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lilalia
lilalia
New Page: How to Use
Aug 28 2008, 5:05 AM EDT | Post edited: Aug 28 2008, 5:05 AM EDT
Do you think it might be a necessary to make up a new page linking to videos and documents or presentation on how to use the software applications?

Would you also consider another new page with practical examples of how educators or schools have used the different software? Do you find this valuable?    
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Emmadw
1. RE: New Page: How to Use
Aug 28 2008, 5:52 AM EDT | Post edited: Aug 28 2008, 5:52 AM EDT
Definitely! I'd also include in that some of the more generic things, such as those that Commoncraft produce, covering what a wiki is, rather than how to use "blahdiblah wiki" etc. Do you find this valuable?    

Emmadw
2. RE: New Page: How to Use
Aug 28 2008, 5:54 AM EDT | Post edited: Aug 28 2008, 5:54 AM EDT
"Do you think it might be a necessary to make up a new page linking to videos and documents or presentation on how to use the software applications?

Would you also consider another new page with practical examples of how educators or schools have used the different software?"
Definitely! I also would include in that the sort of videos that Commoncraft produce - i.e. how a wiki works generically, rather than how a particular wiki works. I've found that people often get bogged down with detail (which button do I click) rather than "why should I use xxx" to do what I want.
Granted - with things like Audacity, a user guide is handy, but a "why podcast" is just as useful - to make you realise why you want it! Do you find this valuable?    

Emmadw
3. RE: New Page: How to Use
Aug 28 2008, 5:55 AM EDT | Post edited: Aug 28 2008, 5:55 AM EDT
Sorry for double posting, it didn't appear at first, so I thought I'd done something wrong. When I posted the second one, they both appeared. Do you find this valuable?    
lilalia
lilalia
4. RE: New Page: How to Use
Aug 28 2008, 11:48 AM EDT | Post edited: Aug 28 2008, 11:48 AM EDT
I wasn't so much thinking "which button to press when", but more along the lines "what can this software do". And example would be this video for Ubiquity

http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/08/introducing-ubiquity/

And for practical examples, this video about measuring parameter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHwrehm6HO8

I hope these examples help. Do you find this valuable?    
jutecht
jutecht
5. RE: New Page: How to Use
Aug 29 2008, 5:50 AM EDT | Post edited: Aug 29 2008, 5:50 AM EDT
Good thinking. I just added the Google Earth one to the Google Earth entry. I clicked in the box on how this was used in education and then clicked on "Widgets" copy and paste the YouTube embed code and done! Do you find this valuable?    
lilalia
lilalia
6. RE: New Page: How to Use
Aug 29 2008, 9:34 AM EDT | Post edited: Aug 29 2008, 9:34 AM EDT
Where do you find the google earth entry? Do you find this valuable?