We met up at GOTAFE on Tuesday afternoon, 12th September, all set for our two session course in learning some of the more advanced features of Facebook so that we would feel more confident in mentoring beginners on learning Facebook. Our trainer Christine Nicholas allocated us PC's (it must be said that participants who have gone wholly over to tablet and phones looked at them with some trepidation!) and guided us to log in to the learning resources she had created for using the Moodle e-learning platform.
Sadly, it wasn't very long before (as often happens in Tech Savvy practical sessions), we faced an unanticipated 'technical/system' crisis. Facebook suddenly rejected us all, perhaps suspecting a major hacking event because we were all suddenly using different computers to access our Facebook accounts. We eventually worked through what happened, created new passwords and were able to proceed with Christine's plan for the day!
Chris reviewed key concepts and made sure we all were able to create interesting looking posts; link articles of interest and attach photographs to FB posts, showing us an excellent resource of copyright free images which we drew upon to create birthday messages. We spent time considering privacy and other settings and enjoyed hearing about Benalla's Buy/Swap and Sell pages. The session was challenging for most, with a clear need for some extra work between sessions for those with less experience on FB. The session was also challenging for Christine - we were, like most of our tech savvy classes, a diverse group of learners famiilar and comfortable with a diverse range of devices.
At our next session focus will be on creating and maintaining groups within Facebook. We are also planning to hold a post course session in which we will translate what we have learnt into practice in supporting others to use Facebook.
Sadly, it wasn't very long before (as often happens in Tech Savvy practical sessions), we faced an unanticipated 'technical/system' crisis. Facebook suddenly rejected us all, perhaps suspecting a major hacking event because we were all suddenly using different computers to access our Facebook accounts. We eventually worked through what happened, created new passwords and were able to proceed with Christine's plan for the day!
Chris reviewed key concepts and made sure we all were able to create interesting looking posts; link articles of interest and attach photographs to FB posts, showing us an excellent resource of copyright free images which we drew upon to create birthday messages. We spent time considering privacy and other settings and enjoyed hearing about Benalla's Buy/Swap and Sell pages. The session was challenging for most, with a clear need for some extra work between sessions for those with less experience on FB. The session was also challenging for Christine - we were, like most of our tech savvy classes, a diverse group of learners famiilar and comfortable with a diverse range of devices.
At our next session focus will be on creating and maintaining groups within Facebook. We are also planning to hold a post course session in which we will translate what we have learnt into practice in supporting others to use Facebook.