At 18:21 29/01/03 +1300, you wrote: >That sucks badly. If you can do it in straight HTML, the school should be >encouraging you to learn, not teaching you one (rather average IMO) specific >software package that you'll never use for anything useful. > >You don't happen to go to Riccarton High by any chance, do you? ;) >My old school - mind you, I think all schools are probably pretty similar (ie. >poor) in this area (tech/computers). Mainly because of staff problems I'd >suspect, most 'IT' staff are not specilist, but rather they teach something >else (maths, for example), and are roped in to teach IT courses to tech savvy >kids, a lot of whom know more than the teacher does about the subject. > >Cheers, >Gareth
Only too true - I'm getting on to Westburn Primary where my kids go - the only teacher who had any knowledge of computing (limited as it was) has taken sabbatical leave. Even then, he doubled as assistant principal AND had to teach! Now they have no-one really who is in any way computer savvy. I am hoping to get a say in their computer hardware/software direction and point them at Linux. Is there anyone on the list interested in helping us set up hte machines if I can pursuade them to change, or in the consultation process? Or who thinks they could put together a simple set of lessons for primary students in computer use, which they could give out (say between Varsity lectures for instance, instead of killing time in the cafe?) Or better still, a set of classes for the teachers (Chris - a chance for you to make some money here?) David J H Stringer [EMAIL PROTECTED] P O Box 1386 CHRISTCHURCH Ph 03 366 1152 Fax 03 366 1151
