Learning "Digital Skills for the Workplace" sessions. These are in person workshops in Rochdale, sponsored by RBH and New Pioneers and delivered by No Worries IT Ltd

1. Do you think computers
are intelligent?
Is it artificial, or intelligent?
What’s Inside The Box?
It’s magic, or witchcraft! Or is it?
How do I perceive
Technology
Is it mysterious and scary, or just a
series of tools?.
The Mechanical Turk
A Victorian Chess playing robot in
1800s..

2. The Mechanical Turk
Automaton Chess Player was a fake chess-playing machine constructed in the late 18th century.
It was good at
chess
It seemed to nearly always
win.
A
B
C
It inspired Sci-Fi
It was so eerie it inspired
lots of dystopian science
fiction books.
What is “fake?”
There was a man in the
box underneath, operating
The Turk and taking
instruction.. (like Deeper
Blue)

3. There’s Always A Trick
There was a human in the box!!!
Human’s Learn
Cool Tricks.
A trick is a shortcut to get
to a desired outcome.
A
B
C
All Apps Are
Human
AI isn’t A or I, it’s another
trick/toolset made by man
(genus)
Tricks/Tools help
us achieve
desired outcomes
quicker.
Less work, less error, faster
development.

4. We Are Not Lumbering Robots.
Humans beat machines in the Turing Test, “always!”
The most powerful
computer in the World!
Your Brain in the most powerful
computer in the World!.
Our cooperation ramps
that power exponentially.
The hive mind has solved nearly every
problem known to Man. *and created
some.
Learn and Share!
Learning in pairs, groups consolidates
our understanding.

5. How Is Any Of This Going To Benefit Me?
It’s Only The Tools We Use That Directly Benefit Us, Right Her and Right Now, That Build Solid Neural Pathways.
The More
Pathways The
Better!
The more ways we can
achieve something, the
more embedded that
process is.
Fire Together,
Wire Together!
Neurons that fire together
wire together is true..
Change How You
Think.
Panic and fear engage
amygdala, flight/fight. Not
good for problem solving.

6. Flow
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

7. Connections
Neural And Communal
Process
Think of a way of doing
something.
Participation Time
Share
Ask someone else, for
different way to do same
thing, and make a
connection.

8. Building Bridges
More memories, more connections, more knowledge!
Discourse.
Sharing, discussing ideas is the
best way to build understanding..
Document
Writing things down engages
different parts of the brain..
Refactor
How can we make it better?
Continuous improvement
/integration..

9. A B C D
Budgeting
Track spending, or set
budgets.
Nutrition
Track macros, keep a food
diary..
Time Tracking
How am I actually
spending my time..
Projects
Create a burndown, or
gantt chart.
Let’s Look At How Spreadsheets Can Help Us
Right here, right now!

10. Create a Google Account
If you’ve not got one, get one for these exercises.
drive.google.com
sign in/create account
New -> Form
Create a new Google Form
Title it and give it a
description.
Titles make documents easier to find,
and descriptions help recollect why
we created it..

11. Add Questions To Your Form.
We’ll discuss the options, etc.
Input Methods
Text, arrays, sliders, grids, timestamps,
etc.
Responses Tab
Click The Sheets Icon to create a
spreadsheet.
Click the eyeball to
preview, and submit
responses.
Fill in some sample data points.

12. Share It As An App On Your Phone.
Make it an actual tool that will benefit you daily.
Click The Send Button.
Email the link to yourself..
Open Link Woth Chrome
From Menu -> Add to
Home Screen
Open Link With Safari
From Menu -> Add to
Home Screen
A i

13. Spreadsheet Logic
There are basic maths functions, all
the way upto high level data analysis.
Pivot Tables
Quickly select data ranges and
display them to highlight
observations.
We Now Have Practical Real World Data
We can manipulate/pivot/display our raw data in many ways.

14. Create Your Own Project
It can be real, or made up, but create
a form/sheet, and display graphs,
etc.
Work with someone else.
Choose someone to work with to
share your project, and visa versa.
Document it (Diary)
What are the limitations
of spreadsheets?
Think about the limitations of
spreadsheets (research)
Homework
Oh yes, homework, create a Google Form app, and display data that you can show to the group.