Hi brian.z123, Monday, March 12, 2007, 7:06:55 AM, you wrote:
bz> To the teachers. bz> I believe that in spite of Gigabytes of support over the bz> years,explaining itself is Ami's weakest link, so I appreciate your bz> efforts to get it out there. bz> Some feedback for you. bz> Despite the fact that video, audio etc is fashionable I personally am bz> not a fan of it as a teaching medium. However, from a teaching effectiveness standpoint, it is not what the teacher prefers, but what works for the student. Teacher preferences are irrelevant unless they can be proven effective via student outcomes. Some learn best from visual stimulation, others from audio, even others, via tactile. Some, in fact, need an assorted combination. But one size does not fit all. This much we have come to understand. bz> I still like a book as I can read it in bed or in another environment bz> other than my office. bz> For electronic teaching I prefer PDF, a space efficient book. bz> A picture is worth a thousand words and PDF is the perfect blend of bz> pictures and words all in an electronically portable format. You have described, perfectly, what works best for you. However what works best for you will not necessarily work best for others. I'm going to go out on a limb and hypothesize that you already knew as much. ^_^ Teachers' personal teaching preferences, therefore, are absolutely unreliable as guides to effective teaching methodology. Student outcomes rule! I'll take on all comers here, thank you. The queue forms behind Brianz123. Yuki
