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A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
Whiteboard update
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2006 Apr 2, 10:44 +1000
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2006 Apr 2, 10:44 +1000
Speaking of Change and Other Misfortunes (a subject title I was tempted to use): Since first proposing the possibility of use of an online electronic whiteboard to answer the oft-repeated plaint here that the discussion of nav topics could be usefully improved by being able to gather around a blackboard and in concert work through formulae, diagrams, etc; and occasional updates of how this already existing facility makes slow progress in awareness and use, mainly in educational settings; further evidence of this came to my attention recently, when a student posted on a university discussion site: "We also found it very useful to discuss answers over the internet through MSN.. as we have a whiteboard marker feature that can be used to facilitate how to solve a given problem." Prompting a member of the teaching staff to respond: "I have made available the whiteboard tool on the home page of this site. If you ever need to do some maths over the phone with another student ( because you cannot meet in person), you may find using the whiteboard tool helpful because the two of you can write to each other on the whitebaord. That way you can see what the other person is saying - if you get my drift." These are quoted with permission, of course: " Hey yeh i dont mind. Anything that helps. =)" Thanks Pamela.