On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 8:54 PM, Alex Fisher<[email protected]> wrote: >> 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/
yes althought you most recognize is the style where tutorials are built. Maybe the issue is not on "click here" "click there" but on how do they teach. if they teach from tutorials they just learn proceses without knowing what each step do. This is more easier way of explaining processes, so maybe is not bad, but incomplete. Yes formating should be a priority but if you want to teach a amail merge, you kinda have to click wihtout thinking since you can easily get lost in the process with all the options. -- Alexandro Colorado OpenOffice.org Español IM: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
