Tom, Teachers googling for Teaching support Materials seems to be common - though it might not be as much reinventing the wheel as we think. Richer schools do employ Technology Managers. By the way, it isn't only IT - use of PAs is terrible too. There is definitely a need for online education. Certification would be useful.
Stephen, I am not sure that Apps are the way to go. Online courses need to be open - available across platforms. I would not have thought compatibility would be a problem in this day and age! Ofcourse teaching about tools is a different issue - I hope they are also be taught about the benefits of cross platform compatibility! Marghanita Stephen wrote: > Yes, one would agree Marghanita. From long experience as a Vic high school > teacher, there are very few teachers that are currently teaching whom have > any in-depth knowledge of ICT at all, aside from basic use. Maybe just one in > a hundred existing teachers could code modern apps. Tom Worthington wrote: <snip> > What worried me more than support of hardware or software, was support > of the teacher and teaching. As I understand it, a curriculum is > produced nationally, but no teaching materials are provided for teaching > it. Each state, and private system, decides how to implement the > curriculum. In the ACT, each public school then decides what to do and > each teacher then teaches the material, on their own, to their students. > This does not seem to be an efficient or effective way to teach > anything, but especially not for a technology curriculum. Why not have > online teaching materials and specialist on-line educators, who assist > teachers in the class-room? <snip> Marghanita -- Marghanita da Cruz Ramin Communications Pty Ltd http://ramin.com.au/ Phone:(+61)0414-869202 _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
