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Learning The Un-learnable

As we mature I think it becomes increasingly hard for us to step back into a classroom and learn something new. Our minds become preoccupied with just about everything in today’s world and those distractions cloud our focus. If you’re willing to put aside some time to learn something new, you will learn the “un-learnable.”

Today we started with setting up an email account on Google. But there were some basic steps that had to be taken first. If you’re teaching someone the Internet for the very first time, you should first give that person a full introduction to all the tools they’ll be using in conjunction with the computer. Everyone has a general idea on how the keyboard operates–it’s simply the evolution of the typewriter. The mouse on the other hand, is a foreign object to those who have never used one. Don’t make the same mistake I made, when I didn’t explain the difference between the left and right clicker followed by the mouse wheel, to Mary.

Creating an email account is a great beginning for anyone who wants to learn how to use the Web. Once I illustrated how to open the browser on Safari we started to cruise.

You have to take your time with Internet newcomers. Its essential that you get them into the habit of looking at the entire page, so they can familiarize themselves with where things are. Creating a viable username and password can take some time but it’s important that adults experience these steps for themselves, since other sign-up forms that they will encounter on the Web are similar. Like many, Mary would like to maintain some level of anonymity on the Web so she wasn’t comfortable with submitting her correct age and name for the email account. We barely scratched the surface before our time came to an end but we both can't wait to pick up where we left off.

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