Computers

So maybe all of you computer challenged people can relate to this blog. A teacher last week approached me telling me that the Head Mistress at the school had told him that I would be teaching the teachers to use the computers we have here at the school. I had discussed this with her when I first arrived because those computers are mostly just dust collectors at this time. I set up some scheduled time to help them out, not really knowing what they needed. What I found was not what I expected. They were pretty much all computer illiterate. It was a difficult task teaching them as I was trying to introduce Microsoft Word, but I'm not sure if that's what they were looking for. Besides their level of fluency, some of the computers weren't functioning properly. The mouse on a few were very difficult to use. This made for an even more interesting time. Try teaching someone who is pretty much computer illiterate when the mouse doesn't work! The only real good thing that came out of this is that I have a stronger relationship with the teachers as we laughed through most every session. However, I need to go back to the drawing board. I found 45 minutes wasn't enough time to do much with them. I need to find some kind of program that can teach them independently following instructions because they are all at very different levels of learning. Any suggestions?