the blog - a technological solution of benefit for the elders
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Although the last years of our life involve drastic, even frustrating changes in our way of life, the accommodation difficulties at this age can be overcome, even with the means of technology. This paper brings out the problem of old age to the field of Internet and, especially for using a new web-instrument that can cause benefic readjustments to the way of life of the older people. We speak about the blog, an on-line instrument, that does not just strengthen the social prestige and self esteem of the third age, but can also induce major changes to the way older people are percepted and to the interest society shows to their problems.TRANSCRIPT
THE BLOG:a tehnological
solutionof benefit for the elders
Gabriela GROSSECK
West University of Timisoara
http://grosseck.blogspot.com Photo: © Lisa Anderson, 2007
http://flickr.com/photos/80962685@N00/358316316/in/photostream/
Although the last years of our life …
• involve drastic
even frustrating changes in our way of life
• the accommodation difficulties at this age
can be overcome
• even with the means of technology
Photo: © Lisa Anderson, 2007
http://flickr.com/photos/80962685@N00/358316318/
THE Blog
•a website that contains dated entries in reverse chronological order about a particular topic
•quick way to publish news and happenings: a space for elders to publish their thoughts
•free and easy: no need to learn HTML or FTP
•personal: on-line journal, a diary or history
http://dontoearth.blogspot.com/
http://allanloof.blogspot.com/
Ray Franklin White94 year-old
6 blogs about gardens, flowers, birds, family http://journals.aol.com/white6416r/DadsTomatoGardenJournal/
http://amis95.blogspot.com/
http://www.allaboutolive.com.au/
Doina Popescu, Romaniahttp://doinapopescu.hotnews.ro/index.php
A kind of videoblog on YouTube
PETER OAKLEY
79-year-old
a video maker
a modest and reclusive writer
with a marvelous memory
reveals details of his very private life
The future: Social networking blogs
The Blog a Solutionof Benefit for the Elders
• a new Web-instrument that can cause benefic readjustments to the way of life of the older people
• strengthen the social prestige and self esteem of the third age
• induce major changes to the way older people are percepted and to the interest society shows to their problems
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Photo: © Lisa Anderson, 2007
http://flickr.com/photos/80962685@N00/358314120/in/photostream/