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

the advanced level skills would not be taught to

sally

oh. i'll read it again

dave

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Sent: 31 January 2007 13:20
To: senit at lists.becta.org.uk
Subject: Re: [senit] Re: [sld-forum] auditing staff skills in
Clicker,WWS, Powerpoint

Actually, I think I was saying the exact opposite of that, but anyway......
Sally

>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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