Web resources to previous post
November 2, 2007
Tech Web sites:
‘Technology and Generation Gap’
This Web site examines the difference of experience in technology between the generations. The younger people are impatient with the older people’s inability or reluctance to grasp the new world, while the older generation don’t understand what makes the communicating technology (like Facebook) so attractive. But the older people are getting online, learning to pay their bills and banking from home. They are also sharing photos.
Understanding the Technological Generation Gap
www.technostress.com/tnp45.htm
Larry D. Rosen of The National Psychologist writes about the different kinds of generations who are more likely to benefit or suffer from the technology advances, especially people trying to build relationships.
Generation Gap Exists between kids, parents over back-to-school technology
How technology is creating a bigger gap between school-age children and their parents, and how they have different views at what is useful for education, like iPods and laptops.
Older Generation, Newest Technology Come Together at Cyber-Training Cafe
http://www.cyberseniors.org/artman/publish/article_25.shtml
An article about a company called Cyberseniors.org who provide Internet cafes and training to senior citizens trying to learn how to use computers and the Internet. The organization is a hit and they are planning on expanding.
Recycle-Free
http://www.recyclefree.com/mobile.htm
What can I do with all the old cell phones and pagers I had? Many sites offer services for where you can recycle your old devices. “According to market analysts, by the end of 2007, the number of mobile phones stockpiled in the United States is expected to exceed 750 million, and that number is projected to grow by an additional 150 million per year thereafter.”
Donate Old Cell Phones
http://www.cellphonefacts.com/pages/donatephones.html
Places you can donate your phones at and what they will be used for, including giving them to soldiers and battered women.
