Quote Originally Posted by mimitabby View Post
My mother who is a senior citizen could teach YOU about these same subjects!
She is proficient on her computer, and at the library they know her by name.
My Mom too. At 85 she uses a computer and has used a Mac for a long time. She's not blogging or anything like that, she's too busy and too involved.

A retired reading therapist she's involved with Friends of the Library on two Libraries. She reads a lot (anyone remember books?).

While she can Google with the best of her peers she'd prefer on any of the subject to tell you "Read this book, it's written by ____, publisher is _____ and on page 123 you'll find the following reference.". Like go read The Weathermakers right now.

Your seniors especially if they've lived in the area for a long time are aware of changes. My Mom sometimes points out that normally this plant or other would be blooming now, or changes in butterfly or bird migration that she notices. This usually is with the scientific and standard names.

Yes, it takes her longer now to come up with a term, remember the original sources, but it's there.

Be prepared to listen and you'll learn quite a bit. Not everything's online and your "students" memories are not. Hey, maybe you could teach them to blog, start a journal.