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[Marghanita da Cruz]

Tom,

Teachers googling for Teaching support Materials seems to be common - though it might not be as much 
reinventing the wheel as we think.
Richer schools do employ Technology Managers. By the way, it isn't only IT - use of PAs is terrible too.
There is definitely a need for online education. Certification would be useful.

Stephen,

I am not sure that Apps are the way to go. Online courses need to be open - available across 
platforms. I would not have thought compatibility would be a problem in this day and age!
Ofcourse teaching about tools is a different issue - I hope they are also be taught about the 
benefits of cross platform compatibility!

Marghanita

Stephen wrote:
> Yes, one would agree Marghanita. From long experience as a Vic high school teacher, there are very few teachers that are currently teaching whom have any in-depth knowledge of ICT at all, aside from basic use. Maybe just one in a hundred existing teachers could code modern apps.

Tom Worthington wrote:
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> What worried me more than support of hardware or software, was support 
> of the teacher and teaching. As I understand it, a curriculum is 
> produced nationally, but no teaching materials are provided for teaching 
> it. Each state, and private system, decides how to implement the 
> curriculum. In the ACT, each public school then decides what to do and 
> each teacher then teaches the material, on their own, to their students. 
> This does not seem to be an efficient or effective way to teach 
> anything, but especially not for a technology curriculum. Why not have 
> online teaching materials and specialist on-line educators, who assist 
> teachers in the class-room?
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Marghanita
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