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Class 1, 14 May, 2009:
Another new class at Sydwest Multicultural Services Inc. This class was only for women. We had a big turnout today and did the basic first class material.

Class Hours: 2
Instructors: 1 (Geetha)
Participants: 9(Hussna Adam, Fouzia Asif Abbas, Maria Barkley, Feronika Awein, Kausar Parkar, Nazima Parkar, Khadiga Bakhit, Safia, Lily Joseph )
Course Handouts: 4 pp
Computers Used: 9

Class 2, 21 May, 2009:

It was a huge class today and we had some help from Leticia who will be coming in regularly to help with this class. The class learnt about edit functions and tried this out in a document.

Class Hours: 2
Instructors: 1 (Geetha)
Participants: 12(Hussna Adam, Fouzia Asif Abbas, Maria Barkley, Feronika Awein, Kausar Parkar, Nazima Parkar, Khadiga Bakhit, Safia, Lily Joseph, Hakima Kur, Feriba Rahimi, Finda Gbanda )
Course Handouts: 4 pp
Computers Used: 12
Class 3, 28 May, 2009: This class multiplies with each week. We covered fonts and formatting and I tried to introduce some online quizzes to the class as a way to use links and buttons as well as helping them improve english vocabulary. Some students had no clue all this stuff is out there and it was a significant discovery for them.
Class Hours: 2
Instructors: 1 (Geetha)
Participants: 12(Hussna Adam, Fouzia Asif Abbas, Maria Barkley, Feronika Awein, Khadiga Bakhit, Safia, Lily Joseph, Feriba Rahimi, Finda Gbanda , Najeeba, Anusha, Nooria Latif ) Course Handouts: 4 pp

Class 4, 5th June, 2009: The ladies worked on Powerpoint and Excel today. Many of them found it quite interesting. It was a day that involved a steep learning curve but some of them probably appreciated the fact that although they used two new programs, a lot of the basics we have learnt were useful. Leticia was there to help out today and she did a really good job!
Class Hours: 2 Instructors: 2 (Leticia + Geetha) Participants: 10(Hussna Adam, Fouzia Asif Abbas, Maria Barkley, Feronika Awein, Khadiga Bakhit, Safia, Feriba Rahimi, Finda Gbanda , Najeeba, Nazima Parkar, ) Course Handouts: 6 pp

Class 5, 11th June, 2009: In todays class the ladies used google to search for information on their country. They then copied this information into a file for saving. They also did the excercise on bullets and numbering which required them to type up a recipe.

Class Hours: 2 Instructors: 2 (Leticia + Geetha) Participants: 10(Hussna Adam, Fouzia Asif Abbas, Feronika Awein, Khadiga Bakhit, Safia, Feriba Rahimi, Najeeba, Nazima Parkar, Kausar, Apiu ) Course Handouts: 6 pp

Class 6, 18th June, 2009: There were people looking up trip planning websites, flight tickets, train timetables, duty free shopping and a few who just looked lost. Overall, an interesting class. The internet related classes are always a completely different experience for each person depending on what they choose to click on.

Class Hours: 2 Instructors: 2 (Leticia + Geetha) Participants: 8(Finda, Latifa, Hussna Adam, Fouzia Asif Abbas, Khadiga Bakhit, Feriba Rahimi, Nazima Parkar, Kausar) Course Handouts: N/A

Class 7, 25 June, 2009:
We opened email accounts for the ladies today and did some activities with e-mail. Those who had email accounts already worked on sending emails with attatchments. The others went about setting one up and doing some emailing. Setting up email accounts and teaching emailing is a hard task. It seems to be an activity that should be avoided for the classes unless the ladies specifically request it - which was the case here. Overall though, I hope most of them walked away knowing a little more about email.
Class Hours: 2 Instructors: 2 (Leticia + Geetha) Participants: 10(Feronika,Finda, Latifa, Hussna Adam, Fouzia Asif Abbas, Khadiga Bakhit, Feriba Rahimi, Nazima Parkar, Kausar, Safia) Course Handouts: N/A

Class 8, 2 July, 2009:
Our last class was exceptional. The positive feedback was overwhelming. The challenge is trying to get the women to give constructive criticism. Most of them were just thankful for the classes. We did a few new things today - all of which were conceived and put together about 10 minutes before the class (walking the tightrope as usual). We were meant to continue with email related activities today and I had not printed out the feedback forms. All the women in this class have email accounts now so, instead, I emailed and asked them a few questions about the classes and how they felt. The students read and responded to their emails. It felt tremendously satisifying to get class feedback in email. The other thing we did was send e-cards. They really enjoyed this as well. Again, I got a few thank you cards which was nice.

Class Hours: 2 Instructors: 2 (Leticia + Geetha) Participants: 9(Finda, Latifa, Hussna Adam, Fouzia Asif Abbas, Khadiga Bakhit, Feriba Rahimi, Nazima Parkar, Kausar, Safia) Course Handouts: N/A