Friday, February 18, 2011

Rain Doesn't Deter Second Class

It might have been a rather cold ,wet and dismal Saturday in Dunedin today, but that didn't deter the second class of participants turning up. All bright and happy and fizzing to get started we had to drag them out of the class just to have their photo taken for this blog. Then after that having to slow down and listen to me for approx 15 minutes, I think they were all pleased to see the back of me and roll their sleeves up and get down to a bit of learning. It will be awesome to monitor the 2 classes at College Street and watch their progress as they work towards their joint graduation on 12 April at a school assembly. Watch this space.

Monday, February 7, 2011

College Street Launches in Dunedin

Last week saw the launch of another school joining the Computers in Homes family. We held a very quiet meeting in the staffroom last Thursday for prospective participants. Much to Gary's (Principal) dismay only four people turned up. It was decided that classes would be held on Monday evening & Saturday morning. True to my predictions, and Garys doubts the first class rolled aroung with an amazing ten people turning up for the start. Unfortunately we only have seven machines but in true CiH spirit some of them have chosen to come to the Saturday class. The participants were again a little camera shy but we did get them to have a group photo taken for this blog. Wait till the graduation we won't be able to keep them out of the spotlight. All of the people present were also keen to try out the Census 2011 online as part of their lesson on the 7th March. Well done to you all for being so prepared to try something new.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Class Number 2 begins at Calton Hill

Wednesday night proved to be a very busy night at Calton Hill, with a total of 13 new participants arriving to begin their training for this term. We had managed to borrow machines from some of the childrens classes to enable each participant to have a machine to themselves. There was alot of energy in this class with alot of interesting questions asked of me. Tutors Jess and Leeane were pleased with the response from the local community and are looking forward to the next nine weeks of training. I even received the odd e-mail or two proving that participants were eager to be set up with an e-mail address and begin their journey. Roll on the 5th April when they will all graduate.