> 2009/7/31 MÁTÉ Gergely <[email protected]>: > > Just found this: > > http://linux.com/learn/tutorials/31384-school-is-out-impress-is-in > > > > By the way I think that teaching people to save files in restricted > > formats is a bad thing in terms of marketing, as it virally markets > > those formats. > > > > Regards, > > Gergely > > Agreed. > But if work environment are hostile to technology, schools are even > more ruthless.
In fact, schools do not *teach* students anything in the IT area. Rather, they *train* them to use specific software on specific hardware. I remember a friend learning word-processing - rather than teaching the principles of formatting, and making the students *think* about what they wanted to do, the entire format of all lessons revolved around teaching them "Put your cursor here, select the <menu> and then select <menu_item>...". never any references to either toolbar icons or keyboard shortcuts. Such a procedure is not, by any stretch of the imagination (or the language) "teaching". It is pure and simple "training". ( I occasionally tutor seniors on computer subjects. My entire focus is on "Think what you want to do", "Read the screens" and "There is a keyboard shortcut for almost everything". Even though most are taught on MSO, I'll guarantee that my students will have little problem changing from Office XP to Office 2008 or to OO.o, unlike most students or workers.) -- Alex Fisher Co-Lead, CD-ROM Project OpenOffice.org Marketing Community Contact Australia/New Zealand http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
