[wellylug] OO trainer wanted in Wgtn!

[Jim Cheetham]

Yeah, I've run night classes in word processing before, although OO
wasn't an option at the time.

The hardest part was planning the lessons, so opinions and assist on
that would be welcome. I still have my old lesson plans somewhere ...

The face to face presentation and computer wrangling is not a problem for me :-)

Anyone else interested in getting involved?

-jim

On 16/03/07, Brent Wood <pcreso at pcreso.com> wrote:
>
> Hi y'all,
>
> I just got a phone call from a guy managing a Wellington Community College's
> night classes.
>
> They are printing their syllabus for 2nd 1/2 of 2007 in very early April
> (yes, I know, lots of notice...) and asked about the possibility of a WP course
> using OO.
>
> He was particularly interested in a LiveCD based platform, which while having
> some performance issues, provides good security & does show off OS abit as
> well! Giving people LiveCD's to take home is a nice benefit.
>
> Some concerns about Vista & where MS is heading generally may have also
> contributed to why I got the call.
>
> I believe there are enough interested people in Wgtn to help facilitate this,
> but what we need up front is at least one suitable individual willing to
> teach the classes.
>
> I know time is tight, but I'd love to be able to take advantage of the
> opportunity.
>
> OO provide heaps of training resources, and we can perhaps tap into INGOTS or
> ICDL certification:
>
> http://www.icdl.co.nz/
> http://theingots.org/
>
> So, firstly; is anyone in Wgtn interested & available (& willing to commit)
> to teaching such a course?
>
> And if not to the extent above, is anyone willing to help set up the course,
> burn disks, etc, just help get something suitable put together from the
> wealth of available resources?
>
>
> If we can a trainer/teacher & a few people to support, facilitate & market
> this, 'twould be a great first step, & maybe the first of many.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>     Brent Wood
>
>
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