Re: LEARNING TOOL

[Scott Gray <scotty -at- CM -dot- MATH -dot- UIUC -dot- EDU>]

As someone who is proud of his contributions to INTERACTIVE Documentation
and Learning, I would be very interested in seeing work being done by
other members of this list.  Any takers?

My intent is to show this list what can be done with interactive media,
even by a poor spelling mathematician like me.



On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, The Tech Writer wrote:

> Actually, funny enough, I checked out his site, and, if it works as it
> claims to, it has potential. But the *writing* on the site, of all
> things, is horrendous! I mean, we're talking about more than a typo or
> two, we're talking about missing spaces between commas and the words
> following commas, bad formatting, inappropriate use of colors, poor screen
> captures (that, by the way, are supposed to be so clear that no text is
> needed to explain what they're telling you), poor navigational tools, and
> so-so explanatory text.
>
> The programming/functionality of the site is pretty cool, though!
>
> One writer's opinion. YMMV.
>
> -David Castro
>  techwrtr -at- crl -dot- com
>
> On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Eric J. Ray wrote:
>
> > At 11:51 AM 7/16/98 -0700, Steve Arrants wrote:
> > >Yup.  We've been spammed.  Here's the information from internic.net
> >
> > Gang,
> >
> > It's not spam. Scott has been around the list for a while.
> > (Contact me offline for a definiition of spam if you need
> > one. )
> >
> > Scott's note about his site failed to make clear that he is
> > in no way objective about the "benefits" that his site
> > offers.
> >
> > As a rule, when it comes to interactive learning, Scott
> > can be counted on to have several opinions, most of
> > which lead directly to very vocal advocacy of his site.
> >
> > Take the promotions of the site with a grain of salt--
> > that is, consider the source.
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
> >
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