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Computer Learning Across Generations
Native and non-native digital users consume computing differently
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Make Mistakes
There is a point to delivering an excellent product, performance, or speech. Practicing, polishing, honing your craft to near perfection, and then and only then, showing it to the world. But I firmly believe most of the things we do can’t be this way.
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The Reluctance to Learn
Taking a class, like so many other things in life, is fraught with the potential for failure. Sounds weird doesn’t it?
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Teaching Computers through Comparison
There are quite a few learning behavior experts saying people learn very well through analogies. This makes sense. Take a concept people already comprehend, compare parts of the new concept to the old one to forge new understandings. I use them all the time in my computer classes.
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Bullet Journaling
I enjoying Bullet Journaling and I do find it useful for organizing my world. I have always been a prolific user of organizers: Franklin-Covey, Day-Timer, and many many other brands. I was always in search of inserts that were relevant to my life. Using the Bullet Journal method, you essentially create your own pages, so…
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Plumbers Can Live The Same Lifestyle As Doctors
Plumbers can live the same lifestyle as doctors. No, actually, they can live better. Doctors and plumbers know this. But because how these professions are shown, many people probably don’t know this. I really don’t think a lot of young people understand this.
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Taking A Break
I love technology and computing and have since college. But I take breaks from it. Everyone should have an unplugging practice, every day, every week, every month, every year.
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Homeschooling Through High School
If homeschooling your teen is something you are considering, don’t fear it.
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Break It
When teaching IT, I have seen many, many students hesitate way too much. The have reluctance to click, tap, press Enter, and so on. They will ask 2 or 3 times if they are doing the right thing before they try and do it. It is such a counter-productive way to learn tech.
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Teaching Tech and Goals
First, I reiterate, hammer into people, technology is a tool, not the end goal. Your goal should not be to just learn MS Word. Say you take a 10-week beginner class in Word. Now what? What are you going to do with it? You should learn Word to help you achieve some goal. I always…
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