what is needed ...

[Mark Greenberg]

	Yes, I agree.  I teach in the second largest high school district in 
the US -- over 1,200 teachers -- and to my knowledge only one other 
teacher writes programs at all.  Even those who teach computer 
technology show a few prepackaged examples of Java or C++ without the 
ability to guide their students further.  I tried to train math and 
science teachers to program some very simple stacks over two weekends, 
and they just got bogged down with the mechanics of pulling down menus 
and double-clicking.
	Though it is a shame, it does leave me in the position of the 
proverbial one-eyed man.

		Mark Greenberg

Stephen Messimer and Judy Perry wrote:

>> I think I would go a step further.  I think most teachers have no
>> interest in using computers.
>
> --Yup; more than a few are downright computer-phobic. :(
>
>> I mean when you think about it few of
>> them have been taught to use them in the context of teaching. So how
>> would the average teacher begin you use this type of technology?  Most
>> of the use I have observed is nothing more than expensive updated over
>> head projection. This is a waste of the power of the computer and a
>> waste of the teachers power to effect higher order learning outcomes.
>
> --Yuppers again.  My teacher's ed program at my university and related
> programs are oh-so-proud of the fact that they _force_ their students 
> to
> use PowerPoint. They also teach (or taught) HyperStudio, but not well.