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   How are we going to clear this hurdle?

   

   TAD, Jul 21st, 2003 @ 3:22pm

   
   

   It seems like a very large number of primary and secondary teachers only have a cursory knowledge of computers, much less how to utilize the internet properly? How can schools ever teach kids skills like this which need to be updated every 6-12 months when the teachers have a hard time finding the "any key?"
   
   I think our schools are broken, outdated institutions. How can we fix them?
   
   

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   Re: How are we going to clear this hurdle?

   

   Feed_Me_Cereal, Jul 21st, 2003 @ 4:38pm

   
   

   I concur. While many of my HS teachers were "good", well meaning individuals, they lacked the skills to use a computer for themselves ... much less teach others how to do so. It has been my own personal experience, that many teachers especially at the secondary and under level (but certainly not isolated to those areas)lack any motivation to change and/ or learn about computers/ technology in general. Perhaps they dont believe they are valued/ paid enough to warrant that kind of 'extra' work. These are however generalizations and I certainly dont think that every teacher is as stated above.

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   The new Internet Geography skills gap race....

   

   Anonymous Coward, Jul 21st, 2003 @ 5:37pm

   
   

   ...let's face it:
   
   If you can't find snuff flicks, cracked commercial software ISOs and the holy grail via google's cache, you're a loser.

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