“Could you explain a bit about this ‘Face-something’ and having to be a ‘friend,’” one senior citizen asks at the start of Cyber-Seniors, a new documentary now available on VOD that chronicles how seniors learn to use the Internet. She’s referring, of course, to Facebook, the ubiquitous social network.
Read MoreA few years ago on GeekDad, I did a somewhat regular column about “Upgrading a Boomer Parent.” In these posts, I discussed the different gadgets that I personally used to get my senior-aged father familiar with new technology. I know that this is nothing new. In fact, studies show that the fastest growing segment in […]
Read MoreWe’ve all seen those hilarious YouTube videos with senior citizens unknowingly doing something out of character or contemporary. If I were to ask my own grandparents if they’d like to go “viral,” they would probably look at me and wonder why I asked them if they wanted to get sick. There is an obvious generational […]
Read MoreAs I was watching Cyber-Seniors I couldn’t help but think of three people, my Mom, my Mom-in-Law, and my Dad-in-Law, and although a little older than all of the mentors in the documentary, my experience with each my seniors was pretty much the same as the mentors had with theirs. My Mom was an early […]
Read MoreTechnology has, for better or worse, broken down barriers of communication in unpredictable ways, and established a whole new infrastructure of human interaction. We can reach across the globe and keep in touch with old friends, a rather mundane reality that tech-savvy millennials take for granted. But with the advent of social technology, the generation […]
Read MoreOn Wednesday, about 200 suburban Delray Beach senior citizens attended an event at Movies of Delray where they watched the documentary “Cyber-Seniors.” The film is about how a group of senior citizens learned about the Internet with help from teenagers. The event was organized by AT&T and The Alliance of Delray Residential Associations. Click here […]
Read MoreDozens of Delray residents pose for a “selfie” at the screening of the Cyber-Seniors documentary at Movies of Delray.The screening was part of AT&T’s ongoing tech training for senior citizens in West Delray. Visit the website here.
Read MoreDozens of West Delray seniors today gathered for the unofficial “World’s Most Crowded Senior Selfie.” The selfie was taken at the Movies of Delray screening of Cyber-Seniors, a documentary produced and directed by the mother-daughter team of Saffron Cassaday and Brenda Rusniack (photo below) that focuses on the technology communication gap between the younger generation […]
Read MoreFolks are invited to a free screening of “Cyber-Seniors,” a documentary about teenagers who help senior citizens discover the world of the Internet.The movie begins at 10 a.m. and is scheduled to last until noon. Click here for the rest of the article.
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