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Educational Technology Services > Online Readiness Survey > Detroit, Michigan > Marygrove College
Technology Experience
1. I feel confident using the keyboard and the mouse.
Yes No
2. I feel confident working with files, such as creating, saving and printing documents.
Yes No
3. I feel confident about logging on to an Internet service provider and navigating to different web sites.
Yes No
4. I feel confident about using most of the tools in the web browser, such as navigating to the next or previous web page, printing a web page, or bookmarking web pages.
Yes No
5. I feel confident about my Internet skills, such as using a search engine, identifying and downloading appropriate files, and installing new browser software.
Yes No
6. I feel confident about resolving most common error messages while surfing the Internet, such as "connection timed out" and "page not found."
Yes No
7. I feel confident about my electronic e-mail skills, such as logging in and out of the account, sending and receiving mail, and attaching and downloading files.
Yes No
8. I feel confident about basic troubleshooting, such as rebooting the computer in case of a crash and resolving printer errors.
Yes No
Access to Tools
9. I have consistent and convenient access to a computer with a Pentium chip or higher, such as a PC running Windows 2000 or XP, an iMac or PowerMac running OS 9 or higher.
Yes No
10. I have a reliable Internet connection.
Yes No
11. My computer is equipped with a sound card with headphones or speakers and microphone.
Yes No
12. My computer is capable of at least 800 x 600 resolution.
Yes No
13. I have a working printer attached to my computer.
Yes No
14. My computer has a working DVD drive.
Yes No
15. My computer has a working CD-ROM drive.
Yes No
16. My Internet connection speed is at least 56K or higher. DSL or Cable recommended.
Yes No
17. I have one of the following Web browsers: Safari, Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher, AOL 7.0 or higher (PC) or AOL OS X, or Netscape 7.0.
Yes No
18. I have virus protection so
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
dailyPosts 08/21/2008
PressThink: National Explainer: A Job for Journalists on the Demand Side of News
the whole rather than the parts - is this the opposite of what we are saying with microlearning? Could this be in support? We are having students move away from having thing handed to them and have them construct the whole picture for themselves - definitely need to give them all of the pieces and the box lid so that they know when they are finished.
elearnspace: Location-based learning and working
You don't need a classroom to learn - in fact I would say most learning doesn't occur in the classroom any way - so isn't all learning already these things?
- Consider another perspective: "we go to classrooms to learn". It may have been more valuable at one time, but with meetups and internet connectivity, I wonder if classrooms are going to go the way of business offices: distributed, open, mobile.
elearnspace: Presentation: Designing new learning landscapes
- Many of us have moved from asking "is technology effective" to "how can we use technology as a lever for transformation"
Daily Bookmarks 08/20/2008 « Experiencing E-Learning
Create a timeline by adding each event manually or by adding a source (Flickr, RSS, twitter, etc.) Images, music, and video can be included in events. Related services include Tickr, which lets you create a dynamic timeline with Flickr images based on search criteria, and TimeTube, which does the same for YouTube. Some people are playing with this as a way to visualize the river of information from the Connectivism course (CCK0
this fall.
Hooking learners with a simple story « the Shady Learning Blog
Using a teaser scenario to introduce a course - and continue story throughout to move learner through the course.
Hooking learners with a simple story
Instead of just starting an e-learning course with a dry-as-sand list of objectives, I like to start with a “teaser” scenario. A teaser is designed to hook the user and give them a bit of motivation for taking the course.
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