Tech Club 11/1

This week was the last week for the 1st cohort, so we kind of collaborated together.  We tried to have the kids type stories about their Halloween on Microsoft Word.  There was quite a range of abilities in the club so while some were able to type up a little story others needed a lot of assistance and focused more on short phrases or single words.  I helped some of these kids, I would ask them a question, such as what their costume was, and have them type it for me.  Sometimes we would chat back and forth so I could have them read what I was writing.  It was interesting to me to see how some of the kids who were so good at playing games online struggled greatly to type and spell.  It made me think that some more typing and spelling kind of activities would be very helpful to them.  They did, however, seem pretty uninterested in the activity, I even had to send one of them back to the gym who refused to participate and wanted only to play games, so we are definitely going to need to try to spice it up a little bit and make it more engaging and structured.