Connect Chicago: Seniors and Technology

At the Connect Chicago meetup on February 21st, we covered issues around seniors and technology.

Brad Winick of Planning/Aging, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and AgeOptions  talked about how we got to this point and the social impacts an aging population will have on technology. Here’s Brad Winick introducing his talk below the fold:

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Dan O’Neil on the Knight Foundation OpenGov Panel

This morning Smart Chicago Executive Director Dan O’Neil participated in the OpenGov Panel at the Knight Foundation Media Learning Seminar along with the Waldo Jaquith, U.S. Open Data Institute; and the Honorable Karen Freeman-Wilson, Mayor of Gary, Indiana.

Knight Foundation President Alberto Ibargüen

Alberto Ibarguen, President & CEO of the Knight Foundation, gives opening remarks to attendees. Image courtesy Knight Foundation

If you missed the panel, the Knight Foundation has the video below:

Watch live streaming video from knightfoundation at livestream.com

Connect Chicago Toolkit: Typing Club

“Establish a smart community benchmark and toolkit for broadband access and use” is initiative four of the City of Chicago Tech Plan. the Connect Chicago program is an essential component of that initiative.

Rene Paccha works for the Spanish Coalition for Housing teaching digital skills to residents at their Pilsen and Southeast Chicago locations.

During the last Connect Chicago Meetup group,  Rene described how he teaches beginners how to use the keyboard. We caught up with Rene in southeast Chicago during one of his tutoring sessions to talk about the tools that he uses to teach keyboarding . 

typingclub

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