Well, an old one, really, but what with HAcker's Blog closing down, and the greyness closing in...I thought we needed some sunshine in our lives. Another View from the North.
Oh, alright, here's another....
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29 July, 2008 10:40
[Educational technology
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29 July, 2008 10:12
Retroid is nothing if not persistent in the search for new things to amuse, and possibly even to educate...but not having time to go on workshops and the like can make it difficult when the learning curve is steep.
Meaning you simply don't do it.
Which is almost what I did with the UCT Vula site Wiki which I was trying to set up for a course I am co-ordinating...but vasbyt! was the cry, and - like any good quest worth its name - rewards unfolded once the door had been knocked on enough. Or hard enough. Hey, Retroid once played a D&D scenario involving future-medieval Japan, ninjas and an old space shuttle for over two years (and still has the notes: I know who ate the Buddhist nun. There is no escaping karma...B-); how hard could it be?
Hard, it turns out. Decidedly not intuitive. With very small links to things like "edit" commands, meaning my failing sight made it difficult to see what the hell to do. But what rewards: layer upon layer of functionality; manifold rooms; instant access to class lists; updatable calendars; announcement and assignment folders....!!
Impressive: way more functionality than the free off-shore one I had been playing with; I shall abandon that without a qualm.
But I'm still not sure how the hell the students upload anything...ah, well; they're the generation that can figure out all of the functions on cellphones that make a Star Trek tricorder look primitive in less time than it takes to read this - so they'll figure it out.
Hopefully.
