Yesterday I had a session with my Photoshop learners. They are a group of adult learners, and the course is community based (though still part of Coleg Gwent).
At the start, I got a learner to sit at the front PC which is attached to the White Board, and we did a recap of the previous session. This rapidly digressed and we covered some really useful, though unplanned, extras. I was conscious of the fact that the learner at the front was unable to take notes as she was controlling the PC which everyone was watching, but then I noticed her taking a quick snap of the screen on her mobile phone.
I asked if she wished to return to her seat, but she said that she was fine because she was taking photos of all the stages and sending them to Evernote.
This then lead to a discussion about the usefulness of Evernote (and similar online resources). I showed my Evernote account to the group - most of which is work related although the first thing that popped up was a recipe for Toad in the Hole which I'd sent from my phone, which caused a chuckle. The students were suitably impressed.
Many of the group were really interested in what such a package could offer them, and it was great to share something which I really think is very useful. Digression is not always a bad thing in lessons!
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