Quotes are taken from a message written by Ron to Sheila on 07/07/96...
RM>The math teachers naturally seemed 
RM>to gravitate to programming...
Interesting, but the same was true here.  Our technology teachers' 
interests gravitated to CAD and drawing software, our business teachers' 
interests gravitated to Word Processing, and Spreadsheets and out math 
teachers' interests gravitated to programming.  I wonder why the math 
teachers' interests didn't gravitate to spreadsheets and CAI software?
RM>There evolved a separate path
RM>through occupational education wherein one might learn about
RM>applications (we've all discussed this in the past)...  The
RM>stuff the kids seem to like (graphics) fell by the wayside.
We have a couple of art teachers strongly interested in graphics on the 
computers and our technology department offers a couple of CAD courses 
as electives (high school).
RM>It just strikes me as an unfortunate series of events.  The
RM>emphasis on programming, and therefore on math, has limited
RM>the exposure to computing the average kid might have had...
I think, as I've mentioned in other posts, that you are right on the 
money here.  Except for those kids really interested in programming, 
math teachers might better use the computers for spreadsheets, graphing, etc.
Chuck
Chuck Beams
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cbeams@future.dreamscape.com
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