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Life Skills Digital Students welcomed a guest speaker, Richard Jones
Life Skills Digital Students welcomed a guest speaker, Richard Jones, to their classes last week.
Richard has been working in IT for the past 30 years, including 12 years with Microsoft.
Students engaged really well with the lesson, raising important points and asking questions about using IT both inside and outside of college.
They also asked Richard about his experiences of working in IT over the years, who he had worked for and collaborated with, and the different countries he had travelled to with work.
Students enjoyed learning more about the following Digital Skills:
• Staying Safe Online and Cybersecurity
• Social Media and tips on how to create strong passwords / passphrases
• Social Engineering (or Social 'Sneaking', as one of our students rather aptly renamed it!)
• Searching the Internet – Using Copilot (AI) and writing a good prompt
• Using AI to create poems and songs, based on topics of interest
• Demonstration of using a Hololens
Here's what some of the students had to say about their lessons:
"I really enjoyed today, Richard did really well and I like the new name social sneaker too, thank you."
"I did learn a lot from it today and I liked hearing about the keeping safe online and the foot prints."
"After the lesson, I checked all my privacy settings on my social media accounts to make sure I stay safe online."
Many thanks to Richard for his time and for a really interesting and enjoyable learning experience for our students.
They also asked Richard about his experiences of working in IT over the years, who he had worked for and collaborated with, and the different countries he had travelled to with work.
Students enjoyed learning more about the following Digital Skills:
• Staying Safe Online and Cybersecurity
• Social Media and tips on how to create strong passwords / passphrases
• Social Engineering (or Social 'Sneaking', as one of our students rather aptly renamed it!)
• Searching the Internet – Using Copilot (AI) and writing a good prompt
• Using AI to create poems and songs, based on topics of interest
• Demonstration of using a Hololens
Here's what some of the students had to say about their lessons:
"I really enjoyed today, Richard did really well and I like the new name social sneaker too, thank you."
"I did learn a lot from it today and I liked hearing about the keeping safe online and the foot prints."
"After the lesson, I checked all my privacy settings on my social media accounts to make sure I stay safe online."
Many thanks to Richard for his time and for a really interesting and enjoyable learning experience for our students.
