ChatGPT for Seniors
A live, senior-friendly course taught remotely via Zoom or Discord. Built for senior centers, libraries, and senior living communities that want residents to use modern AI confidently, safely, and for practical everyday wins.
- Format: Live + interactive
- Delivery: Zoom / Discord
- Audience: Seniors + staff
- Focus: Practical skills, not hype
For organizations
Turnkey programming that improves confidence, communication, and digital independence—without requiring prior tech skill.
For seniors
Learn how to ask better questions, get clearer answers, and use voice and files to make ChatGPT genuinely useful.
Why this course works
- Live guidance: learners can ask questions immediately (no “pause and rewind” frustration).
- Plain-language instruction: prompts are taught like talking to a helpful assistant.
- Accessible input: dictation and voice mode for low vision, hand pain, or fatigue.
- Real-life use cases: emails, letters, notes, planning, learning support, and explanations.
- Confidence-first: teaches how to reset a chat, refine requests, and avoid confusion.
Participants learn what ChatGPT can do—and what it cannot do—so they use it wisely (including why it can make mistakes and when to double-check important information).
Instructor
I’ve used AI since ChatGPT-3 launched in 2022 and use it daily for a wide range of tasks. I’m also an award-winning AI musician (published multiple AI-created albums; winner cohort of the first Summer of Suno contest), and I hold a degree in English—the core medium for using ChatGPT effectively.
The course is practical and non-intimidating: seniors are taught to use AI as a daily assistant, not as a “tech project.”
Curriculum (4 live classes)
Class 1 — Basics & confidence
Start a new chat, write clear prompts, ask follow-ups, reset conversations, use history, and learn dictation/voice mode, files, and images.
Class 2 — What ChatGPT is
What an LLM is, how it works (in simple terms), why it guesses sometimes, and what “compute” and data centers mean.
Class 3 — Advanced usage
Custom GPTs, app integrations, memory, personalization, links in prompts, refreshing stale chats, and safe use of advanced modes.
Class 4 — Better prompting
Step-by-step prompting, examples, writing from outlines, small-chunk writing, and understanding bias patterns in outputs.
After just one class, seniors can…
- Start and organize chats (new chat, history, and “reset” when it goes off track).
- Write clear prompts and request revisions (“shorter,” “simpler,” “more formal,” etc.).
- Use dictation and voice mode to talk instead of type.
- Upload documents or images for plain-language explanations (bills, letters, instructions).
- Copy, save, and reuse results in email, Word, or Google Docs.
How organizations use this program
- Senior living communities: enrichment programming, tech confidence, social engagement.
- Libraries & community centers: digital literacy series, modern “AI basics” offerings.
- Small groups: high-support cohorts with Q&A built into the session.
- Staff benefit: staff also learn how to support residents using the same workflows.
Remote delivery means you can run the program anywhere, with minimal setup: a screen, audio, and a facilitator if desired.