The Stiftung Digitale Chancen, E-Plus and actor Erol Sander opened the way into the mobile Internet now elderly.
Moosach - seniors of the project "Tablet pc in dubai for seniors" senior computer school Tsz Moosach initiated jointly by the Stiftung Digitale Chancen and the E-Plus Group came together after two months with Tablet PC and Internet flat rate to tell of their experiences with the new technology.
The seniors learned weeks with the new equipment and the mobile Internet access in the past. Still unanswered questions actors and Tablet-PC fan EROL Sander stood for them with tips and tricks available.
The first results of the project show that Tablet PCs open great opportunities just those older people who did so far had no experience with computers and the Internet.
So also the population 60 + on the Internet can participate and lose fear of contact with the new technology, the project "Tablet PCs for seniors" in various retirement homes and senior computer clubs of in Germany has launched E-plus along with the Stiftung Digitale Chancen in spring 2012.
In Munich, E-Plus was the seniors and seniors several user-friendly Tablet PCs equipped with an Internet flat rate for two months free of charge available. Two of the devices remain permanently from now on in the facility.
The Stiftung Digitale Chancen oversees the project and concomitantly evaluated whether tablets can help you get started in using the Internet and allow the connection on the digital society this growing population.
Seniors in the mobile Internet still underrepresented project participants now took the opportunity to share in the senior citizens computer Club on their previous experience from the last two months dealing with the mobile Internet.
Robert Roseeu, who was in charge the project vort place, explains: "as head of the project group I learned above all from this action, what is necessary, so that for seniors, a genuine individual value arises from the use of tablets. I sit in my garden and jot down my thoughts as a diary entry in the Tablet PC. Iceland trip in recent weeks, a wonderful photo diary was created with the tablet. Are the possibilities, which I would like to show the older people in my courses."
The chances of providing mobile Internet with its numerous information, new contacts, and support for the independent management of everyday life, are enormous for the older generation. But studies show at the same time that the generation 60 + in the use of tablets still far behind the population is back.
Reasons for this are including privacy and security concerns, but also lack of experience in dealing with digital media.
Starting point for the project is the assumption that the modern tablets are easy to use with its intuitive touch-screen control even for inexperienced users. They avoid problems of the eye-hand coordination, as can occur during the use of keyboard and mouse.
"Is always about the content", declared Jutta Croll, Executive Member of the Board of the Stiftung Digitale Chancen. "Initial findings from our project supervision show that Tablet PCs especially seniors pave the way in the digital world, if these allow access to interesting content or useful applications."
"Tablet PCs and the mobile Internet open the window to a new world seniors. We are pleased that the project has aroused the interest of many elderly in the mobile Internet. One is never too old to learn yet,"said Dan Ta of the E-Plus Group.
Valuable content local news or spatial navigation be regarded as by the project participants in particular facilitating contact with relatives via video telephony, but also help to use public transport, weather, information.
The ease of use of the equipment and the possibility of permanent access to Internet content and applications that play a role in the lives of older people, the Tablet PC has become an important companion for many of the participating seniors.
Project supporters Erol Sander took ample time for all seniors and reported by his own personal experience with the Tablet PC. The project participants had previously prepared a catalog of their outstanding issues and took advantage of the opportunity to set this to the actors and dubai online shopping Tablet PC multi user.
This gave the seniors-useful tips and tricks for mobile browsing Sander and could also