Our summer computer classes have been going well.  We certainly thank Cornerstone Systems for allowing us to use their computer training center to work with our clients.  The majority of the students who attend the class have not used a computer before.  There are a couple of students that seem more advanced. They are all learning surprisingly quick. We are currently using the Paint Software to allow for a lot of practice time using a mouse.  The clicking and dragging, selecting, copying and pasting has been something many of them have had to get familiar with.  The keyboard letters are different as the letters are English letters which helps the students with their English skills as well.  We have incorporated material that helps to teach about American History, Citizenship and some of our cultural values. Everything is centered on our heart to love ALL people – welcoming our students to talk about what they are typing (such as the Pledge of Allegieance) or drawing (such as the American Flag.). It has been fun to watch the students try to count and place 50 white stars on their flag. 🇺🇸 

We appreciate JoAnn who has taken lead in teaching this class.  She has expressed a heart to continue having these classes for the students because they are enjoying it and learning so much.  Our hopes are to have 6-8 week sessions of computer classes going forward with some weeks of breaks in between.  Students will sign up to attend this class since computers and space is limited.  It is good that we keep the classes smaller and manageable since we have so many that are very new to using a computer.  As the students progress and their English also progresses from all their ESL and language classs, we hope to move the students into computer classes that will teach them basic internet reaearching so that they can complete online job applications or do other types of educational research.  

If you would like to volunteer to help with this computer class going forward, please let us know. We are requesting volunteers to sign up for 6-8 week intervals for the one day a week class. 

Visit our Asha’s Refuge Facebook page where we have attached a link to a little video clip we made this past Saturday’s computer class.  This might give you an idea of what our classes are like.