Grandpa Gets a New Printer
Last year (2016) I started volunteering for Digital Grandparents. I am the teacher and I am assigned to my students who could be my grandparents. I enjoy teaching them new things about technology because I was born into it and I feel comfortable sharing my knowledge. Here is a little story that I will always remember from one of my volunteer sessions:
One of my students, named Bob, wanted to learn, and do everything you could think about. Bob told me when I arrived a few days after I first started volunteering that he wanted to research about champagnes and print an article on it. So, I told him let’s do it. He began to share his knowledge on champagne with me which I thought was very sweet and informative, but I knew I couldn’t do the same because I wasn’t of drinking age! He told me where champagne was first made, which I now know was in France. He told me about his favorite champagnes to have and why.
Eventually, I taught Bob how to print and he printed an article on the champagne, Andre’. He was so proud of himself and I was too. I will always remember this little story not only because Bob was my first student to teach, but also because he was determined to learn how to print even if that meant making several trips to the printer down the hall. I really do enjoy my students, they always want to know and learn about everything. I will continue to work with them to enhance their technological skills because I know that there is so much more out there to know and learn!!”
– Anya Burke – Troy High School senior, AmeriCorps Member, Volunteer Tutor
