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This wiki-space belongs to Helen P Graves Smith.

I have a long but "shallow" experience with computer technology. I did learn the basics of the slide rule, but by the time that I was writing Quebec Provincial high school exams calculators were allowed, though most households only owned one. We were a bit old when my father brought home the “Little Professor”, but it was so novel that we played anyways. (The Little Professor, Texas Instruments, from the late 1970s. Artifact in the collection at the National Museum of American History). I used BITNET and Wordstar in the 1980s and have taken courses in Basic and Cobol. I've been using e-mail for over fifteen years. I have specific computer skills which have been those needed for specific tasks, but this course will expand them towards educational applications.

During my first practicum my Associate Teacher (AT), who is approximately my age, was a regular user of wikispaces. His course notes are all posted on-line and are updated regularly. He has fully embraced new technology. I used some of what he had set up but he remained the master of his wiki-spaces. He uploaded the day's notes. I expect that this course will give me the confidence and skills to set up a wiki for my classes in the future.

Here is the link to the wiki site evaluation.

Click here to link to course web pages.