At my former elementary school I hosted an Internet workshop for parents to
give them suggestions on how they might best help their children with homework
assignments. I taught them search techniques, how to use district resources
such as Nettrekker, our opac, etc. Afterward I had several parents tell me that
they came even though they didn't think they would get much out of it and were
pleasantly surprised. They learned a lot. Most of them knew nothing about our
Opac being available on line, or that there was even a resource like
Netrekker that they could use at home. (Of course, we had sent home several flyers
with this information, but it obviously wasn't forefront in their minds)
This past year a couple of our elementary bilingual teachers and I hosted a
session for our Spanish speaking parents. We got out our laptop computers and
taught them how to sign on to the internet, showed them how to get to our
public library web site, how to use bablefish to translate web sites. They also did
their on line volunteer background check for our district so they could
volunteer at our school. (Most of them had nver touched a computer before) We also
showed them how to use our school library, and set up parent accounts for
them. We've talked about doing more of this type of training, and I would LOVE to
see more of it, but there just doesn't seem to be time.
Rachel Hinds
Librarian
Carleston, Elementary
Pearland, Tx
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