By Val Walton, The Birmingham News
Betty Goodykootnz emails and surfs the World Wide Web. The 101-year-old former teacher also has a Facebook account but found “there were too many faces,” so she doesn’t use it. Now, she’s taken her computer skills to another level. She recently created a blog. “I write it once a week, on a Sunday,” Goodykootnz said. “I comment on what I am enjoying, doing or the things I find particularly interesting.” Goodykootnz and some of her fellow residents at Kirkwood By The River, an independent and assisted living facility in Irondale, are computer savvy seniors, hip to the intricacies of the Internet and social media. They are part of a growing trend of adults over 65 who are logging onto the Internet to be more involved in the lives of their loved ones and to stay current with a high-tech world.
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/11/online_in_the_golden_years_bir.html
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