I use a handout that I created (attached) that is about as basic as I can get. The iPad does so many things that I try to do a few things that the workshop attendees will remember. I also depend heavily on questions from the attendees so they can get specific information on things that they are having problems with or may be interested in. I find that all the attendees usually get something from these questions. I also combine iPad and iPhone in these workshops since the operating systems are the same which makes the functionality virtually the same for both.

I tried a “iPad: Beyond the Basics” workshop but I had about half the attendees that needed the basics, so that it didn’t work out well with such a range of knowledge levels in the class.

I draw heavily from the New York Public Library website which has handouts available for their workshops in PDF form.

https://sites.google.com/a/nypl.org/techconnect/home/class-handouts-by-series

Mark Morton

Technical Services Librarian

Leland Township Library

203 E. Cedar St.

P.O. Box 736                                                                                                                    

Leland, MI 49654

231-256-9152

lelandlibrary.org

From: michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org] On Behalf Of Stacy Pasche
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2015 9:56 AM
To: michlib-l@mail2.mcls.org
Subject: [Michlib-l] iPad for beginners

We hope to be offering an iPad for beginners class this winter. I am wondering if anyone who has taught this before would be willing to share their instructional outline/class materials. Hate to reinvent the wheel.

Thanks!

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Stacy Pasche,
Assistant Library Director

"Sometimes it's fun to do the impossible." -Walt Disney