Comments on: Educating Mum http://popey.com/blog/2010/02/19/educating-mum/ DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM!! Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:48:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: popey http://popey.com/blog/2010/02/19/educating-mum/comment-page-1/#comment-5534 popey Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:47:51 +0000 http://popey.com/blog/?p=606#comment-5534 Hi, thanks for the comments. I'm collating some blog posts together about it and will publish them shortly! Hi, thanks for the comments. I’m collating some blog posts together about it and will publish them shortly!

]]> By: K. Deniz Ogut http://popey.com/blog/2010/02/19/educating-mum/comment-page-1/#comment-5532 K. Deniz Ogut Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:20:05 +0000 http://popey.com/blog/?p=606#comment-5532 Hi Popey, I've read about "mumbuntu" on askubuntu.com and find your blog and read your two entries on mumbuntu here. Your effort sounds gerat. I'm curious about the next steps of your mom's GNU/Linux journey. Will you tell us some more? Best wishes for you and your family! Regards, Deniz Istanbul, Turkey Hi Popey,

I’ve read about “mumbuntu” on askubuntu.com and find your blog and read your two entries on mumbuntu here. Your effort sounds gerat. I’m curious about the next steps of your mom’s GNU/Linux journey. Will you tell us some more? Best wishes for you and your family!

Regards,

Deniz
Istanbul, Turkey

]]> By: You have been eaten by a grue | popey.com blog http://popey.com/blog/2010/02/19/educating-mum/comment-page-1/#comment-2386 You have been eaten by a grue | popey.com blog Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:00:04 +0000 http://popey.com/blog/?p=606#comment-2386 [...] 18th Feb I previously blogged about the training for Ubuntu available from Canonical. Today I went through the sample chapters – which [...] [...] 18th Feb I previously blogged about the training for Ubuntu available from Canonical. Today I went through the sample chapters – which [...]

]]> By: David Marsden http://popey.com/blog/2010/02/19/educating-mum/comment-page-1/#comment-2367 David Marsden Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:25:07 +0000 http://popey.com/blog/?p=606#comment-2367 I have to say that I tend to agree with Meneer R. Keep it simple and support her own learning by doing and making mistakes. By all means show her how to use the browser and Picasa or whatever specific things it is she wants to do, but any more than that could be over the top and off-putting. Then again, you know your own Mum, maybe she will enjoy all the other stuff, too? I suppose it really depends on what her preferred 'learning style' is and what is she wants to learn. Anyway, good luck! I have to say that I tend to agree with Meneer R. Keep it simple and support her own learning by doing and making mistakes.

By all means show her how to use the browser and Picasa or whatever specific things it is she wants to do, but any more than that could be over the top and off-putting. Then again, you know your own Mum, maybe she will enjoy all the other stuff, too? I suppose it really depends on what her preferred ‘learning style’ is and what is she wants to learn.

Anyway, good luck!

]]> By: popey http://popey.com/blog/2010/02/19/educating-mum/comment-page-1/#comment-2299 popey Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:50:02 +0000 http://popey.com/blog/?p=606#comment-2299 Yup. Both my brother and sister have said that Mum shouldn't let me 'talk her into' using Ubuntu. Frustrating and causing friction. Yup. Both my brother and sister have said that Mum shouldn’t let me ‘talk her into’ using Ubuntu. Frustrating and causing friction.

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