But then you really know what's going on - 90% social engineering and 10% instruction. Direct instruction is becoming a thing of the past. Participatory learning, expeditionary learning, holistic learning. What too few seem to understand is that one must master the basics if one is to build on them. Everybody's building flimsy foundations and then expecting them to hold up. The result: barely literate college freshmen.
Cheers, Don -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig Froehle Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 1:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Treo] Re: Foleo: The Death of Palm On 5/31/07, Jeffrey Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 31 May 2007 14:05:43 -0400 you said: > > How about just typing "4x" instead? Even quicker... :-) > > I didn't say quicker, I said "easier". :) The latent human factors engineer in me was puzzled by this and I'm convinced it is actually *more* effort to type "forex" than to type "e.g." The finger travel distance of "forex" is approximately 72mm (4 x 18mm) and requires five finger presses. In comparison, "e.g." only requires 54mm of finger travel and 4 finger presses. So, I believe it may not be "easier," either. ;-) > I really do worry about whether my children will be able to spell at > > all, in this world of text messaging... > > Children? I wonder about some +adults+. You should see some of the > support requests I get at work! > Oy, don't get me started! I have to grade dozens of college undergraduate writing assignments every week when I teach and much of it is randomly punctuated, nonsensical crap. It makes me wonder what the heck is going on in grade school English classes these days. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links
