[Oz-teachers] One Ronnie - My Blackberry is not working

Tue Jan 18 18:08:57 EST 2011

My father just dropped past so I could track down some missing emails. When
he retired a decade ago that he knew nothing about computers and is now
weaving our family together with some interesting digital strings with his
own laptop. Whilst he doesn't always understand jargon, I get some strange
requests such as

   - "There is a hole in the Internet that gobbled up your sister's message,
   can you please get it back for me and fill in the hole?",
   - "The top button has fallen off the Thunderbird, and now the entire
   Dutch language has disappeared. Can you help type it back in?"
   - "If my brother parks another tractor in the driveway (read uncompressed
   raw scan of a big photo) I'll mail him back a real one."

That said, I am really proud of what he has learned, inventing his own
language and conceptual understanding of how it works.

Regards Roland

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:54 AM, DALGLIESH, Andrew <
Andrew.DALGLIESH at deta.qld.gov.au> wrote:

> I have to declare that this came from my 80 year old Mum who has just
> bought her first laptop, got onto ADSL and is having a ball learning how
> to text on her mobile phone (and wanting to get a smart phone ASAP).
>
> She's a fabulous example of the danger of assuming that only young
> people are any good at learning about/with technology.
>
> She is still coming to grips with digital language conventions - my kids
> found it very amusing that she ended a heartfelt text message checking
> on our welfare during the floods, with "LOL". She meant "lots of love".
>
> She'll be chuffed that she's hit the mark with this.
>
> A
>
> Andrew Dalgliesh | Manager, Strategic Projects
> eLearning | Information & Technologies Branch | Department of Education
> and Training
> PO BOX 1238 | Coorparoo DC 4151
> 347 Old Cleveland Road | Coorparoo Qld 4151
> T 07 3421 6472 | F 07 3421 6633 | M 0417751495 | E
> Andrew.Dalgliesh at deta.qld.gov.au | W
> http://staff.learningplace.eq.edu.au/blog/andrew/
>
> This message (including attachments) is intended for the addressee named
> above. It may also be confidential, privileged and/or subject to
> copyright. If you wish to forward this message to others, you must first
> obtain the permission of the author.
> If you are not the addressee named above, you must not disseminate,
> copy, communicate or otherwise use or take any action in reliance on
> this message. You understand that any privilege or confidentiality
> attached to this message is not waived, lost or destroyed because you
> have received this message in error. If you have received this message
> in error please notify the sender and delete from any computer.
> Unless explicitly attributed, the opinions expressed in this message do
> not necessarily represent the official position or opinions of the State
> of Queensland or the Department of Education and Training.
> Whilst all care has been taken, the Department of Education and Training
> disclaims all liability for loss or damage to person or property arising
> from this message being infected by computer virus or other
> contamination.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oz-teachers-bounces at rite.ed.qut.edu.au
> [mailto:oz-teachers-bounces at rite.ed.qut.edu.au] On Behalf Of Paul Floyd
> Sent: Tuesday, 18 January 2011 9:45 AM
> To: Professional community for teachers
> Subject: Re: [Oz-teachers] One Ronnie - My Blackberry is not working
>
> I agree. :-)
>
> Paul Floyd.
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:39 AM, David Westaway <djwestaway at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > A great find Andrew.
> >
> > On 18 January 2011 10:27, DALGLIESH, Andrew
> > <Andrew.DALGLIESH at deta.qld.gov.au> wrote:
> >>
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAG39jKi0lI
> >>
> >>
> >> Andrew Dalgliesh | Manager, Strategic Projects eLearning |
> >> Information & Technologies Branch | Department of Education and
> >> Training PO BOX 1238 | Coorparoo DC 4151
> >> 347 Old Cleveland Road | Coorparoo Qld 4151 T 07 3421 6472 | F 07
> >> 3421 6633 | M 0417751495 | E Andrew.Dalgliesh at deta.qld.gov.au | W
> >> http://staff.learningplace.eq.edu.au/blog/andrew/
> >>
> >> This message (including attachments) is intended for the addressee
> >> named above. It may also be confidential, privileged and/or subject
> to copyright.
> >> If you wish to forward this message to others, you must first obtain
> >> the permission of the author.
> >> If you are not the addressee named above, you must not disseminate,
> >> copy, communicate or otherwise use or take any action in reliance on
> this message.
> >> You understand that any privilege or confidentiality attached to this
>
> >> message is not waived, lost or destroyed because you have received
> >> this message in error. If you have received this message in error
> >> please notify the sender and delete from any computer.
> >> Unless explicitly attributed, the opinions expressed in this message
> >> do not necessarily represent the official position or opinions of the
>
> >> State of Queensland or the Department of Education and Training.
> >> Whilst all care has been taken, the Department of Education and
> >> Training disclaims all liability for loss or damage to person or
> >> property arising from this message being infected by computer virus
> or other contamination.
> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> oz-teachers mailing list
> >> oz-teachers at rite.ed.qut.edu.au
> >> http://lists.rite.ed.qut.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/oz-teachers
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > David Westaway
> > Ultranet Coach
> > Grampians Regional Office
> > DEECD
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > oz-teachers mailing list
> > oz-teachers at rite.ed.qut.edu.au
> > http://lists.rite.ed.qut.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/oz-teachers
> >
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> oz-teachers mailing list
> oz-teachers at rite.ed.qut.edu.au
> http://lists.rite.ed.qut.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/oz-teachers
>
> _______________________________________________
> oz-teachers mailing list
> oz-teachers at rite.ed.qut.edu.au
> http://lists.rite.ed.qut.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/oz-teachers
>

-- 
Roland Gesthuizen - eLearning Coordinator - Keysborough Secondary College

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: /pipermail/oz-teachers/attachments/20110118/4638b8b8/attachment.htm 