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Students Share Computer Know-How With Senior Citizens

A New Jersey elementary school project to help senior citizens access the Internet became a valuable intergenerational experience, as the school's fifth graders conducted a computer workshop for local senior citizens. Included: Comments from participants in a student-run computer workshop for senior citizens. In an attempt to open their Glen Rock, New Jersey, elementary school to the community, the Clara E. Coleman Elementary School sponsored a computer and Internet workshop. The school's fifth graders helped area senior citizens learn how to use the Internet and send e-mail. The result was an enjoyable program of intergenerational teaching and learning. "This was one of the best programs we've ever run," says Patricia Crifo, president of the Coleman Home and School Association, which coordinated the program. "It was a win-win situation for everyone. The project wasn't that much work, and yet everyone left happy."...


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