1.     Thou art thy student’s guide, his or her facilitator
• Students learn because of your ability to motivate, not because of your technical knowledge
• "What if I don’t know something?
  • Research it and teach your students likewise to be resourceful
• What if my students know something I don’t?"
  • Give credit to the student’s "feature enhancement."
2.     Thou shall know thy student’s needs and teach accordingly.
• Mr. Businessman needs to press a button, Miss Suzie Q. Tech needs to know CMOS and IRQs, John Knowsitall needs to be pressed for backups, and 100 wpm Theresa needs keyboard short-cuts
• You needn’t be concerned about a student’s ability or disability. You are not an expert in behavior, and your impact may or not change a student’s innate ability
3.      Let thee count thy ways
• Computer vocabulary
• Symbols
• Following steps
• Menus vs. Iconic vs. Keyboard
4.      Thy fingers shall never leave thy hands
• It’s not what you know, it’s how you deliver
• Show and tell is okay, but must be reinforced by putting the student in the driver seat.
• Students need time to practice! practice! practice!
5.     Thy students shall demonstrate what they know not by silence or a nod

• Never ask someone if they know something. Ask them to show you what they know.
• "What if my student ‘draws a blank’ or asks "what do I do now?"
• Respond with gentle prod of "Not tellin’" or give a hint, but LET STUDENTS MAKE MISTAKES

6.     Thou shall have no other representation before thee.

   • You are NOT teaching Microsoft anything, just as you do not teach Barnes and Nobles English or Dolciani math
   • Concepts are concepts, and they are not copyrightable.

7. .    Shalt thou use materials, schmaterials?
• Books with easy, visual, or simplified in the title are good for beginners; exercise books are good for intermediates; and thick books are good for you know who. With some exceptions, I don’t recommend the Dummies books for beginner’s – too much reading and too many in jokes.
• In my experience, it’s difficult to teach computers while a student is reading the book; books are good reinforcers
8. I.    Shalt thou use Help or not use Help?

9.     Thou shall note it!
• Older people have forgotten how to take notes and younger students never learned how to in the first place
• Encourage note-taking; have students write their notes on the computer; you write the notes (See IV).
• Low tech audio tapes, screen shots, Lotus’ Screen Ca

      X.     Thou shall teach how to collaborate... but that is whole other set of commandments.