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Subject:Re: Imagine you teach From:David Hailey <dhailey -at- ENGLISH -dot- USU -dot- EDU> Date:Mon, 21 Dec 1998 11:35:24 -0700
I agree with Laurel,
You can also get your students enrolled in (or minoring in) Business
Information courses in some programs. These courses tend to teach
Informational Technologies classes. Some of these classes introduce
students to beginning programming concepts.
Dave Hailey
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From: Laurel Nelson <Laurel_Y_Nelson -at- NOTES -dot- SEAGATE -dot- COM>
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU <TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
Date: Monday, December 21, 1998 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: Imagine you teach
>David: Are you teaching at a 4-year college that offers an intro to
>programming class? If so, then instruct your students on the principles of
>online Help and tell them to take the intro to programming class.
>(Actually, many 2-year colleges offer introductory classes in programming
>also.) If your students are majoring in tech comm and are working on a
>4-year degree, chances are they are required to take at least one
>programming class.
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>Your students can probably find a class somewhere (be it at a college or
>online) that teaches the principles of programming, but where would they
>find a class that instructs them on how to develop online Help? If they did
>find an online Help class, it will probably be taught by a consultant who
>will charge them about $400 a day.
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>Happy Holidays! Laurel
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>David Thompson <David -dot- Thompson -at- REALIZ -dot- COM> on 12/21/98 07:55:05 AM
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>Please respond to David Thompson <David -dot- Thompson -at- REALIZ -dot- COM>
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>Imagine you teach tech. writing.
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>You have to teach 1 of the following:
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>1. The principles of On Line Help or
>2. The principles of programming.
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>Which would you choose and why?
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