Re: [vox] Netscape menu item is now gone
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Re: [vox] Netscape menu item is now gone
I can imagine the syllabus:
Week 1: The Mouse is your Friend
Week 3: Pointing with the Mouse
Week 5: Clicking with the Mouse
MIDTERM
Week 6: Typing on the Keyboard
Week 7: Reading what you've just typed on the screen
Week 8: Basics of Internet Explorer, or, what's an Internet?
Week 10: Working the Mouse and the Keyboard Together
Week 11: Putting it all together: Visiting a Website
NON-COMPREHENSIVE, OPEN-BOOK, OPEN-NOTES FINAL (Pass/No Pass)
Etc.
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 04:08:44PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting David Margolis (margolid@ecs.csus.edu):
>
> > 2. in defense of pete. why teach other products?
>
> Why teach _any_ of these? I've never understood the point of teaching
> word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation graphics. Anyone with
> basic computer competence on any OS can pick up the basics of pretty
> much any standard-type word processor, spreadsheet, or presentation
> graphics program on the fly, and probably without even needing to resort
> to documentation.
>
> I know that _some_ people maintain with a straight face that they
> need classes to teach them how to use MS-Windows Explorer (e.g., MIS
> 001A). And they may be right. But that's setting the bar awfully low.
>
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