In any beginning inservice I give to the teachers, I first teach the fundamentals of the menu system of an office suite. For example what File, Edit, Format, etc. means.
On 7/23/05, Peter Kupfer OOo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ian Lynch wrote: > > On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 11:16 -0500, Peter Kupfer OOo wrote: > > > >>Ian Lynch wrote: > >> > >>>On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 10:14 +0800, Jacqueline McNally wrote: > >> > >>>> 8.. Digital Cameras > >>> > >>>Objects, not skills. > >> > >>Would you prefer "Taking pictures with a digital camera and exporting > >>them to a computer."? > > > > > > The point is not so much analysing the skills set to the last detail but > > deciding which skills are the most fundamentally important and ensuring > > they are consistently developed so that the learner can transfer to new > > situations. If you understand files and data transfer say between discs, > > USB keys etc, its unlikely that you would have a problem using a digital > > camera and getting the files to a computer for editing or printing. > > > > This is why teaching word processing is better than teaching Word or > > Writer or Wordperfect. > > I agree with you. > > Having said that, most people don't get that digital cameras, MP3 > players, and USB keys are all really the same thing. If I am training > teachers, I guess in the short term I would just be concerned with > training them with skills they need as /most/ of them probably don't > care about the big picture. (I say this from trying to explain this > things to my "elder" colleagues.) > > If I was teaching kids or a computer class to people who signed up for a > computer class, I would agree with you. I think in the context of the > short and narrow it might be okay as part of the list. > > I guess this raises a question. If you are doing staff development in a > school on technology. Should you try to teach universal skills or should > you teach just job specific skills. The later would be much quick and > therefore more economical & efficient, but you lose a true > understanding. I would imagine the answer will change over time as the > audience in school teachers changes. When my generation (as a 25 year > old I don't know what my generation is called) is the older part of the > teachers, then maybe people will be less resistant to new technologies, > unless that is always going to be true. > > -- > Peter Kupfer -- Using OOo since 'OO4 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Want to help? http://www.oooauthors.org > For OOo tips: http://openoffice.peschtra.com/ooo_tips_tricks.html > To order OOo: http://openoffice.peschtra.com/distro/ooo_distro.html > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Adam Moore Community Volunteer OOo blog: AdamMooreOOo.blogspot.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
