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Some people manage to close theirs as well! kudos!the earlier in the diving career a student can turn their brain off the better!
kudos!
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Some people manage to close theirs as well! kudos!the earlier in the diving career a student can turn their brain off the better!
kudos!
Unless everyone in the class had the same computer, I would find it problematic to show them how to use their computers in class. Very confusing for them and me...
Seems that using the computer can be learned by reading the manual...if you already have been trained in the basic theory and terminology.
a study guide called How to Use and Choose Dive Computers, ...a training tool that gives student divers computer-assisted diving guidelines and information to check before each dive. This information applies generically to dive computers, keeping it current and relevant, even when new computers become available.
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Student divers ...should be prepared to show they understand how to plan and execute a dive with their computer. Verify their knowledge by having them complete a modified Chapter 4 and 5 Knowledge Review, and take a modified Quiz 4 and Final Exam that has dive-computer function and use questions in place of RDP questions.
For practical application, have students show you they can use their computer's dive planning function to find the allowable dive time for a range of dive depths. And, after a dive, have them show you they can use their computer to recall the dive depth and time for logging and planning subsequent dives.
Another great learning tool is the new PADI Dive Computer Simulator. This application will allow your student divers to watch how a generic dive computer behaves as they (or you in a class presentation) run it through virtual computer dives with various depths and bottom times.
.......Another great learning tool is the new PADI Dive Computer Simulator. This application will allow your student divers to watch how a generic dive computer behaves as they (or you in a class presentation) run it through virtual computer dives with various depths and bottom times......
Why teaching students using a non existing (generic) dive computer instead of teaching them with an existing (specific) one?
Alberto
The table has been updated!Thanks!Just to add to the requirements. SEI requires students to have as a minimum: submersible pressure gauge, timing device, depth gauge
Good, I further reduce task loading with the use of a PDC.As I posted previously I really would like my students to get comfortable with the tables and stay very conservative while working on things like buoyancy, trim, and gas management.
Sounds like they didn't get good training, huh? That's probably the best argument for teaching PDCs I have read! If not exclusively, then at least in conjunction with tables.There is no need for them to have a device that many seem to follow blindly and push the NDL's by diving it right into the yellow.
Too bad they weren't trained! It sounds like they have bought the lie that you don't need to think to use a PDC. It's far more than learning which buttons to push for a particular function. No, it's not hard but why do we allow this to be a function of sheer chance?I have seen a number of threads talking about this and some who quite clearly have no idea how to use the computer they have.
See how pervasive this inability to USE the PDC as a tool is? Granted, PDCs allow you not to think about TABLES, but they do not allow you to turn your brain off completely as some would portray it. That's just a myth that would have evaporated with proper training. In fact, a lot of these myths about PDCs have been able to take hold MOSTLY because instructors refuse to teach them, or are just afraid of the technology. Just think about how many myths you deal with when you teach NitrOx. Training is not just a good idea, it's essential to using your gear in a safe and competent manner. You wouldn't ask a student to use tables without training, so what is the difference with PDCs?I guess it comes down to a statement that was in a recent issue of sport diver in which the editor stated that he loves dive computers. Becasue he does not have to think! I do not want to dive with non thinking divers and I advise my students to stay away from them as well.
That's probably the best argument for teaching PDCs I have read! If not exclusively, then at least in conjunction with tables.