An invitation was extended to Year 10 students to work with older members of our community and assist them with specific areas of Technology use, including phones and laptops. This was a positive and heart warming experience to observe our students being so kind and helpful during this first session. The remaining session times and dates are as follows:

Monday (Wk 8 - 9 Sep) 12.00-1.45 pm

Monday (Wk 9 - 16 Sep) 9.30-11.10am

Monday (Wk 10 - 23 Sep) 12.00-1.45 pm 

STUDENT REFLECTIONS ON OUR FIRST SESSION:

Jasmine Edwards

The Cross Generation program was a great way to make a connection with "more mature" people  (according to the older people we were assisting) and help them with gaining a better understanding of how their technology works. My friends and I got the opportunity to help my Bubcia (grandma in polish) with freeing up storage on her iphone, we wrote down step by step what each button meant on her screen and how to not get distracted by pop up adverts. Overall 

Both generations learnt a lot from each other and we are all looking forward to next week's session.   

Marnie Moon

During the first session of the Cross Generation Technology Program I helped an older lady with setting up recurring appointments on the calendar, and helped her with spotting scam callers. It was a good experience to work with someone older than me, as it provided different perspectives on lots of things we talk about, and helped me realise how things are different for older people's lives compared to ours. I think that the person we helped gained many technology skills to help her in everyday life.

Matilda Briggs

From the cross generation tech day, my group and I taught an older lady how to put photos into albums, directly message on instagram, helped with her phone calls and taught her about her iCloud. This was helpful for her to know things she had been wondering about for a while. Working with older people was fun because the person we worked with was kind and funny.

Grace Quin

This was a fun activity that I consider a learning experience as it helped me to see how much elderly people struggle with technology and how many of them have no way of connecting with family members and friends, or can even grasp the idea of social media. I worked with Lyn, who asked for help with learning how to send emails and texting her grandson. In this activity my group connected well with Lyn and quickly learned about her life and family. We gave her tips on how to look out for scam texts or calls and keep safe on the internet, introduced her to Siri, showed her how to find different apps and wrote notes for her along the way. I believe this experience has benefited her as she can now communicate with her family and will continue to learn more about navigating technology over the next few weeks.

Emily Grasso

I had a positive experience with the elderly because I got to talk to them and hear some of their experiences. They spoke to me about the struggles of growing old and I got to help them with technology. Something we find so easy to navigate the elderly struggle with, so it was good to help them. 

Students who have offered assistance on the programme:

SUBJECT SELECTIONS

In the next week Year 10 will have their 2025 subjects confirmed.

The signed confirmation slips are to be returned to PALS teachers.

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