How I am teaching my 61 years old mom operating computer/mobile
Learning ..its that phenomenon which changes with Age.
For kids its easy to learn ..they don't care of the consequence. But for elders its most difficult; reason, they are more cautious about their acts. They do care about all consequences and hence slow learning.
I was amazed at my 4 year old nephew when he could open the photos from gallery in touch phone without even telling/showing him once.
But it took me 3 attempts for explaining my mom how to swipe on touch mobile then which icon to touch to open gallery.
I gifted my mom a tablet to have a bigger screen and touch experience too.
But after operating tablet it was hard to explain how on a laptop cursor moves with finger touch on touchpad/mousepad but not on screen.
Later came the toughest part which I never thought it can come as hardest.
Yes, its the "double click" which I think all of our generation picked so fast that never thought of this hurdle. She is still struggling with double touch/click for selection.
Now, had to teach her other ways instead of double clicks i.e. through Enter keys/ left click button on touch pad. But once again it became complicated, as while viewing a web page you cannot press "Enter" but the left click will work.
Another tough part is, the only key which doesn't have a name printed on keyboard in entire world. Yes its "Space bar". It took her a little bit of time when I used to say "press space bar" she used to ask "where is it?"
All these stones of trouble coming one by one.
Will continue updating this post.. till my mom becomes a complete computer savvy !!
For kids its easy to learn ..they don't care of the consequence. But for elders its most difficult; reason, they are more cautious about their acts. They do care about all consequences and hence slow learning.
I was amazed at my 4 year old nephew when he could open the photos from gallery in touch phone without even telling/showing him once.
But it took me 3 attempts for explaining my mom how to swipe on touch mobile then which icon to touch to open gallery.
I gifted my mom a tablet to have a bigger screen and touch experience too.
But after operating tablet it was hard to explain how on a laptop cursor moves with finger touch on touchpad/mousepad but not on screen.
Later came the toughest part which I never thought it can come as hardest.
Yes, its the "double click" which I think all of our generation picked so fast that never thought of this hurdle. She is still struggling with double touch/click for selection.
Now, had to teach her other ways instead of double clicks i.e. through Enter keys/ left click button on touch pad. But once again it became complicated, as while viewing a web page you cannot press "Enter" but the left click will work.
Another tough part is, the only key which doesn't have a name printed on keyboard in entire world. Yes its "Space bar". It took her a little bit of time when I used to say "press space bar" she used to ask "where is it?"
All these stones of trouble coming one by one.
Will continue updating this post.. till my mom becomes a complete computer savvy !!
Edit :
Here is an update to this post. Through repetitive teaching, finally my mom is able to watch youtube on her own, chat through whatsapp on her (sending attachment still trying to learn) , facebook scrolling, and now with our new smart TV, she is able to navigate to youtube/hotstar/prime video all on her own. Laptop also she is able to navigate to other TV serials "using double click/touch" if I give her laptop to watch serial on Hotstar. Yay!!