Senior Summer School (Score 2)

I'm currently teaching a similar course as part of something called Senior Summer School. I try to teach general concepts in the classroom and work on learning specific techniques in the lab. Some seniors have difficulty especially with the mice due to arthritic hands so I spend a lot of time teaching keyboard shortcuts to help them avoid having to double click when necessary. Patience is key especially in the lab and the suggestion to use Freecell and Solataire is a great way to demystify computers for those seniors who are scared of them. It's worth reassuring them also that the only way to break the computer is to physically hit it - many of them get nervous when programs crash. And since they'll be almost certainly using Windows, it's a good idea to teach them how to reboot the machine when necessary. Feel free to use my lecture notes .