Laptop Coaching: Grand Tour

Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today, we present the agreed Lesson PLans and continued our ‘tour’ around the outside of a Laptop. Filed under: Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s!  My lifelong love of technology and communication (in …
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Tablet Coaching: Lesson Plans

Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today, we presented the agreed Lesson Plans and continued explaining the screen layout of a typical Android Tablet. Filed under: Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s!  My lifelong love of technology and communication …
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Laptop Coaching: Mopping-up

Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: With only about 10 lessons left, today we continued with the Lesson Plans agreed last week. Filed under: Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s!  My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all …
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Tablet Coaching: Proposed Lesson Plans

Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Based on the feedback from their first lesson, today I presented the draft lesson plans to the group for fine-tuning. The plans will form the basis of the syllabus for the next 25 weeks. Filed under: Delivery, Proposal, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite …
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Laptop Coaching: Lesson Plans Agreed

Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today, based on feedback from the first lesson, I presented a draft version of the lesson plans to the group. These plans will form the basis of the syllabus for the next 36 weeks. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late …
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Laptop Coaching: Assessing Priorities

Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: With the Class completing the syllabus by early march next year, we spent time assessing everyone’s needs. These will form the content of the remaining lessons from here on in. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing …
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My 60th – More Trainers reunited

Not another birthday meal???!!! Oh yes, and why not?! After Friday’s get-together with my Trainer friends from the ‘BA days’, today Ian and Mags together with their other halves, Ann and Alan, joined us for a full-on Sunday lunch. Ian, Mags and I worked together on gazillions of occasions in the classroom, and in the …
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My 60th – Turkish Delight

After a short lull in proceedings, my ‘big’ Birthday celebrations have restarted! Tonight, Ann and I travelled down to London for an evening meal with my close Trainer friends from the (many) days working on the British Airways project back in 2000. The restaurant of choice was the ever-reliable EV’s – our semi-regular haunt just …
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Tablet Coaching: New Tuesday Class

Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today we started the NEW Tuesday Tablet Class. For the next few months, we’ll be covering everything they’ll need to know to get the most from their Android device. Today though, we spent the time determining their learning priorities. Filed under: Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late …
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Laptop Coaching: New Tuesday Class

Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Our new Tuesday class started today. We spent the time determining the subject areas the class needs based on their priorities; these will form the basis of the lesson-plans through until August next year. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, TNA, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite …
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Monday Class Restarts

Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: After a short break due to the refurbishment to the area I use for training (and also my holiday!), we re-started the Monday Laptop Class today. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until …
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