1. Computers Made Easy website- My interest in the topic of teaching Internet skills to the elderly began in early 2000 when I received a grant from the college where I was teaching to develop this site to encourage the elderly to learn more about computers. Most of the material from this site was incorporated into the online course mentioned previously.

2. Skills testing- After reading an article in the British Medical Journal about the assessment of nurses, I experimented with a similar model to help the elderly identify their strengths and weaknesses in using computers and the Internet. This assessment is based on a questionnaire (included in the thesis) where elderly computer users rank their basic skills and then look for any "flat spots" in the wheel below.

3. Java scripts- This script allows elderly users to choose the background colour of their website. Learning basic Java helped me to understand computers better and prepared me to develop future applications in this area.

4. Combination interface- I designed this experimental site to be an "all purpose" webpage that has access to entertainment, emergency contacts, etc.

5. Electronic scrapbook- This digital scrapbook allowed me to keep up with the various projects and share them with colleagues and elderly subject group members.

6. Interview site samples- Originally I posted the interviews to allow the subject group to critique the interview and also to share the experience with colleagues. Below are a sample of three of the 14 detailed interviews that I did.

7. Mind Map- This was an experimental visual option for communicating information as an alternative to the usual standard text-based approach used in the Computers and Internet Made Easy site and classes.

8. Additional interface- The purpose here was to encourage the use of the Computers and Internet Made Easy site, and to gather new interviewees.