Article View: bit.listserv.nettrain
Article #218Re: Teaching Discussion lists and Newsgroups
From: Linda Richards
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 00:00
24 lines
1682 bytes
1682 bytes
Barbara Heiffner wrote: > In class I use the analogy of students going to one building to sign up > for a class and then attending, and participating in, the class in > another building. In other words, they go to the Administration Bldg. > at a certain address on campus and sign up. (Subscribe to listserv) > Then they go to another building at another address on campus to attend > class, listen to lectures and discussions, and turn in homework. > (Receive and send messages from the listserv) If they decide to drop > the class, they would have to go back to the original address, the > Administration Bldg. They couldn't do that from the classroom. > (Unsubscribe from listserv) Wonderful analogy, Barbara. Simply the best I've heard. Regards, Linda -- A u t h o r & J o u r n a l i s t <http://www.smartypants.net> Editor, January Magazine <http://www.januarymagazine.com>
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<36566A6A.539A@smartypants.net>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mailReferences:
<E0zh35D-0002pm-00@dewey.mindlink.net>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10449f,dece3b16d6c27276,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10449f,public From: Linda Richards <scribe@SMARTYPANTS.NET> Subject: Re: Teaching Discussion lists and Newsgroups Date: 1998/11/20 Message-ID: <36566A6A.539A@smartypants.net> X-Deja-AN: 414173257 Sender: Internet/BITNET Network Trainers <NETTRAIN@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU * References: <E0zh35D-0002pm-00@dewey.mindlink.net> Comments: To: Barbara Heiffner <heiffner@NICOLET.TEC.WI.US> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii MIME-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: Linda Richards <scribe@SMARTYPANTS.NET> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.nettrain