CDD Class Report Cri-Help 12-17-09

 

CDD Weekly Class Report                                     Cri-Help/ 12-17-09 Opening Comments:  Class started on time, with a brief review of the previous class, students were asked about their paper, and who would be reading. Attendance:

All seven students were on time on ready for class.

INTRODUCTIONS OR OVERVIEW: A brief outline of today’s class was given, followed by Graduation schedule

1ST TOPIC COVERED:

The first topic was the 15 email vocabulary followed by a brief description of each word

2ND TOPIC COVERED:

There was no second topic covered, student were allowed to work on typing their paper, All students finished their papers, Blog and Typed their papers.

ADDITIONAL TOPICS:

Graduation was covered in detail, Time, Place and Schedule.

LAB TIME:

During Lab Students finished typing their papers, posted a Blog Under the ‘Contact Us’ Section of WCDDNP.ORG” website. Students helped each other with blogging.

FINAL NOTES:

All Students are ready for graduation; the remaining papers have been email. Due to Illness, our second instructor, Mathew was unable to attend.

CDD Class Report Walden House 12-5-09

                                  WEEKLY CLASS REPORT

                                  Walden House / 12-05-09

 Opening Comments:

Class started on time though a few students walked in 2-3 minutes late.

 Attendance:

We had 10 students in attendance. Roosevelt Harper was marked absent.

 INTRODUCTIONS OR OVERVIEW:

 Derin went over the agenda of the day with the students.

 1^ST TOPIC COVERED:

 Derin reminded the class that their papers were due next class. He then went over how to give a good presentation with the class using examples on the whiteboard. Next he had everyone in the class each give a practice presentation with the first paragraph of their paper and gave a brief critique of each.

 2^ND TOPIC COVERED:

 Mark explained the internet and world wide web to the class and gave examples of important functions that can be done using the internet. He then presented the material from the “How to Use the Internet” section up to page 3.

LAB TIME:

 The students continued working on their papers, practiced using a web browser to browse relevant websites (such as search engines, news sites, and job sites), practiced typing on Mavis Beacon, or begun typing their papers in Word.

 FINAL NOTES:

 The class went smoothly. It seems like most of the students have already made good progress on their papers.

CDD Class Report Walden House 12-1-09

                                 WEEKLY CLASS REPORT

                                   Walden House / 12-1-09

 

Opening Comments:

Class started on time. One student was completing dismissal downstairs, Roosevelt, and joined the class at 8:03.

 Attendance:

We had 11 students in attendance. Raymond Carillo submitted his outline upon entering class.

 INTRODUCTIONS OR OVERVIEW:

It was explained that Marco would not be completing the session (several students wanted to wish him well) and Brett was introduced. Brett spoke of his job as a Web Developer and shared his story of crossing over into computers from his education in Horticulture.

 1^ST TOPIC COVERED:

The computer discovery term quiz was distributed by Soni. The results were as follows:

7 perfect scores, 17/17

Juan Hernandez at 15/17

Brian McGarry and Mark Black 14/17

Roosevelt Harper 13/17

 2^ND TOPIC COVERED:

 Notebooks were distributed and the first part of Module Two was reviewed by Brett with the class. Then, new items of cutting and pasting and file paths and structure were introduced. Donald Norman again participated, using the analogy of a file cabinet in a room which helped to illustrate as Brett drew a diagram on the white board.

 ADDITIONAL TOPICS:

During the break, a list of the key items of Module Two were compiled on the white board for students.

 LAB TIME:

All students returned promptly from break and began to work through the items on the board. Students used their title pages to cut and paste and demonstrated the opening of programs as both instructors walked around the room to answer questions and help them expedite the tasks.

 FINAL NOTES:

Students were given back their quizzes and were let know that they would be learning about public speaking and presenting over the next week as they work to finish writing their papers.

CDD Class Report Cri-Help 11-28-09

                              WEEKLY CLASS REPORT

                             Walden House / 11-28-09

 Opening Comments:

Class started on time and all attending students were punctual.

 Attendance:

We had 10 students in attendance. Raymond Carillo was absent and Von Hobbs is apparently out of the Walden House program

 INTRODUCTIONS OR OVERVIEW:

 We went over the agenda of the day with the students and collected missing outlines.

 1^ST TOPIC COVERED:

 Mark reviewed the last 5 computer discovery terms.

 2^ND TOPIC COVERED:

 Introduced the 1^st half of Module 2 to the students ending with dialog boxes

 ADDITIONAL TOPICS:

 Mark covered pages 1 through 4 of the microsoft word document

LAB TIME:

 All students returned promptly from break. We had all the students type and save their title pages. The rest of the lab time was spent working on papers and for the students who had finished, typing up those papers.

