Training Day: 9

We didn't run around so much this week as in the last. Our school in Athlone postponed their session, and our school in Gugulethu had unexpected computer trouble. In fact, they had some folks over from "insert institution here" who installed the Talking Stories software. The 'sudden' result being stubborn and dysfunctional computers..I don't know what happened; we may need to reassess things at this school since they are now at least 4 sessions behind. This was also the case in the former module, and we're now almost out of options! 

Some good news though, was that our one school in Langa had a really good session. Teachers were requested to use Google - as our preferred search engine - to find information on "things they like". We demonstrated to them how to find, copy, paste, and rearrange pictures from the net onto Word. I asked them to repeat these steps on their own, adding a 'definition of e-learning' in there. This is a first step in familiarising them towards the internet and some of its basic functionalities. We will move on to more advanced systems next week, where I'll start introducing several e-learning tools (and e-teaching aides). This was the more exciting bit in the previous module, as teachers really enjoyed online tools that help them with administrative duties and lesson preparation. But, I'm concerned about their overall skill level. Teachers are not nearly on the level where they (can I say?) should or could be. This perhaps speaks to our own methodology, but also to the level of training we assumed they received from Khanya. We'll have more next week, until then..