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Building Blocks: A Brainstorm

[Scenes from the Session]

1. Identiying Which Blocks.

In which possible blocks for the Training where culled from the individual presentation during the morning session.

2. Arranging, Collapsing, Expanding the Blocks (a.k.a. playing with the blocks seriously)

In which the blocks where were arranged, rearranged, expanded and collapsed to see which blocks go together, what arrangements make sense, what does not, and what each block is about.

BLOCK 1: Introduction
  • Objectives
  • Course outline
  • Learning process
  • Participants
  • Trainers
  • Resources to be used
  • AWORC Orientation
BLOCK 2: Context Session
  • BPFA
  • Women 2000
BLOCK 3: Women's Information on the Net
  • What is the Net?
  • How women's organizations use the Net
  • Searching the Net
  • Searching/Search engines
BLOCK 4: Web Authoring
  • Basic HTML (introduction, basic codes, using notepads for scripting)
  • Further authoring (using Web editor application, images, using graphics editors, design issues)
BLOCK 5: Planning Web-based Information Service: Women 2000
  • architecture
  • site planning
  • dividing into groups
BLOCK 6: Indexing and Meta data
  • Making information searchable
BLOCK 7: Tools
  • downloading
  • installation
  • where to get information and help
  • facilities
  • basics (FTP)
BLOCK 8: Behind the Scene
  • client server
  • TCP/IP
  • domain names
BLOCK 9: Group Communication
  • e-mail
  • mailing lists
  • web-based communication
  • real-time communication
  • tele-conferencing

3. Dropping Block 10.

In which it was decided that the Web-related part of the training will only cover basic HTML, and not advanced Web scripts like CGI and Java Scripts. A suggestion was made however to look into the possibility of a "special session" to demo the uses of CGI and Java scripts.

4. Clustering the Blocks, Dividing the Workshop.

In which the blocks were further rearranged and those which appear to be similar were clustered together. Three clusters emerged. The participants then chose which cluster they would like to work on. One participant, Kio Chung worked in two groups.

Cluster 1 [Triangle Group: Ariuna, Chat, Mylene, Kio Chung]

  • Block 1: Introduction
  • Block 2: Context Session
  • Block 5: Planning Web-based Information Service

    Cluster 2 [Diamond Group: Justina, Won Son, Yukika]

  • Block 4: Web Authoring
  • Block 9: Group Communication
  • Block 7: Tools

    Cluster 3 [Circle Group: Cheekay, Pi, Kio Chung]

  • Block 3: Women's Information on the Net
  • Block 6: Indexing and Meta Data
  • Block 8: Behind the Scenes

    revised, 19.04.99
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