I didn't read this properly before, because I thought it was an echalk mailing list!
I work in school as an IT Technician, and did last year. Before that I was a student, same school K-12! During one year of my schooling (Year 11) I had a teacher who is 64 (Retirement..) and is one the oldest and kindest men on the planet! Now he doesn't know much about computers, e-mail, calculators or technology in general. But he would be one of the smartest men I know and would be the best science and maths teacher I know of! During class myself and my fellow classmates had to use graphics calculators, he couldn't help us with them at all but he was able to complete step by step any function manually, with this we could soon figure out how to do it via our calculator! He wasn't a techo buff but that didn't matter at all! At my new school all memos for staff are sent out via staff e-mail. If you don't read/check your e-mail then you don't know whats happening. Your bad. I suppose it depends on the teacher etc but each to their own. Within three years I see that all staff in all schools Australia wide should be equipped with a computer or access when needed and they are proactive in the classroom and their learning! Thanks, David Moyle ---------- Bertram, Western Australia Mb: 0427 888 257 Confidentiality Notice: The contents of this email are confid.. Were you meant to recieve this? If not, delete it. Please? -----Original Message----- From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 17 February 2007 7:33 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Steve's True Face? Weighing in on this one... (rant) I have an association with local schools and know many teachers. Some of which are really tech savvy (Reg?) and some of which are so-so with computers. One thing is for sure--in order to be literate in today's society, being technology literate is a requirement. Would we be OK with a teacher still being in a school if they couldn't read or write? Although Steve is talking about not being able to discipline your own staff (and I happen to agree with him on that one), I also happen to agree wtih the first interpretation. If a teacher can't handle technology, maybe they shouldn't be teaching because they are not keeping their skills up to date with what their students require. If you can't use the tools of your trade, get out of the business. Technology has been a learnig and teaching tool since Turing. (/rant) Nathalie Quoting Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Lodge family wrote: > > http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4560691.html > > > > For the faithful.... > > > > Has Steve Jobs shown his true face? > > Does he really think on such a basic level? (Teachers that can't > > handle new technology should be sacked!) > Hi > > Well he doesn't actually say teachers should be sacked specifically for > not handling new technology. > He uses the description 'weren't any good'. The words 'Bad Teachers' are > also credited to him in the article. > > I'm OK with that. > I've actually had an employee I couldn't sack due to odd circumstances > and I found it to have a hamstringing effect, if that is a word ;-) > I shudder to think of the kind of education some kids in the 'States are > getting. > > I also don't like the chances for some of Steve's kind of ideas, such as > faster Internet and Wikipedia-style reference materials etc, in the same > kind of classrooms where Intelligent Design is already popular. > > Oops, I've shot my mouth off again! ;-) > > > Have fun > Paul > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
