I had an intersting talk last week with Don Samuelson of DSSA Strategies. Don is working with MyWay Village to provide education and training in the practical benefits of the Internet and computers to low income seniors and people with disabilities. They were recipients of BTOP/ARRA funding.

You can get a peek into the program in the video below:

We’ve seen in various research reports (including the Census, Jack Geller and Connect Minnesota’s report)s that seniors are one of the groups that finding themselves on the far end of the digital divide. Well, Don is working on gathering information and tools that might help get seniors online. He’s looking for programs, curricular material or stories. If you have any to share please send them his way. (DSSA310@aol.com) or share them as a comment here and I’ll make sure he gets them.