Taran, Thanks for your comments and for the link to NYTimes blog. That's also interesting.
Regards, Jim Buie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Taran Rampersad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 3:04 AM Subject: Re: [DIGITALDIVIDE] Teens Help Seniors Go Online (WPost Article > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Here's a piece I wrote for the Washington Post that > >appeared Tuesday. I'd be interested in your comments. > > > > > > > >>Choices > >>Bridging the Digital Divide: Teens Help Seniors Go > >>Online > >> > >> > >> > >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35598-2004Aug2.html > > > > > > > >A collaboration between the Hebrew Home in Rockville > >and Wootton High School could help combat loneliness > >and depression among residents of long-term care > >facilities. > > > >Armed with the most advanced laptops and latest > >software, teens from the high school are teaching > >elderly residents how to use the Internet and > >communicate with their relatives around the world. > > > >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35598-2004Aug2.html > > > > > I think this is really good stuff - for both the kids and the elderly. > The kids learn more by teaching; they learn how to communicate with the > elderly - which is really important - and explain how things work. > Meanwhile, the elderly gain as well. > > On a sidenote - I really wish that the Washington Post had a way of > linking, like the New York Times does: http://nytimes.blogspace.com/genlink > > By being able to link directly to the article, it could be discussed a > lot easier. Cuts into readership data, but it does get more reading. > > -- > Taran Rampersad > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.knowprose.com > http://www.easylum.net > http://www.worldchanging.com > http://www.fsc.cc > http://www.a42.com > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
