Re: Newbies - a proposal
- Posted by Patrick Barnes <mrtrick at gmail.com> Sep 21, 2004
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I would agree with this idea.... personal tutelage is always a nice drawcard, too. Chalk me up as a volunteer mentor. One thing I would suggest though, is to allow some kind of email interface. I wouldn't be an active member of euforum unless the email interface was there, I wouldn't use the web-interface. Perhaps an intermediary email address could be set up for each mentor, like a 1-1 mailing list. If the mentor sends a message to the address, it is sent to the registered newbie. If the newbie sends a message to the address, it is sent to the mentor. Any correspondence through it could be logged and displayed. On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 05:38:43 -0700, Chris Burch <guest at rapideuphoria.com> wrote: > > posted by: Chris Burch <chriscrylex at aol.com> > > Hi > > Just thinking about the Lobelia Overhill thread, and I came up with an idea. > > When newbies join the list they are often overwhelmed by well meaning floods > of suggestions, and some comments that regular users of the board will > appreciate the meaning of, but which may be taken the wrong way the newbie. > > I would like to suggest a system of personal mentoring / tutoring while > someone takes their first steps with programming and euphoria. > > Lets keep it simple. > > We take newbies off the list, and onto the Uboard. (William Heimbigner, with > your consent of course). > > Perhaps you could create a new area, with threads for newbie sign up. > > We create a newbie kit - everything a newbie needs to start programming > in euphoria (eg, euphoria, an editor, and a program to set associations > and paths). > > A tutor gets one to one with the newbie, anyone can look, but no one else > can add anything, no matter how bad the style of programming being imparted > to the newbie (this will apply particularly to me ) - why? It lessens > confusion. Whether this can be set by the tutor, or should be a matter of > etiquette, I don't know. > > Tutors could post problems / help to the board, and newbies vould reply. > If live sessions were required, ICQ or AIM (or even game voice et al). > > Tutors could guide and advise on how to download / install and get > the myriad of demo programs working. > > I am willing to be a tutor. I realise that I am not the brightest spark here, > but I can certainly set a novice on the right steps (generally, I read this > list every day, and by the time I see a problem I can answer, its been > resolved 3 or 4 times!). There are a plethora of very bright sparks on this > list. > > Tutors should only have one newbie at a time - if there are more tutors > than newbies, they should wait there turn. > > Tutors should sign there names up onto a list on Uboard, so that newbies > can come along and select a tutor, then the tutor / newbie can start > their own personal thread. > > I foresee a check on Uboard once daily, with one newbie, at their own > pace, over a period of a few weeks, until they are confident to be > 'let off the leash'. > > How about it gang! > > Chris > > > > -- MrTrick