WEST OAK LANE - The latest and greatest technology can be challenging to learn, especially as people age. But, some local students have been working to make it easier through a pilot program."She told me them things that be on tv.
Them little brackets. You can take a picture of it and it will take you right to the website?" remarked Barbara Molten.Molten understands QR codes and a whole lot more now thanks to high school senior Frankie Smith, for whom it was no heavy lift."I have grandparents, too!
And, they all act the same way. But, I’m always very patient with them. And, I’m always ready to help," Smith explained.Young folks know tech by nature, usually more than seniors often feel left behind.
Bridging that gap is the whole idea behind State Representative Chris Rabb’s Senior to Senior program – the young teaching the not so young essential online skills."We’ve seen how much need there is for this kind of literacy during the pandemic, where there are things available to them through government that they don’t know how to access.