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Workflow
Also called an “Outline”, “Check List”, and “Timeline”. This is the one stop shop for viewing what's needed to be done (yeah right) 
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This page will give us a higher-level view of the activities that go into every Earn A Computer class.
The timeline starts at the beginning of an Earn A Computer session.
Plan Classes
- Plan starting date for next class session. Starting date is usually three weeks after graduation class. We have 1 makeup class, with two non-class weeks after that, to reorganize the shop, and make any upgrades/changes to the classroom and future computers.
- Coordinate with the shop, and ensure that enough computers will be available.
- Ask shop if the potential start date will be OK, or if the shop needs a more than a couple of weeks until the next class.
- Determine who will be available to teach.
- Write down the class dates for the new class on the whiteboard in the classroom.
- Put instructor names next to the classes that they are responsible for teaching.
- Optionally, put the class schedule on the Yahoo Shop Calendar.
Enroll Students
- Go through database and print call sheets
- Split up call sheets between volunteers? Doesn't work that well, to be honest.
- Determine what to do with students who dropped out or never attended.
- Call parents, and verify that they'll attend.
- In June/July 2008 class we had 6 or 7 students that dropped out after 1st class, or never attended.
- Ensure that we have enough USB keys for upcoming class.
- We try for $6-$7 USB keys.
- Print Attendance Sheet – It's in student database.
New – Print name tags for students to put on their monitors.
- Get the Email Signup Sheet from student database, and save it on the instructor machine, or print it.
- This is a new procedure that is experimental 2008/08
- Instructor will ask each student what they'd like their username to be when they get their Byteworks email address.
- This can be done preferably in the Intro to Computers class or the Internet Class
- Create e-mail accounts for students!
First class (Intro to Computers)
- When kids come in, verify that names are spelled correctly.
- Ensure that the permission slips are provided. If any parent/student does not have permission slips, see if you can have them fill one out immediately. Permission slips are in the front desk.
- If no permission slips are available, check here:
to print more out.
- After class, correct any spellings in the student database.
- We often have parents bring in extra kids. Any new kids need to be entered in the student database as well.
- E-mail Addresses
- Before games are played, request usernames from the students for the e-mail addresses.
- We should have the spreadsheet or printout available on the instructor's machine from when we enrolled students.
Second Class (Internet)
- The best place to do this is after the first class
Third class (Open Office Writer)
- Check again w/shop to verify that enough computers will be ready. Give the shop an updated list of kids that will be getting computers, because students drop out.
Fourth class (Open Office Impress)
Fifth class (Scratch Programming)
Graduation Class
- Ensure that we have certificates printed
- Ensure that we have E-mail addresses created
- Mentorship Information printouts for students who are interested.
See Also
Workflows from previous classes:
| Children's Earn-A-Computer Program | %2008/%01/%03 %18:%Jan | nate |
| Earn-A-Computer Ideas | %2008/%08/%19 %23:%Aug | nate |
| Ubuntu Survey | %2008/%09/%01 %09:%Sep | nate |
| Workflow | %2008/%08/%09 %10:%Aug | nate |