Technical Strategies Context and terminology Deconstruct concepts and provide good analogies Each...

Technical Strategies

• Context and terminology

• Deconstruct concepts and provide good analogies

• Each element in sequence

• Demonstration with hands-on learning

• Handouts

Technical Strategy 1

• We provide context and terminology …so that things make sense before we start

working with them

Technical Strategy 2

• We deconstruct concepts and provide good analogies

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Technical Strategy 3

• We work through each element in sequence

Technical Strategy 4• We combine demonstration with hands-on

learning …relevant for motor skills like the mouse

Technical Strategy 5

• We provide handouts to our students…so they can listen, learn and practice rather

than take notes

Challenges

Our• Registration

• Learning Skills

Registration

Is a challenge because we require

our students to:

• Pre-register for classes

• Pay a registration fee at time of registration

• Have pre-requisites

Learning Skills

• Remembering instructions

• Applying their learning

• Transferring knowledge

• Most of those who are open to learning, will learn– But a few may not be able to learn

Learned

WhatWe’ve

• Negatives

• Positives

Negatives

• Students expect to learn everything in 90 minutes

• Students want to learn more than we can offer

Positives

• There is a need for our classes• Dedication and practice pay off!• Reference desk impact• We are making a difference

“I’m not scaredof the computer anymore.”

Conclusion

Contact Information

• Contact us

Sarah Harrison harrisons@bpl.on.ca

Jill Sparks sparksj@bpl.on.ca

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