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2013 AARP ANNUAL REPORT — 25
Hands-on technology training and a host of
travel-related offerings helped people ex-
plore new possibilities and get where they
want to go.
CLOSING THE
DIGITAL DIVIDE
After AARP’s chief information officer
answered a member’s question about
technology in May during the Life@50+
event in Las Vegas, he was startled by her
response: “Thank you for not making me
feel stupid.” An idea was born. Several
months later 1,500 people learned how
to use tablets to connect with every-
thing during free technology training
workshops presented by AARP TEK—
“technology education and knowledge”—
during Life@50+ in Atlanta.
In an intergenerational twist, more
than 50 students from the local 4-H coun-
cil’s Tech Wizards program and Georgia
State University taught attendees about
personal technology as volunteers with
AARP Foundation’s Mentor Up program.
One student remarked, “I always thought
of the homeless, children and third-world
countries needing help. I never stopped
to look at my grandparents and realize
MULTIMEDIA: Local students helped
teach tech skills to attendees at AARP’s
Life@50+ event in Atlanta. Photo by Jes-
sica Kizorek / Two Parrot Productions.