 FINAL NOTES:

Students were reminded to study the Computer Discovery terms for a matching quiz to be given on 12/1. They were also reminded that the class was quickly coming to an end and to try to get their paper handwritten in the next week or so. It was a great class. Donald Foster has really stepped up and is helping us a lot with the class.

CDD Class Report Cri-Help 11-21-09

                             WEEKLY CLASS REPORT

                                  Cri-Help / 11.21.09

 Opening Comments:

Class began on time. Robert introduced himself to the class and spent some time getting to know the students. 

 Attendance:

Attendance was taken, all students on time.  Robert will be sending the attendance sheet

 1^ST TOPIC COVERED:

Robert spoke about the outline and addressed students’ questions.  Examples were given, and random students were selected to share their ideas.  These ideas were then discussed a group, to give the remaining students a better idea of what would be expected of them.

 2^ND TOPIC COVERED:

Matthew reviewed the discovery terms and emphasized the upcoming quiz, and the need for students to be able to use these terms.  Afterwards, the remaining concepts of Module One were reviewed.

 LAB TIME:

Lab time was spent by many students reviewing Mavis Beacon, and completing the exercises on page 25 of their books.  Randomly we asked students about their outlines and what they would be discussing.

 

CDD Class Report Uhuru 11-17-09

                            WEEKLY CLASS REPORT

                         Uhuru House /11-17-2009

 OPENING COMMENTS:

Class started at 7PM. 

 ATTENDANCE:

We had 13 students in attendance. Harold Holliday was absent and may have left the facility.

 INTRODUCTIONS OR OVERVIEW:

Erick introduced himself since it was his first time teaching this group of students. The students welcomed Erick.

 1^ST TOPIC COVERED:

Chris started out by briefly going over the first half of Module 1 as a review. He explained the desktop, Task Bar, icons, etc.

 2^ND TOPIC COVERED:

Chris then went over the outline and its purposes. He demonstrated a simple outline on the whiteboard by describing the steps to buy milk, with an introduction, body, and conclusion. This helped the students understand what is needed to complete an outline since many students were unsure.

 3^RD TOPIC COVERED:

Erick reviewed the first 6 Discovery Terms and then covered the next 6 Discovery Terms (from the Short Terms listing). To clarify, the terms covered were: keyboard, CPU, RAM, motherboard, mouse, case, hard drive, CD/DVD drive, sound card, cables, video card, and operating system.

The class was actively participating in talking about each term.

 ADDITIONAL TOPICS:

Chris covered important dates:

Outline due: Nov 24

Discovery Terms test: Dec 1

Presentations start: Dec 8

Graduation: Dec 15

 LAB TIME:

Lab time was spent in Mavis Beacon and/or working on the outlines. Many students needed guidance on the subject of their paper. Others needed help in honing their outlines.

 FINAL NOTES:

Chris replaced the keyboard for Stacey with a new one. Samuel needed (and still needs) help using a mouse – his navigation skills are very limited and double-clicking the mouse is quite difficult. Lynn let Patrice (they share a computer) use the computer first with the premise that she would get to use the computer first (instead of Patrice) on Saturday. So Saturday team please ensure that Lynn uses the computer first. Also, the outlines are due on Tuesday the 24^th making this Saturday their last chance to get help on finishing them up. Thus, there should be some emphasis on completing the outlines.

And thanks to Loryn for creating the seating chart, it helped immensely!

CDD Class Report Uhuru 11-14-09

                              WEEKLY CLASS REPORT

                               House of Uhuru / 11/14/09 

Opening Comments:

 Class went as planned with no major incidents. Students needed to be reminded that computers are needed to stay off during the lecture portion of the class. Seating arrangements may need to be adjusted to make grouping a bit easier. 
 


Attendance:

All but one of the students attended the class. One student was marked as absent.

 INTRODUCTIONS OR OVERVIEW:

Loryn and I both introduced ourselves and gave a little bit of our background. The students seem to have a good understanding of the rules and expectations, as well as the attendance policy. 
 
 
 
 

1ST TOPIC COVERED:

The first topic was Windows Basics. Most of the students had trouble understanding what DOS is. It was explained to them as an early operating system that did not use a mouse or a graphical interface, and needed to be utilized by typing commands in the command prompt. 
 
 
 
 Covered by Robert.

2ND TOPIC COVERED:

The second topic was Typical Windows Icons. Students were taught about the most commonly used icons, with emphasis on the My Computer, My Documents and Recycle Bin icons. A couple students wanted to know more about the functionality about the Network Neighborhood and Connect to the Internet icons. These icons were explained, but let the students know that they probably wouldn’t be using those too often.


