Tech Saturday Planning Page: It Takes a Village!

1. Adam Gerson, Columbia Grammar ... click
2. Ahsan Karim, Director of Technology, The Buckley School ... click
3. Andrew Gardner, The School at Columbia University ... click
4. Brenda Davis, Tech Saturday participant and now Tech Saturday weekly volunteer ... click
5. Christine Yi from Huron Consulting Group
6. Clint Gilbert, Tech Consultant,piping.com who drive from Boston and leaves at 3:33 AM each Saturday ... click
7. Denise Daley, Convent of Sacred Heart
   
8. Elizabeth Gilbert, Dana Hall graduate 2008 ... click and now college student at Syracuse University
9. Francesca Pinelli high school student at The Chapin School
10. Jamie Zionic, Tech Volunteer for Storefront 09-10
11. Kamal King, Wireless Harlem Initiative ... click
12. Karen Blumberg, The School at Columbia University
13. Kevin Keogh, Rutgers college student and intern from Clinton Foundation ... click here
14. Leigha Smallwood from Huron Consulting Group
15. Michael Lewis, Wireless Harlem Initiative ... click
16. Mike Donoven, Linux programmer and tech consultant
17. Robin Newman, formerly Horace Mann School and now Dir of Technology at Our World Neighborhood Charter School in Astoria
18. Ryan Kim, formerly high school student and now college student at Northeastern University
19. Sam Schalman-Bergen, Horace Mann School
20. Scott Wickham, formerly Tech Volunteer for Storefront 08-09 and Computer Consultant ... click ... now math teacher at Trevor Day School
21. Six (Shikshya Khatiwada) and her friend Edler ... new volunteers Nov 2009
22. Steve Bergen, The Children's Storefront ... click
23. Vera Donoven, Director of Technology, Mary McDowell Center for Learning, Brooklyn ... click

Links and Planning Info

• Wonderful document from Kamal King to print: doc | pdf
• Useful document from Karen Blumberg on "keyboard trouble shooting": doc | pdf
• From Adam Gerson: Click here for one link re free Apple Remote Desktop type of software
• From Adam Gerson: Click here for a link of great Mac OSX free software
• Click here to download the worksheet produced by one of the Clinton foundation volunteers or click here for the html version
• SOME of the topics to teach include "how the dock works" ... "does your machine have wireless or not" ... "how to launch programs and quit" ... "trouble shooting with force quit" ... "how to install software" ... "how to connect to the Internet" ... "how to use the memory stick" ... "how to install software and the use of the master password" ... "how to setup another account for a sibling if you don't want him or her to mess things up for you" ... "software honesty" ... "how best to use the Saturday 2-4 pm HWI tech support phone line"
• Click here for the steps by Clint for installing the black RokAir device (the one that works) that he took back to Boston (more on order to arrive soon)
• Click here for specs on Emacs with rec from Clint on batteries and the fact that "AirPort: accepts AirPort Extreme card"
• File Management Saving Neo Office Airport System Preferences Google Earth
• Our teaching units need to be interactive.
• Whomever is teaching, you may want someone else to operate the computer.
• We need to mix skills, big picture issues and generate excitement and awareness.
• Calling on kids to demonstrate 1-2 things after teaching is a best practice.
• Calling on kids or adults to answer questions is a best practice
• If you find yourself talking for 5 minutes and your voice is the only one in the air, then there is probably a need to modify ... IIC ("interaction is crucial")
• We need to be better prepared for a tech saturday image on the big screen.
• Whomever is speaking or teaching needs to be more aware of engaging everyone in the room.
• We need to avoid what I call "monologue teaching" where it is the teacher or speaker just talking or sharing skills or reading stuff ... getting the kids or adults to participate is not simply important .. it is crucial
• I do not think we have the space to do hands on but if someone wants to try, go for it!
• We need to get at issues of Internet Safety and Honesty more effectively than we have the first two times  
• Internet Safety ... Honesty ... Frontline Video (The Child Predator Fear)
• Phone calls to be made
• Data Entry Form for Google Spreadsheet
• Mice and keyboards in basement after being dried ... click
• This was our 140th Street storage location ... click