[senco-forum] mailing lists and Bulletin Boards in my dreams

Hi Anne

Hello Anne, Graeme, Mike and the rest of the Forum

  I must say I agree with Anne.  I am a computer user.  I do what I can do.  The great thing about the Forum is this:  you sign up, you get posts, you read them.  Nothing complicated at this level.  To post you just send something to the Forum and it appears.  
  I'm with Anne - I didn't follow what Graeme meant about notice boards.

  Amanda
  Secondary SENCO
  Cornwall

Peter Syme <APAHSyme at compuserve.com> wrote:
  Hi Graeme

Thanks for the reply. My fear is the technical skill and computer knowledge
needed to operate in a different way will cause less techie folk ( like me)
to stop using the forum. I am afraid I did not fully understand even the
info in this posting of yours. My problem I know ... but ,whatever you
think may be alternatives, in its present format senco-forum is very easy
to use . Senco-forum members are not all technical wizards. I accept this
is just one viewpoint t but I just wanted to mention it. A couple of years
ago when I made a similar point on the same sort of topic I got a few very
nasty off-forum replies telling me thet I was stupid etc for not wanting
the forum to change. It took me a long time to reply publicly to anything
remotely controversial again. It shocked and saddened me that someone could
be so critical of a fellow member just because I mentioned I didn't
understand a few minor techie things. I won't go into any more detail as
ir was quite a while ago. However, I appreciate you reply because it is
trying to be helpful ... even though I still disagree with you on this
point 

Cheers
Anne

Message text written by "dolfrog"
>Hi Anne

We both have different preferences of presentation, and others will also
have their own ideas on this topic as well.

This could be a solution, but could also be in the realms of technical
fantasy. 

If I start with my basic preference for a bulletin board form of
presentation that provides me with a visual division and subdivision of the
all the topics that can be covered on the forum, some of which relate to
SEN
issues of a wide variation. 
Many of the Bulletin Boards, I visited ask you if you wish to receive an
email for all replies to a thread you are interested in or you started.

This is for the technical wizards "Is it possible for any or all posts
entered on a bulletin board to also be sent to a corresponding or parallel 
Mailing List, or mailing list Digest of the days posts". The basic entry
option or one of many options presented at the point of registration, say
to
offer both access to the bulletin board and have all posts emailed to you.
All members can then select from a range of distribution options to match
their own preferences. 

>From a historical reference of some of the great contributions say in a
topic of my own interest like dyslexia would be on a Dyslexia board
probably
in a Learning Disabilities category (Although I would dispute that dyslexia
is a disability in its own right lol) would be more readily accessible for
both new and old members, and some of the research visitors to the
archives.

May be pure whimsy

Best wishes

Graeme
dolfrog
dolfrog at apduk.org<

Amanda
Secondary SENCO
Cornwall