On Tuesday 05 April 2005 04:31, Thomas Adam wrote:
--- Paul Taylor <ptaylor@uklinux.net> wrote:
Hi all:
Good, err, Morning -
I have started the process of getting ready for September and yet another specification to prerare for. I teach predominantly KS5 which is nice but it does mean quite a lot of work each summer. I have been using Moodle to
And here was me always under the assumption that you teachers disappear abroad each summer. Heck, if not, what were all those "teachers training days" about? :)
but I am thinking about specifics such as macros on OO and top tips for database design etc. There are also specific units that I could not
Ah, databases. I still have nightmares about 'normalisation' -- although at KS5, that's not even a glint in the *teacher's* eye let alone the poor sods that have to swallow the information about what databases are. :)
What sorts of things were you thinking about? And at what level? I have been doing a lot with pre-made PHP/MySQL web site databases so I would like to go down that route as it would hit 2 or 3 units of work at one go. I am interested for lower school in trying out the new OO2 database as well. Certainly macros in OO I can help with, as can I with any database stuff.
even consider doing well such as programming units. I did a C & G night class in C++ and had a go at teaching myself java but it was all rather poor. I
You mean the Java was poor? Sadly not, I quite enjoyed it and C++ but after a day of teaching, a 3 hour programming class in the evening was the 300kg bale that broke the teacher's back. :) Well, I can relate to that, having been forced to use it for the last four years. Don't worry the counselling sessions are going great...
suspect TA has forgotten more than I will ever know so perhaps he could toss me a few morsels of material?
Heh, (un)fortunately my memory is such that I tend to remember all the crap that people forget. Can you perhaps list the specifics in more detail of just what it is you're after, and I'll do my best to give you my recommendations.
I can certainly show you the specifications. I don't know yet that I will teach any programming in my own lessons but I would like to have a ready made unit using FLOSS that other people could try. I can put together the requirements and some rudimentary work sheets but would be stuck for ideas as to what to programme (deliberately writing UK form here, sorry purists). I enjoy trying programming tutorials but have no imagination or desire to actually make something so it is hard to relay this to students.
It might take me a few hours to reply, I'm slightly busy on the Uni front, but I'll get back to you nevertheless.
No hurry. I suspect this will be a long-haul project. Thanks in advance for your possible input.
Kindly,
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