The Next Generation: 5 Tech Tools to Get Your Kids Involved in Family History
Summary:
All genealogists are concerned about their ancestors, but what of their descendants? All of us should be interested in sparking the genealogy fires in our children and grandchildren. This lecture will share five tools that will help to inspire the next generation of genealogists to get involved now. The speaker will share personal experiences from his own life and how he has used these tools with his own kids and teens from his community as well as use his professional background in developmental psychology to look at ‘peak’ times to involve your family.
Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will learn how to leverage different technologies to influence the younger generation to get involved in genealogy.
2. Participants will learn how to use Rogers' stages of psycho-social development to know when their ‘peak’ times are to influence the younger generation.
Presentation Level:
All Levels
All genealogists are concerned about their ancestors, but what of their descendants? All of us should be interested in sparking the genealogy fires in our children and grandchildren. This lecture will share five tools that will help to inspire the next generation of genealogists to get involved now. The speaker will share personal experiences from his own life and how he has used these tools with his own kids and teens from his community as well as use his professional background in developmental psychology to look at ‘peak’ times to involve your family.
Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will learn how to leverage different technologies to influence the younger generation to get involved in genealogy.
2. Participants will learn how to use Rogers' stages of psycho-social development to know when their ‘peak’ times are to influence the younger generation.
Presentation Level:
All Levels
