Analying Learners and Context

Analyzing Learners and the context they bring with them to the classroom is the basis for the first few weeks of school for a classroom teacher. As we get to know our new batch of students, we figure out where they are coming from academically, emotionally and socially. All these bits of information become factors on how we set up our learning situations to be the most effective they can be.
As I wrote up my lesson plan for teaching my first graders computer next week, I realized that my hope for my learners, may not fit what their learning possibility is due to the current situation in the computer lab. Let me explain further. They have been typing "ABC in word" with a program called MAX WRITE. Many of them have completed it and started fussing with the font. I wanted them to print them next week. When we try to print from Max Write, we get a default message. I could take them through the steps to print it through Microsoft word. But I think my first grade learners would get lost in the additional steps. I will wait until our tech guy can fix the problem before I attempt to get those projects typed.