This is the slide deck for The Partnership's June 9th webinar that explores how libraries can use Techboomers.com to teach digital literacy. Techboomers.com is a free educational website that teaches older adults with limited computer skills how to use the most popular and trusted websites on the Internet. In addition to students learning on their own at Techboomers.com, we encourage libraries and other organizations that run technology training classes to use our free video and article tutorials however they like to supplement their programs.

1. Libraries Teaching Digital Literacy
with Techboomers.com
Steve Black
Founder, Techboomers.com
steve@techboomers.com

2. What we’ll be covering in this webinar
1. What is Techboomers.com? And who can use it?
2. Techboomers Site tour
3. How Libraries can Techboomers to teach students
4. Questions, ideas, and feedback
steve@techboomers.com

3. Techboomers.com
Free courses that teach how to
use popular websites
+
discovery tool to find new
websites
steve@techboomers.com

4. Why Build Techboomers.com?
- Idea came from teaching my parents how to use websites
- Most educational videos and articles are:
- Out of date
- Not detailed enough
- Not written with an audience like my parents in mind: relevant
and non-tech language

5. Who was Techboomers.com built for?
50+ Adult Focus
But is useful for anyone with
limited computer skills
Tech Training Organizations
Libraries, retirement centers,
senior centers, non-profits,
and many more.
steve@techboomers.com

6. Techboomers.com Site Tour
steve@techboomers.com

7. How Libraries Can Leverage Techboomers
1. Recommend and share it with patrons
2. Use tutorials to supplement existing programs
3. Create new classes using our courses / tutorials
4. Run drop-in “self-learning” classes
steve@techboomers.com

8. Recommend and Share with Patrons
• Post Techboomers logo and link on website
• Homepage, footer, resource pages, tech training pages
• Partners: Oakville, Calgary, Greater Victoria + many more
• Share in Newsletters and Social Media
• Join “What’s new on Techboomers” weekly email
• Techboomers flyers / postcards (coming soon)
steve@techboomers.com

9. Supplement Existing Programs with our Tutorials
•Print our article tutorials for handouts
•Share tutorial videos with your students
•Use Techboomers course functionality for students to
track their progress
•Assign tutorials for homework to encourage continued
learning at home
steve@techboomers.com

10. Create New Classes using our Courses
• Choose from the 30+ website courses we offer:
• Social sites: Pinterest, eHarmony, Skype
• Educational sites: Ancestry, WebMD, Wikipedia
• Entertainment sites: Netflix, BBC Radio, Rdio
• Shopping sites: Groupon, Amazon, Etsy
• Let us know what other websites you’d like us to teach!
• Print handouts, share videos, use progress trackers and assign
homework
steve@techboomers.com

11. Drop-In Self-Learning Sessions
• Run regular sessions where students are encouraged to
come in with their devices (or use the library’s)
• Students choose a topic on Techboomers, work their way
through our tutorials, and ask questions as they come up.
• Benefits of this type of class
• Encourages self-learning
• Teach more students at a time
• No ongoing preparation for teachers
steve@techboomers.com

12. Questions?
Ideas?
Suggestions?
Email: Steve@Techboomers.com
How Libraries can use Techboomers:
1. Recommend and share it with patrons
2. Use tutorials to supplement existing programs
3. Create new classes based on our courses
4. Run drop-in self-learning classes