2 Hours
Because I now have paid temp hours at the community college, I had to limit how many hours I can give to the public library. For now, I'm only teaching the computer class. We'll take it one month at a time and see how things go.
Taught computer class (2 hours, 5 students): The entire class was spent on Google Docs. The first hour was spent getting everyone signed in. Most people have Yahoo addresses, so I'm thankful they could sign in with those, but getting the passwords to match both times they typed it in and then reading the spam protection sent a few people on a frustrating cycle. Those spam protection letters are hard to read!
After everyone finally got signed in, we took our break and then came back to look at what one can do with Google Docs. I started by showing them how to use the help section and then sending them on their own search in the help section. Next we went to a blank document. I showed them a sample of things one could do with font and alignment and let them experiment. At the end, we named our document, then deleted it. Maybe we should have named the document at the beginning. That was my plan, but I got side tracked.
Some of them were excited to realize they don't have to manually save their work. Others were most interested in the options for changing the font.
After everyone finally got signed in, we took our break and then came back to look at what one can do with Google Docs. I started by showing them how to use the help section and then sending them on their own search in the help section. Next we went to a blank document. I showed them a sample of things one could do with font and alignment and let them experiment. At the end, we named our document, then deleted it. Maybe we should have named the document at the beginning. That was my plan, but I got side tracked.
Some of them were excited to realize they don't have to manually save their work. Others were most interested in the options for changing the font.
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