ken@aiai.uucp (Ken Johnson) (03/09/91)
I'm out looking for people who are willing to become E-mail pen-friends
for a group of Scottish teachers for two nights next month (April). If
you took part last year, please volunteer again: a year is a long time
on the Net, so I assume that no-one who took part last year will be
available this year unless they volunteer again. This notice is going
to all the groups that interesting people read so I hope to get 30 or 40
responses (except soc.motss and soc.singles won't fit on the Newsgroups
line).
I'm introducing a group of 10 teachers of English language (not of
computing) to simple E-mail and text processing on the evenings of 9 and
10 April 1991, between 1900h and 2100h British Summer Time (1800-2000
GMT). It will probably continue after that if there is a lot of
traffic. I'd like them to have real people to e-mail to. After the
course the teachers will not have further access to e-mail except, for a
few days, by coming to my office by appointment.
Last year I just collected e-mail names and addresses and as a result
some of the people who volunteered got nothing to do. This year, mail
me if you want to take part and as the picture becomes clearer I will
tell you the e-mail addresses of one or two people on the course (1).
You can send those people information about yourself as you please. And
of course you can tell them how E-mail has changed your life, how using
a WP has improved your written English, what you think of school, etc.
etc. You'll have LOADS to talk about :-)
Please volunteer by E-mail (i.e. hit `r' not `f' unless you REALLY want
to follow up) to me before the end of March so I can get things
organised.
-- Ken
(1) There is no risk to confidentiality since the user-id's are all of
the form courseXX and are not derived from the users' actual names.
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What follows is the entry describing the event in the Science Festival
programme. (This is the original. The version in the programme was
edited.)
Interactive Writing
Cheap, robust, lightweight computers small enough to
fit into a bicycle saddlebag or a sports-bag will
become a common part of every schoolchild's equipment
over the next ten years. This two-evening event is
meant to give teachers a chance to explore how English
teaching might be affected by this development.
Teachers have a chance to try out state of the art text
processing and electronic mail at two evening events at
the Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute at
the University of Edinburgh. You don't need to `know
about computers'. The event is particularly aimed at
teachers with little or no computing experience.
Sessions will run from 7pm to 9pm on Tuesday 9 April
and Wednesday 10 April 1991. Monday's theme will be
`Electronic mail'; Tuesday's will describe educational
use of text processing. There will be lots of hands-on
experience.
Numbers are limited to 10 and advance booking is
essential. A charge of 10.00 will be made (which
covers both evenings). Some financial support may be
available.
Applications: Please send a stamped addressed envelope,
to arrive before 22 March 1991, to
K R Johnson,
Senior Computing Officer
A I Applications Institute
80 South Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1HN
Phone 031-650 2756, e-mail ken@aiai.ed.ac.uk. Please
do not send money with your initial enquiry.