Lesson Plan for SeniorsBy Dawn Brumbley, Sandra Findley

& Ashley Swan

Lesson TopicHow to Use Your iPad: the Basics

Concepts Our Lesson Teaches•Turning the iPad On and Off•How to connect to WiFi•How to open the Internet and multiple tabs•How to search Google•How to set up your email•How to download Apps•Popular Apps for Seniors•How to organize your Apps•How to open/close Apps•How to reset the iPad if it freezes•How to take pictures and share them•How to zoom in and out

Why Did We Choose This Topic?•Baby boomers and seniors are the fastest growing group of social networking website users.•Older Americans are increasingly using the Internet to reconnect with people from their past and to seek information and support with medical issues. (PEW, 2010).•The highest percentage of tablet and e-readers are not young people – but older Americans (Harris Interactive, 2012).•Senior citizens that are trying out new technology. •They want to learn it and may even go by the devices without knowing how to use them.•We want to educate them on the basics so they can use the iPad to the best of their ability.

How We Put Our Lesson Plan Together

•We identified an information gap•Brainstormed together the most used-features and requirements to working on an iPad•Divided up initiatives•Decided what our lesson plan would look like•Created an outline of our presentation•Created a cheat sheet so Seniors could learn or review items we covered on their own

Materials Required to Perform Lesson

•Classroom•Overhead projector, connected to computer for PowerPoint•iPad for presentation•Handouts (cheat sheet)

A Few Key Instructional Ideas•How to take and share pictures

Seniors are a growing segment on social networking sites and need to know this

•How to download an AppSeniors may not know how some Apps are free, others you purchase and how you can download them

•How to reset your iPad if it freezesSeniors may not know what to do and how to troubleshoot this issue

•Provide a list of popular Apps for SeniorsWe help them take the guess work out of what Apps they should download by providing a list of useful Senior Apps

Resources We Used•Our own knowledge!•Research on seniors and internet/technology use•YouTube (for cheatsheet Tutorials)

ImagesSlide 2: http://www.knowyourcell.com/siteimage/scale/0/0/127197.jpg

SourcesPEW Research Center study, 2010: http://pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2010/Pew%20Internet%20-%20Older%20Adults%20and%20Social%20Media.pdf

Harris Interactive study, 2012: http://www.harrisinteractive.com/NewsRoom/HarrisPolls/tabid/447/mid/1508/articleId/979/ctl/ReadCustom%20Default/Default.aspx