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14

Mar

Grandparents and the Internet

Posted by Yalda T. Uhls  Published in Musings, Uncategorized

Yesterday, I spoke to a group of retirees (the average age was probably 80) in Palm Springs about digital media.  These were definitely digital immigrants although of course many of them had grandchildren and even great grandchildren who were digital natives.  So, were they skeptical about the technology and unaware of what it was?    [...]

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