A project to connect Dauphin seniors with technology is starting with the help of youth this fall.
Students from Mackenzie Middle School will help teach online concepts to seniors this fall through a partnership with the Dauphin Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation and the Dauphin Multi-Purpose Seniors Centre.
Alison Moss, Community Liaison for Dauphin Neighbourhood Renewal, explains how the project will work.
“So this project and grant will be used to purchase iPads and tablets. We’re going to get a range from high-end to more affordable and budget friendly tablets and devices. So those devices will be housed at the senior centre and the public would be welcomed to go and try and use them. Some of the workshops we are proposing, and again it will sort of depend on local interest, but what we think will be really great are various learning opportunities around things like FaceTime and Facebook. We really were thinking about how do we use technology to address social isolation.”
To kick off the project, a free viewing of the film “Cyber Seniors” is tonight at 6:30 at the Countryfest Community Cinema.
To sign up for the program, call Alison at 622-3146.
