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Quick Tips FOR A SENIOR FRIENDLY COMPUTER CLASSROOM

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 FRIENDLY COMPUTER CLASSROOM

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  1. Quick Tips FOR A SENIOR FRIENDLYCOMPUTER CLASSROOM A Toolkit for Trainers

  2. It’s all about learning • “I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.” • Albert Einstein

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Help Students Retain Information • Repeat and Reinforce • Use Written and Visual Information • Provide Hands-on Practice • Schedule Sessions Close Together

  6. Help Students Stay Focused • Stay Focused on the Goals • Stay on Task • Keep Discussions on Track • Minimize Distractions

  7. 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

  8. Accessible keyboards High contrast with large labels Braille

  9. Trackballs

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