Computer Class

During the JS3 extension, I was told that I should teach them computer for a few hours per day. Overall, it has been a positive and beneficial experience. However, at one point the 7 different computers were going out like popcorn: as soon as power would get restored and rebooted another laptop would run out of power or a desktop would lose power from a partial connection in the power strip. Then, I realized (again) that using Microsoft Word 97, 2003, 2007 and Open Office Word without a central computer to demonstrate on isn’t ideal. Finally, there were about 6 kids per computer. Needless to say, we weren’t operating at optimum efficiency but the kids were thrilled to be on the computers and didn’t complain at all about the number of people per system, power outages or having to sit on the floor due to lack of available tables and chairs. They simply wanted to have free time at the end to play games and listen to music…just like kids in the US! :)