ADDITIONAL TOPICS:

 All of the additional topics were covered by Loryn.
 
 The remaining topics that were covered were The Windows Screen, Using the Taskbar, Accessing Help. The students seemed to grasp these topics as Loryn explained them in a very proficient and in a manner that was very easy to understand. Also, the first six discovery words were reviewed again. 
 

LAB TIME:

The lab was split into two groups. Half of the class was to work on their outline, while the other half went through a computer exercise. The students seemed to be nervous about the outline, although Loryn was able to calm them down and step them through the brainstorming process. They were also let known that the outline is not to be due until Nov. 24th. I created a simple exercise for the students to learn how to save a document, be able to view it in the My Documents folder and how to drag and drop it into the recycling bin. Most students were able to get through the lab smoothly. 
 
 

FINAL NOTES:

It seems that Samuel has no experience using a computer and has trouble navigating the mouse. Some special attention may be needed for him to get up to speed. The computer with the Microsoft keyboard as mentioned by Chris in the previous report seems to have a keyboard error when booting. This can be remedied by pressing the “help” key that is located where the F1 key normally is.

CDD Class Report Walden 11-10-09

                                    WEEKLY CLASS REPORT

                                    Walden House / 11-10-09

 Opening Comments:

 There were two people who were not on the attendance list that tried to join in

 Attendance:

All students showed up that were registered, about half of the students came from another
location and were 10mins late.

INTRODUCTIONS OR OVERVIEW

Both instructors introduced themselves, speaking about volunteering, and computer backgrounds.

1^ST TOPIC COVERED:

Marco led from the introduction, going around the room to ask students what they hope to learn and then with manuals distributed, went over the rules and regulations in a stern and firm manner.

2^ND TOPIC COVERED:

The required paper and presentation were discussed by Soni. The class followed along, reading from the manual.

ADDITIONAL TOPICS:

The first discovery words were covered after break, with Marco showing the class the inside of the computer and parts. The analogy of a car was used repeatedly to further explain the ideas. The class was asked to come up with an example of RAM and they used the example of a cup of water from a jug of water.

 

CDD Class Report Cri-Help 11-10-09

                                    WEEKLY CLASS REPORT

                                          Cri-Help / 11.10.09

 

Opening Comments:

Smriti and Tyson introduced themselves to the class and spent a few minutes getting to know the class and assess their skill level.

 Attendance:

An employee from crihelp informed Tyson that there was 1 student that had opted out of the class. There was also a student who decided to leave the class within 5 minutes, her name was Laticia.

 1^ST TOPIC COVERED:

We covered the class rules and went over all of the class assignments. Answered all questions related to those topics

 2^ND TOPIC COVERED:

The first 6 discovery terms were discussed. Use of the mouse was also discussed. Answered all questions related to those topics

 ADDITIONAL TOPICS COVERED

Assigned groups

 LAB TIME:

Spent time with each student individually during lab time to help them with navigated basic computer applications with the mouse. Most students spent time on mavis beacon

 FINAL NOTES:

3 students have very little computer skills. The rest of the students have a decent grasp on basic computer usage. Class was well behaved.

CDD Book Announcement

                                CDD Slideshow Presentation

We are pleased to announce the publishing of CDD’s Book of Photos and Bios called “One Bright Light”; Profiles in Success.  The book is due to be published in the Spring of 2010.  In advance of the publishing we will be conducting a series of promotional events that will include published articles in local magazines, gallery showings of photos, book signings and radio spots. 

The first part in the series will be a slideshow presentation about the book.  This show will include photos taken by photographer Mark Hanauer of some of CDD’s Success Stories and the Bios written by Jeff Nicosia.   The photos are exceptional in quality and the stories are well written and inspirational.  But it is the lives of the CDD Alumni that make this book so special.

We are taking the presentation into homes and halls for the next few months.  Along with the slideshow there will be an Intro by a CDD Member and a talk by one of the students featured in the book.   It’s a special opportunity to see the photos up close and meet CDD members in your own home or office shared with guests selected by you the host.  

Presentations are available to be shown to your group of 10 people or more booking now through February 2010.  Reserve your night soon as the dates are filling up quickly.  Contact us with your questions or to book your show at info@cddnp.org.  Place “CDD Presentation” in the subject line.  There is no cost to you.  CDD provides all of the materials for free while you sit back and enjoy the show.

A link to an abbreviated version of the presentation has been posted in the CDD You Tube Channel here http://www.youtube.com/kathpatt#p/u