Teaching ASP Workers

Description: I taught 3 college-age After School Program workers some tools they could use that would be beneficial for their college classes and for use with the ASP students.

Standards: TF-V.A-D (Productivity and Professional Practice)

Semester:  Spring 2011

Hours:  5+ hours

Population: 3 college-age ASP teachers

Reflection: After collaborating with the ASP director on his webpage, we talked about me teaching some of the ASP workers.  I had the privilege of teaching three lovely ladies about some tools they could use that would benefit them and their students.  For the first three classes, I taught them about Delicious.  We set up accounts, found several links that could be used in ASP (each week the girls had a certain number of sites that had to be added to their account), and how to link to each other's Delicious pages to gain more resources.  The next class, I taught them how to use Zamzar.  Their assignment was to find a video they could use in ASP that the students would enjoy, and then convert it in Zamzar to a format that could be sent to them to download and use at school.  They found some fun videos that the students would really enjoy.  At the end of that class, I told them to bring a smart phone or iTouch so they could co-teach a class on Twitter the next week.  I have had a little difficulty getting used to and seeing the advantages of Twitter.  So, I wanted them to help me learn.  I started by asking them how they thought Twitter could be used from an educational aspect.  I gave them some ideas and got their feedback based on what I had heard and read about.  Then, they helped me set up some things in my account. We made sure we were all "following" each other.  They also further explained the hash tags, re-tweeting, using the zipper, and the purpose of putting the @ sign in front of someone's name.  It was a fun class for me and for them.  The last class we had together I showed them the web page I had put together for my webquest.  They got to explore, offer feedback, and learn more about creating their own webpage in Wix.  This was a great use of field experience time.  I hope to continue to teach these girls in the fall.