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Basic Computer SkillsCurriculum
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt
Minnesota Literacy Council
Educational Technology Trainer
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Agenda
Warm-up
Objectives
Planning your classCurriculum materials
Teaching strategies
QuestionsEvaluations
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Warm-up
Share with a partner
Ø Your name
Ø
Your program & roleØ What brought you
here today
Ø What you hope to getout of this session
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Objective 1
Identify computer competenciesappropriate for your learners
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Objective 2
Prioritize and select the competenciesyou will teach
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Objective 3
Choose from curriculum resources andonline learning modules to teach thosecompetencies
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Objective 4
Identify effective strategies forteaching computer skills to adults
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Planning Your Class
What will you teach?
“Computer Skills” is a HUGE topic
Break it down
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Partner Activity 1:
Goal: Identify appropriatecompetencies
Task: Review existing competency listsFocus!
Think small steps
Level-appropriate?
Useful for planning?
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Partner Activity 2
Goal: Plan for Learner NeedsAssessment
Task: With a partner:Review the assessment form
Discuss questions
on activity sheet
What domy
learnersalreadyknow?
What aretheir skill
gaps?
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Planning Your Class
Constrain your list of competencies
Allow plenty of time for each
competencyPractice, practice, practice!
Don’t neglect basic typing skills
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Partner Activity 3
Goal: Identify resources you can use
Task: Explore & discuss curricula and
online resources
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Partner Activity 4
Goal: Identify Effective Teaching Strategies
Task: Discuss with a partner
Favorite teaching strategy you use now
How to adapt for computer class?
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Teaching Strategy A
Clearly state learningobjectives
At beginning of class,as a learning plan
At end of class, tocheck for mastery
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Teaching Strategy B
Activate prior knowledge
Make comparisons/analogies to non-computer skills or concepts
An Internet address is like a street
address.
A database works like an address
book.
Refer to previous lessons
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Teaching Strategy C
Pre-teach & consistently use keyvocabulary
words matter
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Teaching Strategy D
Direct or Explicit Instruction
Make few assumptions
Demonstrate/modelExplain the purpose
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Teaching Strategy E
Teach repair strategies
Stop and ask: “Does this look right?”
State the problem “What I don’tunderstand...”
Ask questions to self, then peer, then
teacher Think aloud
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Teaching Strategy F
Teach scanning skills
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Teaching Strategy G
Probe students’ understanding beforeproviding answers to questions theyshould be able to answer
independently
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What If You’re not a“Techie”?
Admit when you don’t know
Be a co-learner
Model good learning behaviorStay positive
Ask questions, think aloud
Use help screens
Experiment!
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Questions?
Click to edit Master text stylesSecond level● Third level● Fourth level● Fifth level
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Reflect on LearningObjectives
Can You…
Identify level-appropriate computercompetencies?
Prioritize & select competencies to teach?
Have You…
Found curriculum resources?Identified effective teaching strategies?
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Evaluations
Please complete the evaluation format:www.themlc.org/techtrainingeval.html
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About the Trainer
Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt
Educational Technology Trainer
Minnesota Literacy Council
www.theMLC.org/techservices
Online training at:
http://[email protected]
651-645-2277 ext. 224
