Today marks another important moment in AMIGOS/Suchilquitongo history because we finally held some successful and interactive computer classes for kids! Sure, we had started earlier this week, but today all 6 of our computers were filled and we started seeing real progress!Some of the kids probably had never touched a computer more than once or twice in their life. Two of them had never seen the internet nor typed anything in Microsoft Word. And there, 30 minutes later, they´re searching Google for pictures, copying and pasting into Word, and even arguing about the best way to format WordArt.
They still need help typing and most of them probably missed the day of class when they learned about punctuation. But progress is progress and they are still very young - 8 to 12 years old. Who knows what a little bit of practice making greeting cards in Word will do for the future of a kid.
I believe it and will continue to believe it: technology makes things move forward and changes the world - for the better I hope. Hope you enjoy the very "AMIGOS-style" picture of me working with the students.
Until next time, best wishes,
Apoorva
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