Today was my last day with Elodia. It was sad for me! I have really enjoyed talking with and teaching Elodia. She got to our lesson half an hour late, because of parking. We did, however, learn a lot. I showed Elodia the magic of Google! She knew about the internet and search engines from our first session. This session, she got on the computer, logged on, and immediately clicked the “e” icon for internet explorer. I was so happy to see her just hop right on and know exactly what she was doing. I then gave her the http://www.google.com/ address and she typed it into the URL bar at the top of the screen. I then taught her how she could type in anything into the Google search bar and find anything she wants. The first thing we typed in, though, was Northface, because I remembered from one of our previous conversations that she said she wanted to buy her daughter a Northface jacket for her birthday. So I suggested we type that in, she did, and the Northface homepage came up. We clicked around and looked at some of the jackets. She then asked how she would actually buy it, and so I said we could hypothetically shop right now! We clicked a jacket and selected the quantity, size, and color. I then showed her the “Add to Cart” button. We added the jacket to her hypothetical cart. She liked how it was like an online grocery store. I then told her she would have to “Proceed to Checkout.” The Northface website, however, requires you to have an account set up for you to buy items on their site. I was unaware of this, but it cropped up an interesting issue because an account for Elodia would require her e-mail address. So I asked, “Do you have an e-mail account?” She said no, but I had a nagging suspicion that she had a TCU e-mail. So I went to the mail.tcu.edu site and asked her to type in her normal username and password that we had used on my.tcu.edu. Well, Elodia DID have an e-mail and because she didn’t know about it, she had 360 e-mails!!! We both laughed and I explained that because she had never checked it, these were a lot of old, mass university e-mails. So I showed her what her exact e-mail address is so she could write it down and use it for future things that she wants to do, like the Northface account, and Wellsfargo online banking accounts.
I also showed her how to create a new e-mail, go to the TCU global address book and find people’s e-mail at TCU, and send them e-mails! We sent one to me and I showed her right then how when I log on, there’s her e-mail! Elodia was excited and thought that this was extremely resourceful. I hadn’t really thought about how amazing e-mail is, just because I have become so used to using it constantly without even thinking! I showed her around some more websites, but we did not have a lot of time to explore because of our late start. It was a great last session, though. I was pleased that we got to meddle with the computer one last time, so that Elodia can start using these wonderful online resources. So many people, including myself, forget what an incredible things the internet and e-mail are because we have such easy access to them and are so used to using them. Needless to say, it was a great last insight into the different cultural world Elodia lives in. Her grandbaby, Joseph, is doing well. Her daughter had to have a C-section so she is still in bed and sore. I live in Fort Worth, so I told Elodia if she wanted to continue her tutoring over the summer she could, or relax over the summer, either one! I know I would be completely fine continuing because I have really enjoyed talking to her. She told me to call her after finals and she would let me know whether she wants to take the summer off or do a few sessions. Either way, Elodia has learned so much and I'm very proud of her for all her hard work. My experiences with Elodia have definitely been life lessons and I am glad that I got to work with her.
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