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how would you by Voldemort on 02-08-2006 at 11:24 PM
explain how computers work to your grandparent[s)?
i dunno how to explain mine...
RE: how would you by remember_987 on 02-08-2006 at 11:27 PM
it is impossible i have tried i have to go over there every other week to fix the computer for them.
RE: how would you by Chris4 on 02-08-2006 at 11:32 PM
quote:
Originally posted by nimicitor
first off, tell them you charge by the hour
be a millionaire by the time they understand
Must be possible though, we all had to learn at one stage.
RE: how would you by prashker on 02-08-2006 at 11:57 PM
1.Tell them how to turn on the pc
2.Tell them how to open Solitaire
3.Tell them how to use the mouse
4.Sit back and relax
(this isent a joke as this is how I taugh my grandma how to use the pc...its the only thing she can do )
RE: how would you by Supersonicdarky on 02-09-2006 at 12:25 AM
my grandparents cant even use a dvd player...
RE: how would you by lrac522 on 02-09-2006 at 12:28 AM
Would be a complete waste of time because they are quite the opposite. Computer have memory, they don't........
RE: how would you by remember_987 on 02-09-2006 at 12:28 AM
if you could see myt face rite now it would look like this 
RE: how would you by Dan0208 on 02-09-2006 at 12:32 AM
On both sides of my family my nan's seem really interested to learn on computers. They both talk to me on msn.
One downloads her old people music and makes her own custom cds. She also knows how to burn dvds.
The other one uses her digital camera and scanner almost daily to email to friends the art type stuff they do in classes.
Through both myself and my dads explaining plus their eagerness to learn they have gained quite some knowledge. Sure everynow and then we still have to go over and fix stuff. but thats expected.
I also found showing them how to do something and writing the steps down on paper so they could follow them later works really well.
RE: how would you by Voldemort on 02-09-2006 at 02:06 AM
im gonna try to teach em..
but they know i can get almost any info but i dunno how to explain them from where it comes
thanks 4 links beamy
RE: how would you by Chris4 on 02-09-2006 at 02:19 AM
There's usually free classes for OAP's to go to which teaches them to use computers, my grandparents went before. It's completely free. They have classes at my school and usually in community places which have computers
Look in local newspaper
RE: how would you by Omar on 02-09-2006 at 02:33 AM
quote:yeah, Until the day we dispose of it... I wasn't able to explain my parents how a vcr worked... i just gave up...
Originally posted by remember_987
it is impossible i have tried i have to go over there every other week to fix the computer for them.
RE: how would you by Voldemort on 02-09-2006 at 02:34 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Omar
how a vcr worked.
a vcr?
my grandad thinks i know all the codes for programming the universal remote
RE: how would you by mwe99 on 02-09-2006 at 02:44 AM
Personally I agree with Chris4, lots of places run basic computer courses and then they can also meet other people so the added social benefit
RE: how would you by ayjay on 02-11-2006 at 03:25 PM
My GREAT grandma emails me every weekend!
My nan went to a comp class and she's now going to a Photoshop class.
RE: how would you by Eljay on 02-11-2006 at 03:27 PM
quote:
Originally posted by ajd
My GREAT grandma emails me every weekend!
My nan went to a comp class and she's now going to a Photoshop class.
in your family its you that needs the lessons
RE: how would you by Phillip on 02-11-2006 at 03:36 PM
I got an idea..!
Stick em in a home and let them deal with em..?
Good idea or what...
RE: how would you by ayjay on 02-11-2006 at 03:38 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Crimcz
I got an idea..!
Stick em in a home and let them deal with em..?
Good idea or what...
¬¬
quote:
Originally posted by Eljay
in your family its you that needs the lessons
You could always give me... private lessons
RE: how would you by Millenium_edition on 02-11-2006 at 03:45 PM
just teach them step by step, what everything means and what every function does
my grandma uses msn, so it must be possible 
RE: how would you by _Humphreys on 02-11-2006 at 04:06 PM
quote:
Originally posted by SonicSam
1.Tell them how to turn on the pc
2.Tell them how to open Solitaire
3.Tell them how to use the mouse
4.Sit back and relax
LMFAO, so true this is exactly what happened when I set the pc up for my aunty. Well I suppose you can't do much on a P2 anyways.
RE: how would you by Curtis on 02-11-2006 at 04:57 PM
I just told my grandparents how to use paint, google, and solitare.
RE: how would you by Voldemort on 02-11-2006 at 06:06 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Crimcz
I got an idea..!
Stick em in a home and let them deal with em..?
Good idea or what...
you are just so funny... hahaha no.
i think im gonna look for some tuts... easy ones...and explain them
RE: how would you by _James_ on 02-11-2006 at 06:09 PM
write them little notes on what they have to do to get on the internet/email/solitaire
i found that was the best way to teach my grandma