[senit] Re: [sld-forum] auditing staff skills in Clicker, WWS, Powerpoint

I would agree wholeheartedly with Richard.

the advanced level skills would not be taught to
people who had not used clciker for the earlier level
skills. As you say it is a waste trying to teach the
former in that case as the staff will forget/not
understand and not use them.
david
--- sally millar <sally.millar at ed.ac.uk> wrote:

> I would agree wholeheartedly with Richard.
> Often, school staff only want to learn and use this
> kind of software if they can see the point of it for
> THEIR pupil(s). This leads to the challenging
> training situation of trying to get across (in one
> afternoon!) what you call 'advanced level' skills
> in, say PowerPoint, to people who've barely used any
> software ever before, let alone manipulated
> graphics, symbols, sounds and animation.......  and
> to come out with useable and personalized materials
> at the end!
> 
> I've found that the single most useful thing you can
> do before you start training on any software is to
> go over how to make new folders and how to rename
> and move around files and folders.
> Good Luck!
> Sally
> ******
> 
> 
> >A  slightly different way of looking at training is
> to consider what you're staff need to use a program
> in your particular circumstances.
> >What they want to achieve from its use, and how
> best to enable them to do so.
> >
> >It does get you out of a rather mechanistic list of
> procedures or skills which really only relate to the
> internal operation of the program itself.
> >
> >It is difficult to list a hierarchy of skills
> unless you know the purpose for which it's being
> used,
> >for example in my setting it is  important to be
> able to add sounds and pictures to symbolic
> documents so these would be in the starting skills
> list.
> >
> >So with PowerPoint I have been more successful in
> training for a purpose (talking books/
> animation/music) rather than going through a task
> analysis type checklist. I also find it rather more
> exciting.
> >
> >There are also some common procedures that need to
> be familiar with operating the computer (loading,
> saving, filling and finding things on your hard disc
> and so on) that are operational and not program
> specific, yet are essential for working with
> computers.
> >
> >Widgit and Crick have both produced useful training
> guides on their software that you could use.
> >
> >Richard Walter
> >Meldreth Manor School
> 
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