If there is anything I learned in my first four years of studying Education it's that nothing goes as planned when you're a teacher. Although the project got implemented as planned, there were a few things that I wish were different. I had to delay my training session due to the fact that we had a purchasing issue with Apple. Also, I was only able to train six people since not all of our schools have finished wiring for a wireless network yet. In a way, this was okay because I am able to take what I learned from this training and apply it to my next one.
After watching the video tutorial and performing hands-on practice with Apple Configurator, I had my trainee's complete a survey. The survey was not a "test" however, I add questions to it that they needed to answer reflecting information from the training. Almost everyone got everything correct, I was really happy because this means that they really focused and understood what was going on. The iPad Managers are also now checking in and checking out iPads on daily basis and have yet to have a problem. So I am assuming things are going quite well!
As I was looking over feedback from my surveys, I noticed that a lot of people mentioned that they wish I had moved a bit slower. Since this was my first time conducting a training like this, I was unaware of my pacing. I also sometimes forgot how little computer knowledge some of these teachers had. I need to remind myself that just because I know it and think it's easy, doesn't mean it's easy for someone else. I really need to "dumb" things down a bit more for the next training and move a little slower.
A lesson that I learned during this project is always prepare a day before! During my training, I realized I did not have the appropriate adapter to hook my computer up to the SmartBoard to share my video tutorial with everyone. Since I had a Mac, I had to use DropBox to move my tutorial to a Windows machine. For some reason, DropBox was taking forever to upload and download my video. This was probably because it is a very big file. It ended up cutting time into my training session and it was a little embarrassing. I will now prepare in advanced for next time.
The next time I conduct this training, I don't intend to change much. I thought it went really well and everyone I trained got a lot out of it. The video was a great way to demonstrate the use of Apple Configurator to multiple people at a time while giving them a visual of what they will need to be doing for thir hands-on practice. I will still keep giving them PDF guides because most of them still continue to refer to that when they need to add applications and update softare. However, next time I do plan to move at a slower pace, take into consideration more that a lot of these people don't even use computers on a daily basis. I will also explain more about the structure of the training and the intended goals of the training this way faculty will know what to expect. I think it'd be more helpful if i had an additional member from my department to help me perform the hands-on practice this way I can spend more time with each person. I also had requests for pens at the next training, this goes back to being prepared. I will try to be more prepared when initiating my next training.
Below, you can see some pictures of my survey results from this training.
A lesson that I learned during this project is always prepare a day before! During my training, I realized I did not have the appropriate adapter to hook my computer up to the SmartBoard to share my video tutorial with everyone. Since I had a Mac, I had to use DropBox to move my tutorial to a Windows machine. For some reason, DropBox was taking forever to upload and download my video. This was probably because it is a very big file. It ended up cutting time into my training session and it was a little embarrassing. I will now prepare in advanced for next time.
The next time I conduct this training, I don't intend to change much. I thought it went really well and everyone I trained got a lot out of it. The video was a great way to demonstrate the use of Apple Configurator to multiple people at a time while giving them a visual of what they will need to be doing for thir hands-on practice. I will still keep giving them PDF guides because most of them still continue to refer to that when they need to add applications and update softare. However, next time I do plan to move at a slower pace, take into consideration more that a lot of these people don't even use computers on a daily basis. I will also explain more about the structure of the training and the intended goals of the training this way faculty will know what to expect. I think it'd be more helpful if i had an additional member from my department to help me perform the hands-on practice this way I can spend more time with each person. I also had requests for pens at the next training, this goes back to being prepared. I will try to be more prepared when initiating my next training.
Below, you can see some pictures of my survey results from this training.
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