- Joined
- Dec 1, 2007
- Location
- Near Toronto Canada
My father's finally going to be an internet user as of Tuesday when we go to get his new iPhone.
He's 64 years old, his sum total experience with computers is 20 minutes I spent explaining how a mouse worked and showing him how to control the cursor on a desktop. He also had a Samsung Galaxy ACE II briefly but had no idea how to use it. I'd call him and he wouldn't pick up because he didn't know how.
To him, an iPhone is like alien technology.
He's never even sent a text before.
On Tuesday we are getting him an iPhone with a data plan, because he wants to be able to WhatsApp with his cousin in Uruguay, and go online, and read newspapers, and watch videos, and email, and so forth. I might even be able to convince him to get on Facebook.
My plan is to convince him to get to the store with me bright and early (it's a 10 minute walk for him but a 70 minute train/streetcar trip for me) so we can spend a few hours sitting down together going over how the phone works.
I have a feeling that the way I explained iOS to my mother, who was already familiar with how an operating system worked and what it was, is not going to work with my father. Being as I have aspergers I'm not a great teacher in the first place and I'm even worse at adapting the way I explain things to fit people's needs.
What suggestions do you guys have as to teaching methods, analogies, metaphors, etc I could use to explain everything to him? What do I make sure to include? What do I leave out? I almost never see my Dad so I have to get him functionally able to use the phone in a single sitting. I don't have the time, and he doesn't have enough hard disk space in his brain, to go over absolutely everything- every option in settings, everything about itunes and app store, how to tag your friends in facebook... I mean, there are literally like 300 hours worth of material I'd have to go through to get him fully up to speed on all the things the iPhone is capable of. So, if I have like 2 hours, what do I teach him? How do I teach it to him?
I should add that he's very easily frustrated and has a temper.
Thanks in advance!
He's 64 years old, his sum total experience with computers is 20 minutes I spent explaining how a mouse worked and showing him how to control the cursor on a desktop. He also had a Samsung Galaxy ACE II briefly but had no idea how to use it. I'd call him and he wouldn't pick up because he didn't know how.
To him, an iPhone is like alien technology.
He's never even sent a text before.
On Tuesday we are getting him an iPhone with a data plan, because he wants to be able to WhatsApp with his cousin in Uruguay, and go online, and read newspapers, and watch videos, and email, and so forth. I might even be able to convince him to get on Facebook.
My plan is to convince him to get to the store with me bright and early (it's a 10 minute walk for him but a 70 minute train/streetcar trip for me) so we can spend a few hours sitting down together going over how the phone works.
I have a feeling that the way I explained iOS to my mother, who was already familiar with how an operating system worked and what it was, is not going to work with my father. Being as I have aspergers I'm not a great teacher in the first place and I'm even worse at adapting the way I explain things to fit people's needs.
What suggestions do you guys have as to teaching methods, analogies, metaphors, etc I could use to explain everything to him? What do I make sure to include? What do I leave out? I almost never see my Dad so I have to get him functionally able to use the phone in a single sitting. I don't have the time, and he doesn't have enough hard disk space in his brain, to go over absolutely everything- every option in settings, everything about itunes and app store, how to tag your friends in facebook... I mean, there are literally like 300 hours worth of material I'd have to go through to get him fully up to speed on all the things the iPhone is capable of. So, if I have like 2 hours, what do I teach him? How do I teach it to him?
I should add that he's very easily frustrated and has a temper.
Thanks in advance!