Storytelling for adult education 

 Paola Romano 

 Challenge & Selection I 

 I work as leader of an information technology team , training adults . I have a team of young instructors who are very technologically skilled . On many occasions , I have used storytelling as a way of bringing technology to be used during the day - to - day life of our students , who must use it in their daily professional work . 

 Many of our students are employees in large companies with middle and senior management positions , who are dealing with the way they work through new technological platforms . 

 When it is working with young teachers and students are sometimes twice their ages , students feel fear of learning new technologies , the use of storytelling facilitates the creation of bonds of trust and empathy . 

 Application 

 With groups of older students , small groups , usually they do not want to participate or ask questions about the use of Google Workspace applications , for example , I tell the story of a manager of a company in which we carry out a training plan for the use of these technological tools . 

 The manager was an older man from middle management who in the class on using Workspace showed a negative position regarding the use of these ofﬁce applications , did not perform the exercises and was always on the defensive . 

 After the group training , he approached the trainers ' room and he asked for help to explain the basic concepts of using Workspace . I spoke to him and noticed that his fear was being vulnerable to other managers if he asked questions . In his words , being the oldest in the company , he was a benchmark for others and because he was the oldest , technology was not his strong point . 

 In order to achieve empathy and the adults decrease his fears about learning , the use of a new technology , I told him my own story : A person with whom for 20 years I had handled different ofﬁce automation applications and 4 years ago when he entered the start up where he worked They gave me a couple of hours of training and told me " well for tomorrow we need you to build a presentation but it ca n't be in powerpoint , you must use Google slides , if you have any questions look for the answers on the internet or ask your colleagues " . At ﬁrst I had a lot of fears about whether I would be able to learn as fast as the rest of the people in the ofﬁce ( largely millennials ) . Over time I have discovered that it is worth making a 

 mistake at the beginning , asking others and using self - learning resources to adapt to the use of new technologies . 

 Being open minded to learn keeps us encouraged in organizations and a leader who is capable of learning and accompanying the learning of the people in his charge is highly appreciated by his work team . 

 With this story I managed to calm down this manager and agree that one of the young coaches will explain the basics of using Workspace to answer his questions . 

 As time went by , this manager became enthusiastic about collaborative work with Workspace and even took his colleagues to the teachers ' lounge and encouraged them to seek the answers to their questions about the technology platform . 

 Insight & Approach 

 With the use of stories like these , my team 's coaches and I have made several advances in training on the utilization of information technology in organizations , including : 

 ● Breaking down the resistance to change produced by the use of 

 technology among old people . 

 ● Establish a climate of openness and empathy for the questions of those attending the training sessions . 

 ● Show with examples how we can all work on our self - learning . 

 ● Change the perspective of error in learning as an opportunity to advance knowledge . 

 In summary , the use of a tool such as Storytelling has facilitated the work of trainers and has allowed an easier approach to technology by our students . 

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EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: Paola Romano
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Storytelling for adult education 

 Paola Romano 

 Challenge & Selection I 

 I work as leader of an information technology team , training adults . I have a team of young instructors who are very technologically skilled . On many occasions , I have used storytelling as a way of bringing technology to be used during the day - to - day life of our students , who must use it in their daily professional work . 

 Many of our students are employees in large companies with middle and senior management positions , who are dealing with the way they work through new technological platforms . 

 When it is working with young teachers and students are sometimes twice their ages , students feel fear of learning new technologies , the use of storytelling facilitates the creation of bonds of trust and empathy . 

 Application 

 With groups of older students , small groups , usually they do not want to participate or ask questions about the use of Google Workspace applications , for example , I tell the story of a manager of a company in which we carry out a training plan for the use of these technological tools . 

 The manager was an older man from middle management who in the class on using Workspace showed a negative position regarding the use of these ofﬁce applications , did not perform the exercises and was always on the defensive . 

 After the group training , he approached the trainers ' room and he asked for help to explain the basic concepts of using Workspace . I spoke to him and noticed that his fear was being vulnerable to other managers if he asked questions . In his words , being the oldest in the company , he was a benchmark for others and because he was the oldest , technology was not his strong point . 

 In order to achieve empathy and the adults decrease his fears about learning , the use of a new technology , I told him my own story : A person with whom for 20 years I had handled different ofﬁce automation applications and 4 years ago when he entered the start up where he worked They gave me a couple of hours of training and told me " well for tomorrow we need you to build a presentation but it ca n't be in powerpoint , you must use Google slides , if you have any questions look for the answers on the internet or ask your colleagues " . At ﬁrst I had a lot of fears about whether I would be able to learn as fast as the rest of the people in the ofﬁce ( largely millennials ) . Over time I have discovered that it is worth making a 

 mistake at the beginning , asking others and using self - learning resources to adapt to the use of new technologies . 

 Being open minded to learn keeps us encouraged in organizations and a leader who is capable of learning and accompanying the learning of the people in his charge is highly appreciated by his work team . 

 With this story I managed to calm down this manager and agree that one of the young coaches will explain the basics of using Workspace to answer his questions . 

 As time went by , this manager became enthusiastic about collaborative work with Workspace and even took his colleagues to the teachers ' lounge and encouraged them to seek the answers to their questions about the technology platform . 

 Insight & Approach 

 With the use of stories like these , my team 's coaches and I have made several advances in training on the utilization of information technology in organizations , including : 

 ● Breaking down the resistance to change produced by the use of 

 technology among old people . 

 ● Establish a climate of openness and empathy for the questions of those attending the training sessions . 

 ● Show with examples how we can all work on our self - learning . 

 ● Change the perspective of error in learning as an opportunity to advance knowledge . 

 In summary , the use of a tool such as Storytelling has facilitated the work of trainers and has allowed an easier approach to technology by our students . 

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### Output: 