Class 7

In Today's Class, the group typed up a recipe in word. They seemed to enjoy it and I got them using bullets & numbering and even showed them how to insert a picture. Most of them finished the activity in under 1 hour, which was impressive. Towards the end I introduced the concept of websites and webpages and we talked about how we would access the internet. In talking to them I realised that most traditional mediums of information are delivered in a linear fashion. All the information is in a sequential order. In a webpage, your start and end point and your path through the information can and often will be completely random. From a learning perspective, this may be hard to acclimatize to, especially because a lot of the time you will have to sift through useless information.

Class Hours: 2.0
Instructors: 1
Participants: 8 (Irma, Genifer, David, Bing, Mary, Madelina, Malar)
F:M : 5:2
Course Handouts: 3 pp
Computers Used: 7

It was good to see Malar back again. I plan to have 2 more classes and wind things up for this group. In future I will be offering 8 classes from the word go rather than gradually expanding.

Genifer and I talked to a group of Sudanese women on Thursday and some of them were very interested in doing some classes. I'm planning to set something up for them at the library if all goes well. I'm mulling over a few things and will probably launch into something very soon.

Next Week: I'm thinking of getting wireless connections so that they can try to open a webpage and look at a few things.