually shift to software.

[jedi]

may mga tutorial na nasa CD, video tutorial yun ng ibat ibang application... like browsing the net, using win xp, ms office application.... pag alam na nila lahat yun...

pwede na advance tutorial... "how to become a hacker" hehehe

[chris_d]

Just tell them to not be afraid to make a mistake and tell them to take things slowly and to read what they have on the screen, tell them about the help menu too!

My mom is over 60, my dad over 70 and both of them were able to adjust to computers and the internet, it takes patience and time, but they will get the hang of it...

[oldblue]

parang mas mahirap pa yan task na yan, kaysa magtayo ng business ah

[badkuk]

mga bandang 70's ung mga parents ko. dyahe nga e, eto akong comsci grad, di marunong magturo :D

feeling ko wa epek ung "For Dummies" books sa kanila eh, tamad kasi magbasa

[bat_zignal]

Why not teach them yourself. I think it will only take about 3-5 hrs. to do it...

[NazQ]

mga bandang 70's ung mga parents ko. dyahe nga e, eto akong comsci grad, di marunong magturo :D

feeling ko wa epek ung "For Dummies" books sa kanila eh, tamad kasi magbasa

hehe, kung ganun one on one na lang talaga ang katapat nyan. kung email lang naman ang kailangan nila, gawan mo na lang ng IE shortcut sa desktop na dumederecho sa yahoo/gmail. tapos ituro mo na lang kung pano gamitin..

[ts1n1ta]

^^^ I suggest the same thing. Shortcuts!

one on one na lang. Siguro naman it'll just take you the whole afternoon to teach them the basics. Good luck!

[artpogi]

mga bandang 70's ung mga parents ko. dyahe nga e, eto akong comsci grad, di marunong magturo :D

feeling ko wa epek ung "For Dummies" books sa kanila eh, tamad kasi magbasa

mahirap yan bro at that age.