EDU221HowToHelpOthersUseAComputer

How to Help Others Learn About the Computer:
 * Read this Web page on [|how to help someone learn to use a computer.] The page is divided into 2 lists: "First you have to tell yourself some things," and "Having convinced yourself of these things, you are more likely to follow some important rules."
 * After reading the lists, make one blog entry titled "How to help someone use a computer".
 * At the beginning of the post, write an introductory statement that introduces what you read (and embed the link to the page) and segues into your reaction statements.
 * Then pick at least one "thing you have to tell yourself" and at least one "important rule" that you could particularly relate to from the reading and tell why those spoke to you. Be sure to make it obvious which one is which and if you quote it directly from the article, then put quotation marks around it.
 * Start a new paragraph and write 1-3 sentences telling how you can use that information (what you learned from the facts from the article) -- when you're in the field, next time a classmate or roommate or friend or parent asks for help, etc.
 * This article was written in 1996. You'd think it would be outdated, but in fact, even though technology has changed a lot in nearly 20 years, good pedagogy has not. Add 1-2 sentences describing an update(s) you could make to one of the tips that would use the same pedagogy but apply to the iPad technology.
 * Label the blog entry: TI.


 * Now enjoy this 3-minute [|video] and take comfort in the fact that the challenges of helping others learn have been around for a V E R Y long time.