I agree that: 1) Our current follow-up procedure is nil. 2) It is important
What about this idea: Extend the last class to 2 hours. The graduation class lasts 2 hours anyway. Parents will show up 90 minutes into class to pickup their kids. In the first hour, we hand out e-mail addresses, and get kids acquainted with e-mail basics. In the last 1/2 hour, we go through computer setup. Kids are good enough with that to get through it in 1/2 hour. For the last 1/2 hour, parents should be present. We give them a rundown about Internet security, etc. and how they should try to watch what they do, etc. As a demo, any one of us can login to their own e-mail accounts and show e-mails marked as SPAM, just to show what kind of crud is out there on the Net. We then give parents a pitch about the "tune up" that Teresa suggested. We also give parents a pitch about enrolling their kids in the workshop. Then, we go through the graduation pictures, etc, and parents can stand in on the pictures. This is a stretch, but I'd like to hear some ideas. --Nate
