Many people find their own notes more helpful than someone else's - encourage them to write things down.
I recently tried (with limited success) to teach my mom to use Quicken. In retrospect I wish I would have printed out some screenshots for her ahead of time, maybe with a few notes on them, and provided them for her to take her own notes on.
Lisa
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, i wrote:
> On Tuesday 08 January 2002 12:37 pm, you wrote:
>
> Repeat, repeat, repeat also
> Write or draw in some sort of notebook or on 3x5 cards the steps used for
> what they want to do.
> At first do not expect them to remember the steps without looking at the
> list.
> And above all be nice.
>
>
> > First, keep notes on what you do, Charlie. It will be helpful for everyone
> > else helping novices.
> >
> > Konqueror is nice, but you need to do some things to make Java/Javascripts
> > work right. Both Netscape and Mozilla will do nicely for web browsing and
> > contain the java/js stuff automatically
> >
> > Kmail is easy to use for email and easy to learn. So are Netscape and
> > Mozilla mail readers.
> >
> > Star Office is a powerful set of programs. Does she really need all that
> > for word processing? What kind of word processing is she going to be
> > doing?
> >
> > On Tuesday 08 January 2002 10:26 am, you wrote:
> > > I have an opportunity to teach a total beginner (83 years old) how to use
> > > a computer. I am goiing to set her up on an old box of mine running
> > > RedHat 7.1. I want to go real slow with her and add programs one by one.
> > > The first thing she wants to do is surf the net, second send and recieve
> > > email and third do word processing.
> > >
> > > I plan on using the KDE desktop, Koquerer as a browser, and Star office
> > > for word processing. For email, I think I'll use a browser based email
> > > such as yahoo mail.
> > >
> > > Has anyone else worked with a total begnner before? Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > Charlie
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