Thursday, June 19, 2008

Know anyone over 55?

Do you someone that needs some help understanding the vocabulary that goes along with computers? This site is great! It states you must be over 55 to enter but I am sure there are some people slightly younger that could benefit from it as well :)
http://555webhelp.com/

Do you know the terminology?

I found this statement on a website while surfing on how to teach computer skills to adults.

Most how to pages on the internet today are not easily understood by many of us over fifty. In addition often middle aged people lack the computer skills for using the internet which creates an educational gap.

Thinking of the Wiki assignment, I think this should be kept in mind. Some of the people that may use the site might not be as comfortable with the computer as we are. There is a large teacher population that is very fearful of technology.

Thoughts anyone?

where to start

I am finding it very hard to focus only on the task at hand while surfing the net. I decided last night I must print my outline for the WebQuest and not allow myself to serf on information outside of the project. I kept finding that I wanted to make the project bigger and bigger with the new information I was finding. Anyone else have suggestions about not loosing yourself to the world wide web?