The Elderly and How Technology Changes Their Lives (Rough)

This is the first mashup/remix by yours truly, Steve, focusing on the topic of the older generation and how they have either adapted or strayed away from the new technology of today. This is a class project from Writing, Research and Technology, taught by Dr. Bill Wolff, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• old people
• technology
• wrtf09

[wolffwrtf09]

I like your approach to this video--to focus on the new technologies, but the titles are really doing the brunt of the work here. Rather, it might be useful to juxtapose the new techs with the old, inter-cut with video and/or images of elderly (not old people). The Chinese symbols are not foreign to those who write it, so please remove that. Think about what makes our tech heavy society what it is: fast-paced, instantaneous gratification, and maybe apply those ideas. Looking forward final draft

[chairde]

I am 64 and my mother is on facebook. She knows how to upload a video from Youtube to facebook and tag photos. I think some people underestimate the elderly.