Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] OO and exam boards]
On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 02:25, Thomas Adam wrote:
--- Paul Taylor <ptaylor@uklinux.net> wrote:
some ICT teacher who has set up a Linux server for the school's web. I suppose, again to answer Thomas's comments, I would create a unit to supplement the other units offered by the boards. As Joe points out, it
This is certainly a good idea. The only problem I see is that when using Linux, how would you go about it? You could, say, use Webmin and/or all the pretty GUI configs that Linux has to offer, but this hides away a lot of what *is* Linux, and if this were the case, you might as well go back to Windows.
If you were going to configure a web-server, would you teach them how to do it from Vi for instance? Or would this be considered too "difficult" by the exam board? I know it sounds like a patronising comment, but having concrete reasons from the examining-boards as to why they're not willing; or are reluctant to endorse the idea would help.
You differentiate and allow different routes depending on the abilities of the students.
Then you have the issue of programming. You mentioned the very low percentage of schools that allow for that option -- this is indeed very true. It's often quite hard to know where to start and indeed, where to draw the line. This is probably why VB is used in such instances. :/
Python would probably be a good place to start - except for the lack of knowledge of it in teachers but since most teachers in general lack programming knowledge perhaps the advantage is you can use anything to start :-) -- Ian Lynch <ian.lynch@zmsl.com> ZMS Ltd
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