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Quick Tips FOR A SENIOR FRIENDLY COMPUTER CLASSROOM. A Toolkit for Trainers. It’s all about learning. “ I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn .” Albert Einstein. Create an Environment for Learning. Put Students at Ease
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Quick Tips FOR A SENIOR FRIENDLYCOMPUTER CLASSROOM A Toolkit for Trainers
It’s all about learning • “I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.” • Albert Einstein
Create an Environment for Learning • Put Students at Ease • Introductions, accomplishments, life experience, sturdiness • Tell Students What to Expect • Agenda, hands-on, repetition • Make It Easy to Ask for Help • Classroom aides, inconspicuous help, written questions
Present Information Clearly • Make Sure You are Understood • Talk slowly and clearly but not down • Use pauses, “priming” • Encourage Questions • Ask for questions, time to formulate, no “stupid” ones • Everyone should hear questions and answer • Demonstrate answers if possible
Help Students Retain Information • Repeat and Reinforce • Use Written and Visual Information • Provide Hands-on Practice • Schedule Sessions Close Together
Help Students Stay Focused • Stay Focused on the Goals • Stay on Task • Keep Discussions on Track • Minimize Distractions
Accommodate Physical Changes: • Vision and Hearing • Arrangement of classroom, monitors, specific web sites • Sound check, hearing aids, face class • Motor Skills and Other Physical Changes • Eye-hand coordination, arthritis, tremors • Temperature, wheelchair/walker, stretch breaks
Accessible keyboards High contrast with large labels Braille