This report about the ECDL course at the ISE language and vocational training center in Amberg was created by the participant Carola Schuralev on March 30, 2010.
Computer course with ECDL, Linux and network technology
The lecturer's first question to us was:: “What is computing?” Of course everyone answered: eelectronic Datenvelaboration. Good start, because that was pretty much the only thing we knew for sure straight away.
We all came to the course with a wide variety of backgrounds and knowledge from the industrial and commercial sectors. But that posed no problems at all. Because our main lecturer, Mr. Max Schobert, was ambitious enough to bring us to a uniform level of knowledge. Which he, together with the other lecturers (Mr. Erwin Aigner and Mr. Josef Gebhardt), succeeded very well. Respect and all our thanks.
So that an outsider can get a rough idea of what was in store for us, I will briefly outline the course content. It consisted of seven modules:
Module 1 Basics of Information Technology
Module 2 Computer Use and File Management
Module 3 Word Processing Word 2007
Module 4 Spreadsheet Excel 2007
Module 5 databases Access 2007
Module 6 presentation PowerPoint 2007
Module 7 Information and Communication Outlook 2007
Exams had to be taken in all of these seven modules.
Finally, we got an insight into the Linux operating system and touched on the area of network technology.
Over the course of the six months, it was exciting to see how “bloody beginners” became real “specialists,” so to speak. In any case, our group was “designed” to help each other in a completely unconventional way. This means that groups formed on their own that supported and motivated each other. That was a nice “we” feeling. Not exactly commonplace and obvious, but we had it.
I would like to pass on two experiences that we have all had:
1. The computer is only as smart as the person sitting in front of it.
2. Errors happen 50 cm in front of the screen.
Now you know that it the abbreviation for eelectronic Daten-vdevelopment is. I personally define it but from now on like this:
EDV – ein dbeing Vhave fun!