digital.brarian

Wednesday, February 23, 2005

My Second Computer Class

Afternoon class: 6 students.
I have a horrible cold.

Changes made since first class:

Edited Mouserobics to remove the copy/paste functions.
1st class got held up in this and was not necessary for understanding the catalog.

Made large print booklets listing the searches. This helped immensely. We didn't have to repeat the spelling of everything 10 times. (and we had one student with a hearing challenge)

Highlights: a student placed a hold. Exclaimed WOW! at just about everything we covered. Another student was happy to see where she is in the hold queue.

General feeling of empowerment.

Not anticipated: Students are so enthusiastic that they completed this class, and it wasn't difficult. Now they hunger for MORE!
When will more topics be available? When will we have a class on email? When will we have a class on the internet?

Idea: Have registration available for upcoming (unannounced) classes to give them a priority in signing up. I don't want to lose the enthusiasm, and classes are filling up so fast! Then open registration until class is full.