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for the second panel we want to welcome the following witnesses professor charles wallace, the undergrad program director for computer science at m michigan tick neck cal university, and my toby stanger, senior editor for consumer reports. we'll bin with you, professor wallace. you're recognized for five minutes for opening statement. >> thank you, for the opportunity to speak at this meeting. and the students in my math course who get the day off also thank you. my name is charles wallace, i'm associate professor of computer science at michigan technological university. michigan tech is a research focused university located in the upper peninsula of michigan. we have an emphasis on technology, engineering and scientific degree programs. for the past four years our breaking barriers group at michigan tech has organized and participated in an ongoing outreach program in conjunction with a local public library called "automobile at the library" that trains elderly residents in digital literaciy skills and exposes our students to the realities faced by digital nonnative. through our experie

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we want to welcome the following witnesses, professor charles wallace, underfwradge watt program director for computer science at michigan technical university. stanger with consumer reports. we begin with you, professor wallace. five minutes for an opening statement. mr. wallace: thank you for the opportunity to speak at this meeting. the students in my discrete math course who get the day off also thank you. my name is charles wallace, i'm associate professor of computer science and michigan technological university. it's a research-focused university in the upper peninsula of michigan with an emphasis on technology, engineering and scientific degree programs. for the past four year, our breaking digital barriers group at michigan tech has organized and participated in an ongoing utreach program in cooperation with a public library that trains seniors to computers and exposes students to the retail ofs of digital nonnatives we have identified current themes and the most jermane theme is anxiety versus exploration. lacking appropriate grounding in this new technology, our senior patrons

my name is charles wallace, times associate professor, michigan tech is a research focus university located in the upper peninsula of michigan. we have an emphasis on technology, engineering, engineering, and other degree programs. for the past four years, a ranking digital barriers at michigan tech has organized an ongoing outreach program in conjunction with the local public library. called on mine at the library. it trains elderly residents of our rural community in digital literacy skills and it opens our students to the digital we have identified the current things. that they most germane of the current is anxiety versus exploration. lacking next appropriate grounding in this new technology are senior patients alternate between naÏve trust and paralyzing suspicion. neither of of which leads to comfortable, productive use. our program addresses this program by writing a safe space for learning among peers, interaction with with mentors who model appropriate use, and developing a healthy balance between caution and exploration. residents over age 65 constitute 15% of the population of ou