Rich does touch on an issue that most schools don't want to deal with.
The content of most K-12 computer curriculae is almost completely
dependent upon the capabilities of the person teaching the class. There
are so very few truly qualified K-12 computer teachers who really
understand what is happening enough to teach the kids effectively.
Richard Kasson wrote:
I agree that they don't just know stuff. They think they know a lot, and
they do, but it's just enough to get them in trouble.
We have nothing here except keyboarding at the Jr. High level and one class
that teaches the kids how to use MS Office and address envelope at the high
school level. We need more, but we're between a rock and a hard place.
There is nobody in the building except me that would even be remotely
qualified to teach anything else and I don't have time to do my job
correctly on most days. The business teacher teaches keyboarding, but knows
nothing about computers other than how to turn them on, point and click.
Rumor has it she is going to retire this year and I don't know what we'll do
after that. My guess is I will be teaching one or two classes a semester.
You can bet whatever I teach, it won't be keyboarding, because I type by the
PMC method (pick, miss, & cuss). I would like to do something with
networking and A+ type stuff. Let the kids try their hands at learning how
stuff really works and maybe use a class to help keep the school running.
The other would almost certainly have to be some web design class using
Joomla or something. Let the kids design, build and maintain the school web
site for a grade. There's so much we could do, but so little time for me to
do it. On top of that, I really didn't want to go back into the classroom.
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