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faithbw · 01-30-2014, 04:43 PM

I'm currently doing an internship at a public library and for a project, I'm going to teach seniors basic computer skills as well as how to use mobile tech like the iPad. So, TBH, I don't have much experience with iPads or the current version of iOS. The library has an iPad 3 as part of their "Mobile Petting Zoo" and I played around with it today to get a feel for the iPad and iOS 7. Now, most of it was pretty intuitive to me but that's just me. I know that for a lot of middle aged and older people, iPads and the like aren't so intuitive. What do you think are some things that people with little tech experience absolutely should be taught in order to use an iPad? There are obvious things such as how to turn it on, how to put it into sleep mode, putting a passcode on it, how to connect it to a wifi network, how to listen to music, how to open and read e-mail and how to open Safari. I don't want to overload people with too much info and I will also have to cover other tablets such as the Kinde Fire and an Android tablet. So would that be enough or should there be more?

01-30-2014, 04:43 PM	#1
faithbw Guru Posts: 618 Karma: 1526148 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: A place where the sun always shines Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Mini 2	Teaching the iPad to Seniors I'm currently doing an internship at a public library and for a project, I'm going to teach seniors basic computer skills as well as how to use mobile tech like the iPad. So, TBH, I don't have much experience with iPads or the current version of iOS. The library has an iPad 3 as part of their "Mobile Petting Zoo" and I played around with it today to get a feel for the iPad and iOS 7. Now, most of it was pretty intuitive to me but that's just me. I know that for a lot of middle aged and older people, iPads and the like aren't so intuitive. What do you think are some things that people with little tech experience absolutely should be taught in order to use an iPad? There are obvious things such as how to turn it on, how to put it into sleep mode, putting a passcode on it, how to connect it to a wifi network, how to listen to music, how to open and read e-mail and how to open Safari. I don't want to overload people with too much info and I will also have to cover other tablets such as the Kinde Fire and an Android tablet. So would that be enough or should there be more?