Digital Storytelling - An Exciting Opportunity for Tutors

Hello Tutors

It was great to see so many of you at the Tutor Thank You Lunch. I hope you enjoyed it.

Anyhow, something new coming up. We applied for and got a New Horizons Grant for Seniors. We are going to be teaching digital storytelling to seniors.

Never heard of it? Well here is how it works. We are going to do this three time in the year before the end of next March.

Seniors sign up with us to create a digital story. That is a short little story that goes on the computer. It has a storyline and is read by the senior and accompanied by images and music. These are great little memoirs.  Here is an example of one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEoTKxr9EyY


The first opportunity to volunteer in this program starts in May. We want tutors who are comfortable with the computer. The job is to sit beside the senior as he or she works on their digital story and help them with basic computer skills.

May 10 we have a general introduction for everyone learners and tutors.

Then in May the seniors go off and learn how to write a script for their memoirs.

Then we need the volunteers back in June, June 7, 14, 21 and 28 Saturday mornings to help the seniors. In each of these sessions we will have a teacher to teach the whole group and we need a computer tutor for each learner. You would be in more of a supporting role with the learner.

If you want to know more about this opportunity please contact me at call@prepsociety.org

It will be a fun and exciting project and you will learn about how to make digital stories (something you might choose to do for yourself in the future)

Thanks

Upcoming Training Opportunities for Tutors

Hello Tutors

We have a bunch of new tutors this year and we still have many of our old favourites doing good work out there.

We are trying to build a "community of tutors" and so offer a shorter basic training now and more follow up opportunities.

Please think about sparing a couple of hours (or sometimes just an hour) to get together with other tutors to pick up a new skill to add to your skill bag.

Here is what is coming up:

April 16th - In and Out in One Hour at the Learning Centre above the Bank of Montreal on Marine Ave. noon to 1 pm. Topic: Never Fail Writing Method.

April 24th - Behind the Scenes at the Public Library. Learn how the library can become your learner's best friend. Library 6:30 pm.

May 21 - In and Out in One Hour at the Learning Centre above the Bank of Montreal on Marine Ave. noon to 1 pm. Topic : Using Graphic Novels in Reading and Writing Tutoring.

Please do come to some or all of these. Please RSVP to call@prepsociety.org if you can come. Hope to see you there.

Deb