ColvenComp1PGA

Teaching people to do certain activities is sometimes a challenge and you need to adjust your teaching habits. You also need to address the fact that your audience could respond differently to your teaching methods, you must utilize different types of genres to get your point across, and you need to establish a clear purpose. When I was teaching my mother how to configure the dvd player so she could watch a movie, I quickly realized that i could not simply tell her how to do it. She doesn't understand what I mean if I tell her to press the input button the remote control, so i have to show her exactly what button to press and how many times to press it untill it is on the correct input. I realized that my audience (my mother) was not very familiar with the technology so I had to alter my method. The purpose of the whole thing was obiously to teach her how to work the new technology so she wouldnt wake me up at 8:30 am on a Saturday ever again. When we researched healthy foods and the cheapest meal to get, we used a certain genre to address the class in a manner that they would understand. We made it look like it was a menu and explained what the nutritional facts were and how to cook it.