Computer Skills

I arrived late to my meeting with Alberto. After searching around the library, I found him and Katie diligently working in the computer lab. Katie had taken him in there to look up some citizenship activities. What she was not expecting to find out was that Alberto had absolutely no idea how to work a computer. He did not know how to turn it on or even how to work the keyboard.  

Katie tried to figure out if he has a username and password to show him what e-mail is. He said he has a password and will bring it next time. They pulled up some citizenship activities and read the Pledge of Allegiance. That is when I got there. They were finishing up their citizenship activity and were getting ready to start typing lessons.  

I googled typing lessons and a lot came up. Alberto was eager to learn how to type even one letter. We did did several different typing games and he was satisfied. I started to get the idea that he was at his saturation limit for the day so, I wrapped the lesson up. We showed him how to turn his computer off. With a bright smile he said, "I cannot wait to go home and show my kids that I can turn on/off a computer!"  

Next week we told him that we would switch up the citizenship activities with vocabulary activities and maybe even go on a walk to point items out. Then come back and go over more basic computer skills. I feel like we are really helping and connecting with Alberto. I am looking forward to next week.