[Baynet] Infopeople's "Teaching Spanish-Speaking Patrons How to Use the Internet" workshop

[Linda Rodenspiel]

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participating might not receive this notice 
directly, we would appreciate it if you would 
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Title:  Teaching Spanish-Speaking Patrons How to Use the Internet

Dates and locations:

Friday, September 14, San Francisco Public Library
Friday, October 5, Los Angeles Public Library
Monday, November 5, California State Library
Friday, December 14, Buena Park Library District
Friday, January 11, Contra Costa County Library in Pleasant Hill
Friday, February 29, Fresno County Public Library
Monday, March 24, San Diego County Library Headquarters

To register for this workshop:  Use the online registration form at
http://infopeople.org/workshop/49

Fee:  There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop.


According to the recent study of Latinos Online, 
Latinos comprise 14% of the U.S. adult population 
but only about half of this growing group (56%) 
goes online. By comparison, 71% of non-Hispanic 
whites and 60% of non-Hispanic blacks use the 
Internet. Only 29% of Latino adults have a 
broadband Internet connection at home. Libraries 
can help bridge the gap in Latino Internet access 
and usage by providing group and individual 
instruction to the Spanish speaking community.

--Do you need to provide instruction or direction to Spanish speaking patrons?
--Would you like to learn how to design and 
deliver basic Internet instruction in Spanish?
--Do you need ready-to-use materials to deliver 
one-on-one or group instruction to Spanish-speaking patrons?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this workshop is for you!

Workshop Description: This one-day workshop will 
provide you with training techniques, tips and 
tricks that can be used to teach Spanish-speaking 
patrons to use the Internet. The workshop 
includes hands-on practice to help you overcome 
common training roadblocks. Workshop packets 
include practical tools and templates that can be 
used to prepare training sessions. Packets also 
include Quick Guides that can be made available 
at the public access workstations.

Preliminary Course Outline

Getting Ready to Train
--5 steps for making sure your training will be effective.

Teaching the Internet
--How to navigate the most common Internet browsers.
--Search methods to find information on the Internet.
--Procedures to print information from the Internet.
--Setting up an e-mail account; sending and receiving e-mail messages.

Teaching Search Engines
--Spanish language search engines.
--Spanish language features of popular search engines.

Quick Guides in Spanish
--Using IE and Netscape browsers.
--Printing and saving from the Internet.

Instructional Internet Resources
--Spanish online tutorials on how to use the Internet.
--Spanish printed guides on how to use the Internet.

Presentation Tips
--Tips on preparing and delivering presentations to groups.

Instructor:  Martín Sanabria. Martin currently 
works as an Instructional Designer for Genentech, 
Inc., a biotechnology company based in South San 
Francisco. His present work entails the 
development of training courses for a variety of 
audiences. He also designs and develops online 
training courses. Martin has done extensive work 
with various web development applications that 
are used in the area of Computer-Based 
Training.He is a native Spanish speaker. His past 
experience also includes working as a 
conversational Spanish language instructor and an English-Spanish translator.


Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California 
library community who must respond to the need of 
Spanish speaking patrons to learn basic skills on 
how to access and use the Internet. This course is suitable for support staff.

Prerequisites: This course requires that students 
be comfortable with basic computer skills, 
including using a mouse, navigating the web and 
basic keyboarding. For help with these basic 
skills, we recommend the New Computer Users 
section of the Infopeople Resources Guides, at infopeople.org/resources

Some class material will be in Spanish. However, 
there will be ample assistance provided for those 
participants with less familiarity with the Spanish language.


Other Logistics:

*On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM;  instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM.

*Maps, directions, and parking information are 
available on the Infopeople Web site at 
http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions. 
Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking.

*Infopeople does not provide refreshments or 
lunch.  Since some training locations do not have 
in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople 
recommends that participants bring a sack lunch.

To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops 
and for general information about Infopeople 
training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople 
Workshops page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop

If you have questions about registration or 
scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda 
Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at 
assist at infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685.