> PCs dominate business, Macs dominate schools. Unless you're in graphics
>or publishing, seldom would you need to know both systems....
>What are you preparing your students for?
IMHO
I'd have to disagree. My experience outside the academic arena (albeit
mostly in the non-profit sector) has been that cross platform offices are
becoming the norm. In the non-profit organizations I have worked for and
with, it is typical for some departments (finance and administration, for
example) to work on PC while others (development, perhaps, or public
relations) to work on Macs. Choices are made based on what software works
best for which part of the organization. And generally they all live
together happily on cross platform networks.
It makes no sense to me for schools to make their choices based on
theoritical or philosophical support for one platform or another. Function
(or in this case curriculum) will determine your software choices and
software should drive hardware.
What we are preparing our students for is a world where all the technology
will have changed by the time they get there.
Shawna Martin
Technology Coordinator
Moreau Catholic High School
Hayward, CA
smartin@linex.com
shmarti@oboe.gina.calstate.edu
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