Week 2 - Techorati

Besides helping Instructors with their webenhanced or online courses, I also help Instructors with understanding computers in a general sense. For instance some typical questions are "Why is my computer running so slow?" " Should I buy new computer?" Do I need to upgrade Vista? How do I answer these questions without being to technical? Before I answer their questions, I ask several questions of my own. How old is your computer? What do you use it for? Do other people use your computer? From the answers they give me, I able to give them information to help them a decision about their computer. I think by allowing an instructor to make their own decision on what they should do with their computer, raises their comfort level. I can then suggest new instructional tools or web tools. For example, our content processor page or our web based grade book.

So, for me chapter 2 was nice review.

Here is the link to our Content Processor page.

http://itdc.lbcc.edu/cps

and our Instructional e-Zone

http://itdcfacultyezone.lbcc.edu/index.php

I also recommend hardware and software for my department.