When a few young computer-savvy employees at Google got tired of spending their holidays doing tech support for their parents, they created a web site called TeachParentsTech.org, designed to save them time, end their parents' frustration, and restore peace around the family dinner table.
Get Free How-To Videos On TeachParentsTech.org
TeachParentsTech.org features more than 50 two-minute videos that offer step-by-step instructions on everything from how to copy and paste text or take a screenshot to how to resize a photo or create a blog.
The site is set up so that you can send a tech-support package of short instructional videos "to mom, dad or uncle Vinnie," in the words of the site's creators. Just go to the site, click on the topics that are frustrating your friends or relatives, and the videos you've chosen will be emailed to them.
TeachParentsTech.org Can Help Anyone Learn Computer Tasks
There's also nothing to say you can't grab a few videos for your own use if you have questions about any of the available tech-support topics.
From the TeachParentsTech.org site: "The site is not perfect and hardly covers all the tech support questions you may be asked, but hopefully it's a start!"
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It's more than that. TeachParentsTech.org is an easy-to-use resource that can help people of any age learn to perform tasks on their computers that will make their work, and their lives, a little easier-without spending the money or time needed to consult an expensive tech-support professional or an overburdened call center.
The next time you, or someone you know, are struggling with a common computer problem, give TeachParentsTech.org a try.