Hi Leigh, Those are good ideas ~ I've sent her a note....and I can do the phone thing.....
You're absolutely right - we have to do the handholding, but I also believe that we have to do some 'bridging / connecting' - so where the person might simply see their particular project as one of 'editing', WikiEducator can foster significant international collaboration in a way that is valuable, meaningful and comes with support....and that they can't get anywhere else ... At this stage in our community's development, I believe we have to migrate to this Community of Support model - where we are all agents of support - really good Wikineighbours and social networkers who can create / facilitate connections and opportunities.... - Randy On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Leigh Blackall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The only way I can suggest is to download and use Open Office. In saying > that, I think OO is hard to get onto a mac. > > It sounds like her subject area is the same as a few of our subject areas > at Otago Polytech. Her material would prompt me to go and talk to our > departments and urge them to join in. > > Randy, perhaps you could help her get an index page going for what she > plans to put up? Have her decide on a main page name (hopefully something > generic and focused on what the content is rather than the institution and > its certificate structures). Then on that page use section titles and list > the various page she intends to load up. > > You could do this on the phone with her to start, with her dictating to > you what to put in. And you ask her to refresh her screen to see your edits. > > When she is happy that all the main page is in the right area, its a > matter of deciding whether pages become subpages or main pages in their own > right. > > IMO, we all need to play ths hand holding role with people - especially > those with the intension to start and 'finish' a range of content. > > Behind the scenes I will be watching and trying to encourage the teachers > we have here in her field to want to meet her and discuss collaboration. I > would try and do this at your completion of the main index page, because we > may get lucky and end up with teachers here who are ready and willing to > jump in and help. At which point I would start doing the same as I'm urging > you to do, but with the teachers here. > > > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 3:08 AM, wikirandy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > > I've connected with a former prof. at a university in Hawaii who wants > > to donate and work on her materials in WikiEducator....she's working > > on a mac, and doesn't know how to get her materials into WikiEd ~ > > without a ton of inputting work. Any ideas for her? > > > > Here's her original email to me: > > > > "I am definitely interested in offering my teaching curriculum to the > > wikieducator universe. I have multiple lines of coursework > > developed, in art and design, and especially in the sewing/textile > > arts/vocational arts arena, but so much of that was hands-on > > training, I'm not so sure how to get that into a useful place via > > computer. But that's a problem for the future. > > > > What I'd like to know today, after having finally read through all of > > the links in your email and poked around a bit on the wikieducator > > website, is "Does the iWeb software in my iMac translate somehow to > > wikieducator formating?" I am pretty quick in learning computer > > software, but have no experience yet with website development. I > > need to get my own websites up and running and there is a template- > > based website software program inside this iMac I am expecting to > > practice on. Could I use it to make my curriculum content available > > to the wikieducator editing arena? I was just wondering if it will > > work that way, or might make my inputting job that much easier." > > > > Thanks for your help! > > > > - Randy > > > > > > > -- > -- > Leigh Blackall > +64(0)21736539 > skype - leigh_blackall > SL - Leroy Goalpost > http://learnonline.wordpress.com > > > -- ________________ Randy Fisher - Facilitating Change & Improving Performance - for People, Communities, and Organizations http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Wikirandy + 1 604.684.2275 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.hirerandy.com Skype: wikirandy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
