classes. So my handouts are more along the lines of "How do you do this?"
I don't have a textbook for any of my classes because I didn't like the way
the available textbooks worked. Every Computer Literacy textbook I've ever
seen assumed that you were learning this to use in a business instead of as
a student or for your personal life.
I give my programming students the complete 80-page set of handouts (printed
double-sided, of course) on the first day of class, punched to go into a
binder. It's pretty much their textbook (check out
http://www.gatling.us/keith/class/javajive/).
With my 6th, 7th, and 9th graders there are a series of task-related
handouts that I've written and used over the years, but tried not to print
out this year, as part of that "green" effort. They can be found at
http://www.gatling.us/keith/class/handouts.html.
These are the kinds of handouts that a person generally wants to have on
their desk as they work through something the first few times.
And I guess I'll be writing two new ones tonight.
--
keg
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Keith E Gatling - Computer Instructor
Manlius Pebble Hill School
5300 Jamesville Rd
DeWitt, NY 13214
315.446.2452
Website: http://www.gatling.us/keith
Blog: http://wordfromg.blogspot.com
Some teachers teach subjects. Others teach students.
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