[DM-MUG] Register's piece on laptops in DM Schools.... and others?

[jim Lagnese]

My only reason for saying it's a shame is that I am out of work, and I am a
tech. To me, it's a job I can do. I don't want to teach though. Not school
kids at least. Been there, done that, and it is not me.

> From: Tony LaFemina <remacs@optonline.net>
> Reply-To: dmmug@dmmug.org
> Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 19:07:41 -0500
> To: dmmug@dmmug.org
> Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] Register's piece on laptops in DM Schools.... and
> others?
> 
> John Turnage wrote:
> 
>> "Enlisted" is a poor choice of words.  Maybe out of necessity.  And when you
>> make the remark "it's a shame" when referring to teachers and their lack of
>> expertise when it comes to Macs, those are "fightin' words".  Back off.  Our
>> tech is next to useless.
>> 
>> 
> Hi John
> 
> Without trying to add fuel to the fire, the group I belong to has a few
> teachers in it, and the ones I've met (2 or 3) left a lot to be desired.
> As a matter of fact, I once tried to give an AppleWorks demonstration at
> a meeting. I specialize in spreadsheets and figured I'd open with one.
> It was something I designed, to teach little kids simple arithmetic and
> introduce them to the computer at the same time. The spreadsheet uses a
> macro so all anyone has to do to make it work is enter numbers and press
> the Return key.
> 
> To make a long story short, my demo ended with that spreadsheet. I was
> bombarded with questions and couldn't move on to the other stuff I had
> planned. The first person to approach me was a teacher, and her question
> was, "How does it work?". I replied, "Basic arithmetic and a macro"
> which wasn't enough to satisfy her (and probably a bunch of others as
> well). Judging by the direction of the conversation, I think she wanted
> me to take her step-by-step through the design process.
> 
> Another thing I thought was odd, about teachers in general, that is.
> Many of them have a tendency to use the phrase, "I'm trying to do/make a
> simple... when referring to a process or software program. I don't have
> the heart to tell them it's only simple when you can do it.
> 
> By the way! If anyone is curious about the spreadsheet I mentioned, you
> can download it from here.
> ftp://members.aol.com/easyapps/psslib/math.sit but you need a version of
> AppleWorks that supports macros.
> 
> -- 
> Tony LaFemina
> When you want to do more than just buy software
> http://hometown.aol.com/visitmacland/index.html
> mailto:remacs@optonline.net
> 
> 
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