We all have the occasional awful experience when giving training. Here are mine!
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My worst IT training days #6: The day my website was shut down (updated)
I wonder if there is anything more discombobulating than announcing, with great fanfare, a brilliant resource to a class full of teacher trainees, only to be greeted by a dreadful error message instead?
Read MoreMy worst IT Training Days #5: Whiteboard not working (Updated)
Worthy cogitations about what I might have done to avoid being faced with a non-working whiteboard — and why that situation arose in the first place.
Read MoreMy worst IT training days #4: Too much admin on a course (Updated)
How the admin involved in a course led to its being abandoned by one group of trainers.
Read MoreMy worst IT training days #3: Large-scale training (Updated)
Using an external IT trainer is risky. Here are a few things to insist on to reduce the likelihood of a ruined training day.
Read MoreMy Worst IT Training Days #2: Another Internet Training Day (Updated)
It’s always a good thing to stipulate in advance all the things you need in order to run a training session —including even the most basic and obvious ones….
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Photo by Štefan Štefančík on Unsplash
My worst IT training days #1: Internet training day (Updated)
Here’s the first article in a series about my worst training days — the ones in which I was the trainer I mean! This was first published in 2018, but is still highly relevant.
Read MoreThe scream by Terry Freedman
My worst IT training days -- index
We all have the occasional awful experience when giving training. Here are mine!
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An awful shock, by Terry Freedman
My worst IT training days #6: The day my website was shut down
I wonder if there is anything more discombobulating than announcing, with great fanfare, a brilliant resource to a class full of teacher trainees, only to be greeted by a dreadful error message instead?
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Whiteboard, by Terry Freedman
My worst IT Training Days #5: Whiteboard not working
Worthy cogitations about what I might have done to avoid being faced with a non-working whiteboard — and why that situation arose in the first place.
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admin burden, by Terry Freedman
My worst IT training days #4: Too much admin on a course
How the admin involved in a course led to its being abandoned by one group of trainers.
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Oh no! by Terry Freedman
My worst IT training days #3: Large-scale training
Using an external IT trainer is risky. Here are a few things to insist on to reduce the likelihood of a ruined training day.
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Scream, by Terry Freedman (with apologies to Edvard Munch)
My Worst IT Training Days #2: Another Internet Training Day
It’s always a good thing to stipulate in advance all the things you need in order to run a training session —including even the most basic and obvious ones…
Read MorePhoto by Štefan Štefančík on Unsplash
My worst IT training days #1: Internet training day
Here’s the first article in a new series about my worst training days — the ones in which I was the trainer I mean!
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