Marna Gilligan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Using packages like this has the advantage of teaching computers as tools > rather than as an entity unto themselves, which is what seems to happen at > the moment. So rather than, or as well as, having a 'computer class', art > classes and design classes, and tech drawing classes, and all sorts of > other classes, could use computers as part of their course. And gain > skills using the sort of software (if not the exact package) that the > students may well have to learn when they go on to college. I studied art > for a bit and whizzed ahead in the pooter classes because I had played > with graphics and 3D stuff at home.
Indeed it does. I don't know if you've been round schools lately, but IME the machines are getting very integrated with each curriculum subject, they _are_ becoming tools. Which is a nightmare for the poor network troll who has to wire up all the disparate buildings! Hmm..you could even continue the argument by saying that things like "math" and "english" should be integrated into the other subjects. Nah. -- David Hodgkinson, Wizard for Hire http://www.davehodgkinson.com Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Deep Purple Family Tree news http://www.slashrock.com Interim Technical Director, Web Architecture Consultant for hire
