Hi Folks, I've spent a couple hours looking through the orientation, help wanted, and related pages. The next step appears to introduce myself. My name is Gregory Zobel, but I prefer to be called gz--nickname given by a former professor of mine.
My background is in technical communication, usability, and rhetoric. Currently I am a teacher educator working in a College of Education at Western Oregon University. About 80% of my students are licensed teachers. Most of the courses I teach focus on using technology to support content delivery, pedagogy, productivity, etc. My interests in participating in the AOO project (increasing importance) are: - supporting and improving usability and accessibility of AOO documentation; - developing materials/marketing as well as templates for higher eduction faculty and administration; - developing materials, content, and tools for teacher educators--if we can convince K-12 teachers and faculty to use AOO, they will model the behavior for students; - conducting research and studies around use of AOO and other OS software in the classroom. >From what I could tell, some of these activities rest in marketing while others are in documentation. Additionally, there appeared to be an Education-focused groups (based out of France, I think), but there does not seem to have been much activity. In the end, I want to proactively support the spread of AOO within Teacher Education to support greater adoption within K-12 and Higher Education. Any suggestions on where to go next would be welcome. I registered for one wiki but another failed multiple times ( I just sent an email in from my other email account.) Thank you for your hard work, time, attention, and consideration. As a side note, I could not find much or as detailed documentation on Base as for the other AOO products. Has there been less focus on Base? Just wondering a bit about the history. I'm thinking of using Base to develop a qualitative data analysis tool, but I'd like to know how much support there is for the product. Best, gz -- --- Gregory B. Zobel, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Educational Technology MSEd Program Coordinator Western Oregon University 345 N. Monmouth Ave Monmouth, OR 97361
