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Then perhaps an introductory course on using basic software might be in
order before taking on what is arguably one of the most complex and
professionally-oriented software packages on the consumer market.
The
depends on
This question is perhaps a bad example of the concept because it
represents basic program usage rather than technique, but when asked a
question such as "How can I create a rainbow?" or "Is there a simple way
to make a shaded sphere?" (these are actual questions asked by my mother
who now teaches Photoshop to her 7th and 8th grade art students), I am
quick to say "there is always more than one way to do it," and point
them in the direction of some appropriate reading materials that I
probably used to discover these techniques for myself.
Helping people to help themselves is the best thing any teacher can ever
do, for when a student becomes able to teach herself, the teacher has
succeeded. The key, in my mind, is knowing where to draw the line
between "demonstration" and "doing it for them."
That's just my opinion.
Perhaps after being pointed to an appropriate resource, such as the
Photoshop help file, a student will discover a wealth of information
they hadn't even thought to ask about. I know that's usually the case
with me.
--
Aaron
"Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems
good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the
rest." -- John Stuart Mill
Aaron
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