Service Learning Reflection 3

Several months ago, I wrote my Service Learning plan and objectives. My aims were

clearly stated and I believe my ideas very solid. My plan was to spend fifteen hours with my

grandmother, teaching her how to use an Ipad. While she has had this piece of technology for a

couple of years, I wanted to broaden her horizons. I had several facets of this device that I

wanted to show my grandma, or at least increase her knowledge and competence of the particular

area. I believe my vision ended up being successful and my grandmother really grasped these

topics. It is certainly safe to say that the two of us had a great time with this assigment. I ended

up doing seven sessions, all ranging from an hour to three hours max.

The first session was a two hour introductory session, going over some very basic

functions with the Ipad. I showed my grandmother how to use the internet, basically. I showed

my grandma how to use safari and search things. My grandmother learned she can practically

type in anything she wanted on google and tons of things would come up. From just looking up a

fact/information or people, places, and things my grandmother was amused at all the information

available at our fingertips. The main website I showed her was Youtube, my personal favorite

website on the internet. This certainly was not the last of the site as it has many functions. In this

section, I showed grandma what she could find on Youtube and how to find it. In short, anything

you want to find, be it music, movie clips, tutorial videos, highlights, talk show hosts, and

recapping or uploading of events is on there. I also showed her e-mail, which she never really

used. I set her up with a g-mail account and she successfully sent me an e-mail, which

exemplified how she grasped my instruction.

The second session was the beginning of the App store, spanning an hour. I showed

grandma how to purchase apps and then play them on her device. She is and has always been a
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juge jeopardy fan. Interestingly, there is actually a jeopardy game on the Ipad. I versed her in

jeopardy and got demolished! This was easily one of the best lessons because it was fun. Even

now that this course is over, I am still looking to do this again.

The third session was the App store continued, lasting for two hours. Since applications

are such a vital part of these devices, we played more games. We played a word game and True/

False. My grandmother loves crossword puzzles and has great knowledge of facts so it was a

perfect lesson, once again. These games were not against one another, thankfully! My grandma

showed her incredible knowledge in these games. She will definitely draw a lot from this part of

the plan, as she will probabaly play these games in her spare time.

The fourth session was was the music lesson. This lesson went for two hours. In this part

of the program, I showed my grandma different ways to access and listen to music. I showed her

Apple Music, Spotify, Sound Cloud, Pandora, and Youtube. In fact, I actually helped her set up a

Spotify. She showed her understanding by going back to the app and playing music. We listened

to music together, some great old classics like Billy Joel and the Rolling Stones, as examples.

For Youtube, I showed her she could type in any song and listen to it on this website. Grandma

once again passed with flying colors and showed me how to access Youtube, like before.

The fifth session was the midterm assessent, which took two hours. Of course this scared

my grandmother, but it went really well. This was basically a session to go over and test her

comprehension of everything we had done less far. Again, my grandmother passed with flying

colors. She would show me her e-mail and open and read a paper I sent her, go onto Youtube and

show me a video, go to her Spotify account, play a game with me in the App store, and she

exhibit her ability to do a basic google search.

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The sixth session was a very long one and we covered a great deal of ground in four

hours. With this said, it was fun and the time flew by. I taught my grandmother how to watch

movies on the Ipad, how to read books, shop online, and showed her social media. For movies, I

had her download the Netflix app and showed her what it had to offer. Also, I had her type in a

few movie wesbites like Starz and HBO in Safari. Once again, I had her use Youtube, which she

now knows like the back of her hand. On Yotuube, she learned sometimes you can purchase

movies to watch, view movie trailers, and watch movie clips that have been uploaded. By

illustrating all these apps and sites, she certainly has some good options to watch some sort of tv

on her Ipad. After that, we did reading on the device. This was also multi-faceted. My

grandmother learned how to read with the Ibooks appn, purchase books online, and how to look

for books that maybe had online text. With little assistance, she was bale to go back and do this.

To end the course, my grandma was finally exposed to social media. I exposed her to the three

major social media platforms: Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. I illustrated how they each

worked and what exactly was on them. In addition, I had her view my profiles, along with those

of famous people to get a gage of what these forums are like. While I did not have her create one,

she exhibited how to look these up and scroll through them.

To conclude the curriculum, I gave my grandmother a final. Like the midterm, I tested

her on what she had learned from that point on. I should add she was very studious and took

notes on how to operate her Ipad. Needless to say, I allowed the test to be open note. For the final

time, she demonstrated her ability to use her Ipad, accessing books, online shopping like Ebay

and Amazon, movies, and social media platforms. We really had a great time with this and

enjoyed it. This assignment goes with the ISTE Standard of Computational Thinker. She was
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able to develop and employ strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that

leverage the power of technology. She used the Ipad and had to use her mind and new-found

knowledge to operate it. Nevertheless, that was my Service Learning Plan.