Re: Teaching technology separately
Paul Hagen (phagen@direct.ca)
Wed, 7 Aug 1996 20:46:24 EDT
At 02:55 AM 26/07/96 EDT, Jim Foerchu <alrai@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>Once again my pain threshold has been breached while reading about
>>"teaching technology"...
>> 95% of all "computers" are in embedded applications and do not sit on the
>> desktop.
>
>Dear Mr. Sandberg,
> I agree with your pique. At a creative arts alternative high school
>here in Grand Rapids, Michigan we are taking one tiny step in the right
>direction by trying to eliminate "computer literacy" as a separate course
>and just help the kids learn to use computers for real tasks in their
>interdisciplinary art classes. Did our ancestors offer their kids classes
>in "flint axmanship" where they didn't actually chop anything?
In many respects I would agree with what was written regarding the above. I
am convinced (at times) that I spent 7 years of stdy and $XXXXXXXX getting a
degree in Paper Clipology, after trying to run a computer lab with
dinosauric Apple IIGS's that were in varying stages of decay!!!!!!!!!
Pam Hagen
phagen@direct.ca
"Imagination is more important than knowledge" Albert Einstein