Just completed our school's second year of Teaching Technology. The 1-week community service event is culmination of planning and organizing that begins at the beginning of the school year. I have been the organizer and facilitator. The event allows our students to go directly into a local senior community center and provide desperately needed tech advice, instruction to the elder population who are often given devices (smartphone, tablets, computers, internet safety, etc.) that they have not been adequately trained to use effectively.
The experience goes beyond simply providing tech training, but it is also an opportunity to develop relationships and extend compassion and patience to a population far too often neglected or ignored. It is my goal to remain in such a capacity as long as possible. It is an incredibly rewarding and valuable way to give back to our community.
Of course, the down-side is that such programs/partnerships are not available enough or sustained long enough to offset the real needs.
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