Kathleen Weaver wrote:
>
> >Again, I understand that things have to start somewhere, and I would
> > 2) What are good ways to lower the cost of admission to the high-tech
> >'club'?
>
> Start good programs in high school. Sadly few computer science teachers
> are competent.
Actually, this reminded me. The company Dancer is working for - Schoolsnet
Australia - is writing/running the technical end of a system that makes the
'net available in every state school here (and any private schools we can
get).
This program's aim is to make the 'net - and computers - more useful and
usable by teachers AND students. Dancer works primarily in back-end
applications, so I'm not entirely familiar with the user-end things. Two
ex-teachers are among the primary developers there, and they frequently
talk to other teachers about wishlists.
It's got the Departments and the local Telco interested in making sure
there's computers available to both teachers and students in /every/
school. Including primary.
Jenn V.
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This is women's work!"
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