Goals of the Cornerstone Technology Ministry (CTM):

• Teach computer and technology literacy courses to South Dallas inner city residents living in the community around Cornerstone Baptist Church
• Give our best effort at writing and instructing professional high quality courses, that are also encouraging and fully-understandable by the students
• Translate all student course books from English to Spanish, so we can also mentor and teach courses to Spanish-speaking students
• Have general-use times in the Computer Center where we can mentor students individually
• Distribute used Bibles and Christian books to students, and maintain a library of technical books
• Maintain the computer equipment for the entire Cornerstone Care Center
• Eventually start one or more money-making businesses such as web page design, with work done by students
• Reach people for Christ through our God-given technology skills
• Surround and saturate everything we do with prayer

The ministry is designed to give the students numerous reasons to spend time in the Computer Center. The more time we spend with each student, the better we get to know each other, the more we can uniquely and individually service them, the more they will recognize God's love for them in us, and the more God will use us to show them the path to Him.

Section 3 in the instructor course book describes the suggested topics for the instructor to cover during the course, including the time for each. Section 3 in the student course book has the text: "Instructor use only".

Some guidelines:

• Start each session with 5 minutes for student sign-in and welcome.
• Have reviews of the subject matter for each major topic.
• Open and close each session with a short prayer led by the instructor.
• Have a 5 minute spiritual devotional at the beginning of each session.
• Have a 10 minute break after 1 hour.
• At the end of session 2, have each student fill out an evaluation form and turn into the instructor, and give the exams to the students (they will work on them outside of class then turn them in during open computer use times).
• Start, break, and end at exact times.

Section 4 in instructor course book is offered as a resource to the instructor. Section 4 in the student course book has the text: "Instructor use only".

Some guidelines:

• The goal is for the instructor to integrate their personal faith into the course and to witness naturally through their own personality.
• A unique spiritual devotional should be written for each course and put in this section.
• The material on spiritual growth, evangelism and basic Christian questions should be in every instructor course book as reference.

This is the teaching material and starts at section 5 and contains multiple sections. This is in both the instructor and student course books.

Some guidelines:

• During class, do interactive teaching, have students fill in blanks to review the material, have students practice on the computer, have students get up and observe and touch instructional materials, etc.
• Encourage students to ask any questions at any time.

• Pray about everything!
• Write all course books in MSWord, Arial font, 12 point text.
• Include a table of contents and header and footer in all course books.
• Have the same front cover design for all course books.
• Have a separate instructor book and student book.
• Keep refining the course books until we get them right.
• Instructor can expand on the spiritual and technical instruction with their own comments.
• Instructor should show up early to prep the classroom.
• The ministry web site will contain the class schedule and room assignments.
• The instructor will provide snacks and drinks for their own students. Coffee pot, cups, water and ice provided by Cornerstone.
• The instructor may choose to give spiritual and/or technical materials to their students if they wish.
• General room setup: white board at front with markers and eraser (provided by Cornerstone), each student at a PC.
• The primary training for teachers is to assist teach a class.
• Instructor normally agree to teach both sessions of a course on 2 consecutive weeks.
• Course books will be copied and stocked in the Care Center prior to a class.
• Instructor should give suggested changes to the author of the course book.
• Course books will be kept in the Care Center between sessions.
• Instructor takes roll at beginning of each session and turns it into Gary, Phyliss, or a Computer Center Supervisor.