“Connected Generation Workshops!” The idea of a social and cultural space, La Pépinière, to provide the elderly with a better understanding of digital technologies thanks to the youth had its first edition. Genevieve, from La Chapelle-Montlinard, testifies: “I owned a computer a while ago, recently a tablet, and most recently an iPhone. But you don’t know everything.”
“We learn by learning from others”
So she was happy, last Wednesday, with this extra initiative and advice from the 14-year-old Leander. In grade 4 e, Who had already been altruistic since he was a rep in class, replied immediately, “I saw the article in Center Magazine I offered to come and help the elderly, so I came and then you can learn things by teaching others. ”
This is how Genevieve discovered how to download photos from her phone to her Apple phone. This might seem evident to this connected generation, which was born almost with a mobile phone within reach. This is much less for those who know the directory, or go through an agent to get a reporter or phone booth.
Mallory, from La Pépinière, oversees this first workshop: “Everyone really enjoys it. It happens completely naturally with connection.”
At another table, Esteban, 13, also from La Charette and from the College of Aomonnier Mechaud, is excited to help Jean-Louis de Raffeau, who recently owns a computer: “I’m trying to get started. It’s not clear, there are a lot of possibilities. In the future we will be asked to do everything. Using a computer! ”
Fortunately, Esteban is already there: “I had nothing else to do on Wednesdays. So I came.” Behind this generational bridge, we see that for these young people help is not an empty word.
