One way that I am prepping to get back into teacher mode is through teaching something other than social studies.
Over the course of the past week, I have been trying to help my boyfriend learn how to use a smartphone. He has had an ancient phone since 2000 and has questions about the phone that I had never imagined.
Going to the store with him to buy the phone was really trying on the patience. He was so lost when it came to the features he wanted and to what the phones could do. He also wanted to have an earpiece that only had one earplug. I tried to explain to him that so many people use the phones for music that they don't make the ones with one ear anymore.
He didn't believe me.
He has come a long way in a week.
He actually uses the phone for some internet searches. And is even using the Dropbox on his phone to be able to send documents right away to any work-related people.
He is still annoyed, like many of us, that the phone comes with so many apps that cannot be erased off the phone. He worries that it is sucking up too much memory and will make his phone run slower.
It has all been a lesson to help me get back into the mode of working with people who do not understand the content and may have no prior knowledge to use to help learn, let alone master, a topic.
It has been trying, yet has brought us closer together since I don't have to be the one to look up his email on my phone when we are on the go. LOL!!
LOL, that does sound like a great way to warm up for a new school year! :-)
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It really helped me get back into the mindset of helping people who don't get what you are talking about.
DeleteThis made me smile, as a month ago I wanted a new phone. Both my sisters, a friend and hubby went to Verizon with me (twice!).It was crazy as I couldn't figure out what I wanted...after the second visit my techy sister said I wasn't leaving until I got one. Ended up getting a regular phone, but also an Ipad. I wanted the IPhone but hubby couldn't get past the service fee each month.
ReplyDeleteHope your new class will be a great one! My sister called to tell me that she set up her classroom on Friday and got a call over the weekend that they are changing her classroom. She is peeved to put it mildly.
The iPads I have played around with are fun - hope you are enjoying it!!
DeleteThanks for the well wishes on the school. I cannot even imagine having to set up a classroom and then being told to move to another. It is so much work getting a classroom to your liking and setup with all the things for the students.
That was funny. I feel that way about my phone and I've had one for a bit. My children are constantly doing things with it, that I had no idea could be done. And all the apps. I'm so behind with that. Glad your boyfriend is getting in on all the technology available.
ReplyDeleteThere is so much technology on phones now that I doubt anyone really knows ALL their phone can do. Glad your kids are showing you some new things!
DeleteI had to laugh, because I am SOOOO far behind when it comes to phone technology!
ReplyDeleteLOL!! It is so hard to keep up with the new technologies of phones.
DeleteLMAO....at least you got somewhere with him. My other half still can't master the Sky plus box or the boiler timer!!! You must be a fantastic teacher!
ReplyDeleteThanks. Yeah. He has definitely started to use it well and is loving it.
DeleteHmmm. I find that some men feign ignorance with cooking tools so they don't have to do it themselves.