U-Blog 2

I'm sort of looking forward to teaching this adult computer class. I like the challenge of planning an hour of learning. I want to fit the most into the alotted amount of time. I believe that this requires a flexable schedule based on what the students already know. If they've never turned on a computer before I believe that we shouldn't start off teaching them about myspace. However, if they know the basics then that might not be a bad place to start. I think that we should make sure that they know how to find help on their own. This is the most important thing. We're not always going to be there to help. So using help on the computer and searching the web are key. Setting up an e-mail account will be the next big thing, because this will probably be the main way they interact on the web with family and friends. We'll need to cover how to use it as well as what to do about spam and unfamiliar e-mails. I think a good idea would be to have them set up e-mail accounts and show them how to make it other contacts. This will give them a circle of people of their general skill that they can e-mail with question after the class. Another aspect to take into account is that these will be adults. While you shouldn't talk down to someone younger than you any more than you should talk down to someone older than you, with adults you have the added problem of whether they preffer to be called by a last name, first name, or mister or miss or mrs. I think that name tags where we ask them to write what they prefer to be called will easily solve this along with letting them know our names if they have a question for us. These are all problems and solutions that just come to mind at first I've posted about this in my groups discussion board and hope that we can get everything worked out to a satisfying conclusion so that we can provide the best learning experience possible and will not only teach them a few things in that hour, but give them skill that will help them throughout their computing experiences.