LearnX Community Gathering (Session 02-23)

Digital Cafe@Harbourfront
Discussion: Digital Literacy for Seniors
Date: 9 Sept 2023 (Saturday)
Time: 2pm to 4.30pm
Venue: library@harbourfront (Vivo City)
Facilitator: Hewlee Ho
Registration: via https://go.gov.sg/toyl (NLB membership required)

Introduction
For us 60+ Seniors, we grow up with a copper wire telephone network & house line (dialling) telephone, a box TV, snail mail, etc. To pay our utilities and other bills, we go to respective organisations, queue up and pay with our paper printed money and coins.

Nowadays, on the streets, you can easily spot a primary school child holding a smartphone! With this one smart device, the child or anyone can do ALL of the above-mentioned (at his home) and more. Now we have satellite and optical network covering the complete earth, optical cable network, IoT (Internet of Things), Cashless Payments, Online transactions, streaming movies/videos, and more.

So, for us Seniors, we have to catchup with all these new Information Technology (IT) devices and live a lifestyle comfortable to our needs and happiness … else we may be left behind.

After Retirement, what shall I do to embrace Information Technology?
I have been asked this question, many a time, and my answer is always the same and as below …
a) get a good quality smartphone. Preferably with 256GB memory and a larger screen.
b) subscribe to a Senior’s mobile plan ($5 per month)
c) get a good quality bluetooth speaker (to get better quality music)
d) subscribe to a Senior’s home broadband plan (500MB plan, about $30 per month)
e) come to NLB’s LearnX Community Gathering (like this one) to pick up the necessary skills.

With this above commitment and engagement, I will assure you that you will have a new perspective on life, engage in Lifelong Learning, making new friends along your life journey and picking up new skills that will motivate you to want more. Most important of all is the opportunity to widen your experience on logical and systematic thinking and keep scammers at bay. With more confidence in life, this will also enhance your personal wellness.