On Mon, 2016-04-25 at 10:10 +0800, Tony Anderson wrote: > Hi, Sam > > Your experience matches mine with 'homeview' (see > http://www.projectbernie.org - class page).
I think 'homeview' is a magnificent piece of work. > I attempted to guide > learners in the use of > several activities with a slide show featuring a screen shot on each > slide. One example is Paint. I quickly found that the slides needed a > 'hook', a way to grab attention to keep the learner moving to the next > slide (slides move with right/left arrow). I started with a screen shot > of the first screen - a blank screen with no image! > > On Youtube, there are many videos showing a user working through a > scenario with an application. I find them difficult because the user > moves too fast to follow. > Agreed, and almost always, one wants to go back and forth as the idea gels, so slides or hints are better than videos. > Your suggestion of a walk-through on the XO with the user moving and > clicking based on 'hints' on the screen seems very workable. However, I > could see some learners becoming impatient and wanting to explore on > their own. ... but that's how one uses a well written guide, you pick up what you need quickly, then get on :) Iain > > So far, the only thing that has worked is a workshop where I personally > walk the teachers through the steps to perform a specific task (e.g. > connect to the schoolserver). This usually involves walking through the > group with an XO saying 'your screen should look like this'. > > Tony > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep