Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-edu (303 mails)

[David Bowles <dbowles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why do you assume you are not suitably qualified or experienced to
contribute directly to this, Chris?

On reason why educators have gotten themselves in such a mess over the
sensible teaching of ICT is their professional arrogance. Indeed I've
come across far too many educators who possess an unshakable
conviction that anyone who possesses QTS (Qualified Teacher Status)
must by definition be infinitely inferior in every way to everyone
else who resides outside of 'Fortress Education' -- it's a cultural
thing.

What's needed to make a success of a project such as this are
contributions from across the widest possible spectrum ICT interest
and use. Even novice users of ICT can make a highly significant
contribution. Indeed, back when I used to run a computer services
support department we found comparatively new users of software often
made far better trainers compared with others who had a lot more
experience. Why? Because they were a lot closer to the experience of
the new users they were training and therefore tended not to gloss
over the basics.

So you are not only welcome to join in Chris, I'm also certain you are
well capable of making a valuable contribution.


David Bowles
TeacherLab / Education-Support

> I hope there are any number of people on this list, who, unlike myself
> are suitably qualified and experienced to contribute directly to this.
> Hopefully on SchoolForge-UK (open development as well as open source) or
> strongly linked. Where I can help, I'm willing to do so.

> Regards

> Chris