Today we used the computer to play chess to build mouse and keyboard skills. Mouse skills required are left clicking while dragging and releasing at the right time. Keyboard requires selecting game type and picture of representative for the game. The game builds skills for protecting and attacking requiring thinking ahead.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Mercer enjoyed playing chess on the computer, which helps to improve mouse control, keyboard skills, and manage problems simultaneously. After our initial 30 minutes, we moved to the lunch room to continue the lesson. Judie then asked to meet with Mercer for the remainder of our session.
Ben is building keyboard and mouse skills and practicing the login process for Office 365. Today he worked on email and PowerPoint files.
Session Minutes
30
Minutes Student Attended
30
Lesson Comments
Ben is getting better each session but needs to continue to develop keyboard skills (using shift keys and finding keys for symbols). Each time we login he gets better and he seems to enjoy learning. Today we actually played a chess game online part of the time, which helped him with mouse and keyboard skills as well.
Today Hank built more skills navigating through Microsoft Office by creating an additional PowerPoint file. He typed in a title, changed the fonts, and selected a background style for the presentation. He also imported pictures of buildings and we uploaded the file to Teams.
Session Minutes
30
Minutes Student Attended
30
Lesson Comments
Hank is showing good progress with basic computer skills and is developing an intuitive sense as to how things work as we move around. He appears to be accessing his Office 365 account from home and is gaining skills from there too.
Ben continues to make progress with all Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams. He has created a presentation and has been importing pictures into his file.
Session Minutes
30
Minutes Student Attended
30
Lesson Comments
Ben has improved his skills as well as his behavior during our last few sessions. His typing is getting better but he needs to continue to practice.
We continued to work on Outlook, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Office 365 functions to build skills. Hank is importing pictures, creating PowerPoint documents and typing title pages.
Session Minutes
30
Minutes Student Attended
30
Lesson Comments
Hank is making excellent progress and his behavior has improved dramatically since last week. He is becoming more comfortable using several applications and even did some work from home continuing from last session!
Today we discussed strategy for creating a Microsoft Excel file and possible use cases. Next session we plan to build a file to track data.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
We discussed Microsoft Office for a while but Mercer was highly motivated to play chess, so we did that for a while. I used the opportunity to build logic concepts which will be useful across functions on computer skills later.
We built a PowerPoint presentation and uploaded it to Teams. Hank learned to find and upload pictures to the file and added text to create a title.
Session Minutes
30
Minutes Student Attended
30
Lesson Comments
Hank is getting faster on the computer and is typing well. He was more behaved today and created a nice fancy sports car PowerPoint file which is uploaded on Teams.
We worked on logging in to Microsoft Office 365, sending emails, creating PowerPoint files, importing pictures, and using Teams.
Session Minutes
30
Minutes Student Attended
30
Lesson Comments
Hank and his brother like to tease each other and use inappropriate language. As with Ben, I am working to eliminate this when using email or other computer software going forward. That said, Hank is learning and has an intuitive sense of how to make things work on the computer.
We worked on logging into Microsoft Office 365, sending emails, creating PowerPoint files, importing pictures, and using Teams.
Session Minutes
30
Minutes Student Attended
30
Lesson Comments
Ben was cooperative but often tries to use inappropriate language when having the opportunity to type words. I am working to get him to eliminate this going forward.
