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Saturday, November 1, 2008

Resident Success Story - Lucille Schmidt

SUCCESS STORY

DATE: __10/30/08__ SITE: _Shirley Futch Plaza_______BY: _Sharlotte Giberson_______

RESIDENT / PARTICIPANT NAME: ___Lucille Schmidt

Reason(s) participant came to the Computer Training Center (what was his/her goal?)
Lucille (who turned 96 in July) wanted to learn something new.


Accomplishment(s) of the participant:
Lucille is successful in using email and loves to do online jigsaw puzzles (www.jigzone.com). She has also done some online shopping! Lucille has very good ‘mouse control’ abilities and has been able to master double-clicking as well as navigating screens with the mouse.


Obstacles he/she had to overcome:
Lucille never used a typewriter let alone a keyboard. Typing has been her biggest challenge however she is getting much better and faster!


What difference has participation in the Computer Training Center made for him/her?
All week, Lucille looks forward to her Thursday afternoon computer classes. Although Lucille loves coming to computer room she has been a huge influence on others. Many have commented that if Lucille can learn the computer at 96, they can too!

2 comments:

Marie said...

Hooray for Lucille and all the others for giving it a try in the computer room. Having such a competent and patient instructor has been a pleasure to us all.

Marie said...

Lucille is one of our dearest friends. She deserves kudos.