By Kwan Rong Soh | Computer Project Coordinator
I arrived at Blossom Trust with two donated laptops, excited to start Dayspring Computer Class to teach the older children at Dayspring Home basic computer skills, so that when they have to leave the home for further education or to work they will be ready.
In the class we are teaching the oldest six children at the home OpenOffice Writer, Calc and Impress (open-source equivalent of MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint) as well as how to use the internet for searches, email and job hunting. We really want to make sure that they can get the most out of their laptops, not just see them as toys!
There are only two laptops for them to share but as we are having three or four classes each week the children are getting quite a lot of time on the computers. Each class is volunteer run, with one of us conducting the lessons and another two helping the children as they take turns to practise on the computer.
The children are progressing really quickly and are ready for their first project, a one-page profile about themselves using OpenOffice Writer, they love getting the chance to use technology and are really looking forward to when we can get the funds to bring the internet to Dayspring.
We know the children need as much practice as possible with the laptops so we want to give them extra supervised time to learn and many of the younger children are really eager to learn too, so we’re looking at how we can create an extra class.
By Emmanuelle Vulin | Project Volunteer
By Tessa Gonzales | English Teacher
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