PLAN - WHAT DID YOU SET OUT TO DO? | |
| Summary/ Description of Activity | |
| A workshop teaching seniors how to use mobile digital devices | |
| Learning objectives: | |
| Enable seniors to use digital cameras and mobile phones as a part of series of workshops on mobile devices. | |
| DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY | |
| Date [dd/mm/yyyy] | 13/09/2007 |
| Length of activity | 1 day |
| Frequency | 3 times per year |
| Organiser | Public Library Varna |
| Tutor | IT dept. |
| Group Size | up to 12 |
| Venue | Library |
| Location | Varna BG |
| Environment | Urban |
| Location Factors | |
| Partnerships | Archaeological Museum |
| Target group | People who are not so familiar with digital cameras and this particular phone’s feature |
| Contact | office@libvar.bg |
| Marketing | Posters, phone calls |
| Method of delivery | Basic presentations made by trainers. Practical exercises for all participants. |
| Equipment required | Participants own mobile phones and digital cameras. Memory sticks – optional Equipment provided by the Library: *PC for downloading pictures and image processing; * CD/DVD disk for every participant to store images. |
| Other Factors | Basic computer skills needed to download successfully the pictures. |
| Tasks | (Task1) Involving seniors in learning process |
EVALUATION OF ACTIVITY| Evaluation of the Learning Objectives |
| All participants learnt how to take pictures using digital camera and mobile phone. All participants learnt how to download them. Some of them asked for more theoretical information. |
| Evaluation of the activity |
| All of the technical problems appeared during the activity were related with the mobile phones. |
| Evaluation of what was learned by the participants |
| Everybody achieved the basic knowledge. All of them could take place in the next educational level. Half of them needed additional explanation how to write pictures on CD/DVD. |
| Evaluation of what staff have learned |
| The staff should be informed in advance what kind of equipment participants will use in order to solve any software and hardware problems. |
| Keywords |
| Bulgaria; Varna; IT; mobile devices; |
| ANALYSIS OF EVALUATION |
| What would you change to improve activity? |
| Everything that has to be learnt by the participants is printed if some technical or any other problems appear. |
| What particular circumstance could affect a change in the activity? |
| Other possible Activities |
| 1. Next “level” could be developed for the participants – i.e how to use GPS device. 2. The participants could put pictures in library web site organized them under different topics adding text. |
| Best practice |
| yes |
| Transferability: |