--- Forwarded Message from Lisa Stewart <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 17:25:37 -0600 (CST) >From: Lisa Stewart <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #5475.5 HTML Editors (!) >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ Just my two cents on this issue... Since I quit my job at the language lab two years ago, I have been teaching an undergraduate computer class. We have tried several different approaches to teaching web page creation (straight code, Netscape composer, Adobe PageMill, FrontPage, etc..). My approach now is to teach straight code for three class sessions, and then do two sessions demonstrating an editor. Out of the couple of hundred students that I have had over the last eight semesters, I have only had one who chose to complete his final project using the editor. All of the other students who have tried to use an editor have eventually given up and gone back to "rolling their own" because of the numerous difficulties they have had getting their pages to look "just so." This, above all, convinces me that coding is still the way to go.... at least to get a basic understanding of what you're doing. I guess I've always been an old-fashioned girl (no, seriously...) --Lisa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lisa Stewart 2522 Lazybrook Ln. Learning Technologies Lab Lawrence, KS 66047 The University of Kansas 785-749-4695 785-864-3057 [log in to unmask]