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Re: Recommendations for helping computer phobics

Subject: Re: Recommendations for helping computer phobics
From: Keri Morgret <kerilists -at- morgret -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:05:12 -0800


On the other hand, I've found solitaire to be a good tool for teaching older adults basic mouse skills. They usually already know the rules and it's something that is interesting to them as they perfect dragging, double clicking, etc.

At 11:25 AM 9/16/2004, Peter Neilson wrote:

In my experience some of these people regard the computer as a
secretarial function. The secretary takes care of it. They do
"other" things that do not involve typing. They need either a
device that has not been invented yet, that recognizes them on
sight, reads the e-mail to them, and takes dictation, or else a
secretary (already invented, but now supposedly obsolete).

Introduce them to computer games at your peril.

Keri Morgret
ldt.stanford.edu/~keri

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References:
Recommendations for helping computer phobics: From: janine . hepner
Re: Recommendations for helping computer phobics: From: Peter Neilson

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