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The OS Wars are sooo over

The OS Wars are sooo over. Dan Hudkins - Director of Instructional Technology The Harker School, San Jose, CA 2005 - Reproduction permitted with acknowledgment. Why Teach Tech Skills?. Perceived Need Efficiency Standards. Tech Skills - Standards.

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The OS Wars are sooo over

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  1. The OS Wars are sooo over Dan Hudkins - Director of Instructional Technology The Harker School, San Jose, CA 2005 - Reproduction permitted with acknowledgment

  2. Why Teach Tech Skills? • Perceived Need • Efficiency • Standards

  3. Tech Skills - Standards NETS for Students - Technology Foundation Standards for All Students • Basic operations and concepts • Social, ethical, and human issues • Technology productivity tools • Technology communications tools • Technology research tools • Technology problem-solving and decision-making tools

  4. Tech Skills - Standards CSTA - Computer Science Teachers Association • Fundamental ideas about the process of program design and problem solving • Simple data structures and their uses • Topics in discrete mathematics • Design for usability • Fundamentals of hardware design • Levels of language, software, and translation • The limits of computing • Principles of software engineering • Social issues • Careers in computing

  5. Tech Skills - Standards Information Literacy Information Literacy is defined as the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand. ALA National Forum on Information Literacy (1989)

  6. Tech Skills - Standards CSLA - Standards and Guidelines for Strong School Libraries 9 Strands

  7. 3 Domains of Tech Studies Information Literacy Computer Science Information Technology

  8. 3 Domains of Tech Studies • Information Literacy • Library, Language Arts, Social Studies • Information Technology • Computer Studies, embedded everywhere • Computer Science • Upper School Department, embedded K-8

  9. So What? • Platform and application choices are important • But NOT more important than skills • Focus on the product - NOT the tool

  10. Choices • OS • Productivity • Design • Multimedia • Browser • Learning Environment

  11. Options - OS • Functionality • Management • Resources • Internet

  12. Options - OS • Windows XP • Mac OS X • Linux

  13. Options - OS - Windows • Pervasive • First to New • No one ever got fired…

  14. Options - OS - Mac OS X • Simplicity • Absence of Malware • UNIX under the hood

  15. Options - OS - Linux • Price is right • Higher order self-support skills

  16. Options - Productivity • Functions • Word Processing • Spreadsheet • Database • Presentation

  17. Options - Productivity • MS Office • Open Office • iWork

  18. Options - Design • Web Design • Image Management • Vector Drawing

  19. Options - Web Design • DreamWeaver (Macromedia) • GoLive (Adobe) • Nvu (Open Source)

  20. Options - Image Management • Photoshop • Fireworks • IrfanView (Windows only) • Linux - ?

  21. Options - Vector Drawing • Illustrator (Adobe) • Freehand (Macromedia) • Linux - ?

  22. Options - Multimedia • Video • Interactivity • Multiple Outputs

  23. Options - Multimedia • iMovie (Mac only) • Windows Movie Maker (Windows only) • MovieWorks Deluxe • Liquid (Pinnacle Systems - Windows only) • Linux limited

  24. Options - Browser • Internet Explorer • Safari • Firefox • Opera, etc.

  25. Options - Learning Environment • Objectives • Communication tools • Threaded Discussion • Drop Folders • Shared work space • Ad Hoc groups

  26. Options - Learning Environment • Do it yourself • Network administration • Threaded discussion tools • Email tools • Etc.

  27. Options - Learning Environment • Moodle - http://www.moodle.org • My eDesk - http://www.myedesk.org • Blackboard - http://www.blackboard.com • WebCT - http://www.webct.com • Desire2Learn - http://www.desire2learn.com

  28. When? • Ready • Fire • Aim

  29. How? • Pervasive computing • Farther in the program - freer the choices

  30. Q & A

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