Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-edu (46 mails)

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On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Ian Lynch wrote:

Hi Ian,

> Sounds like the worst possible combination of technologies. Maybe we
> need to start teaching technology in schools not all this ICT capability
> crap that means no-one actually understands anything.

My year 7's typing is, on the whole, so bad that I'm about to teach them
how to touch type for a month! (even using tuxtype as a game for them to
play with their new found typing skills). Yes, we need to teach skills
and ideas not just how to use the cruddy KS3 tests.  I did a sample test
last week and it was so utterlly crap that I feel sorry for my year9 who
are taking it next term!   And I don't know if I passsed or not as the
client crashed while uploading my stuff to the server!  It was so full
of bugs and little nasties that I have no idea how I'm going to stand up
with a straight face and ask them to take it!  I think it was worse than
the QTS ICT test, which is a joke.

Steve