[Offtopic] GIMP

Thu Mar 8 11:34:48 EST 2007

The perfect, low maintenance, easy to use tablet computer for note taking?
Bring back the etch-a-sketch <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etch_A_Sketch>!
>
> Q: My Etch-A-Sketch has a distorted display. What should I do?
> A: Pick it up and shake it.
>
> Q: My Etch-A-Sketch has these funny little lines all over the screen.
> A: Pick it up and shake it.
>
> Q: How do I turn my Etch-A-Sketch off?
> A: Pick it up and shake it. Set it down.
>
> Q: My Etch-A-Sketch has lines that prevent me from doing my art project.
> A: Pick it up and shake it.
>
> Q: How do I delete a document from my Etch-A-Sketch?
> A: Pick it up and shake it.
>
> Q: How do I keep from losing my Etch-A-Sketch document?
> A: Stop shaking it.
>

Regards Roland

On 08/03/07, Cameron Bell <bell.cameron.p at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
>
> Yeah.....Whiteboard markers were created by the same people that created
> inkjet printers and mens razors.
> BUT.. how long before we get a class-action (appropriate term) against
> the manufacturers of chalk and schools because all the chalkdust
> teachers inhaled over the years lead to them becoming grumpy old
> curmudgeons that reckon anything new is a fad.  ;)
>
> Cameron
>
>
> Mark Scott wrote:
> > Not just Publisher but PowerPoint as well.
> >
> > Both are an utter waste of space in an educational setting.
> >
> > They both detract from learning and add nothing.
> >
> > And as for SMARTboards; what a waste of time. Just another way of
> > teachers teaching and ignoring student learning.
> >
> > ...and whiteboard markers.  Just a clever way of forcing change on
> > schools and forcing them to spend money.
> >
> > Bring back good old chalk I say.
> >
> > Mark Scott
> >
> > (I won't start on laptop computers...)
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: offtopic-bounces at edulists.com.au
> > [mailto:offtopic-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Jim Maunder
> > Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2007 10:02 AM
> > To: Information Technology Teachers' Offtopic Mailing List
> > Subject: RE: [Offtopic] GIMP
> >
> > At 09:31 AM 8/03/2007, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >> This has been an issue in every school I have worked in.
> >>
> >> Still don't know what the solution is?
> >>
> >> Shoot them all, maybe?
> >>
> >> Mark
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: offtopic-bounces at edulists.com.au
> >> [mailto:offtopic-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Jim Maunder
> >> Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2007 9:25 AM
> >> To: Information Technology Teachers' Offtopic Mailing List
> >> Subject: RE: [Offtopic] GIMP
> >>
> >> Now all you've got to do is stop them wingeing about not having Macs.
> >>
> >
> > Look at it the other way - if it was an all-Mac school the IT
> > teaching staff would winge about not having PCs. I think it's about
> > what the users perceive is the standard for their industry. The
> > reality is that Macs and PCs are functionally interchangeable. It's
> > just that PCs are easier to look after.
> >
> > Now about MS Publisher - you teachers need to think about what you
> > are teaching/fostering - is it DTP skills, or subject research
> > skills. I'm sure that when I was in primary school doing a 'project'
> > the main purpose of the task was not learning to cut out pictures and
> > glue them onto cardboard. However, there are probably useful skills
> > to be gained from laying out text and pictures on a mark-up board,
> > working out how to centre text without using the 'justify' button etc.
> >
> > On a similar vein there are plenty of bookkeepers and accountants who
> > were drawn to their professions because they loved the physical
> > process of writing numbers in columns and adding them up in their
> > heads, and plenty of Engineers and Architects who love drawing plans
> > with pencil and tracing paper. (I was one of these in a previous
> > life) They have had these processes removed from their lives by
> > computers, and while some have taken to the new way of working,
> > others still like the old way. So it is with publishing.
> >
> > Just this old fart's waffle - now get back to work!
> >
> > rgds
> > Jim
> >
> >
> >
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