Teachers College's for Educational Techology?

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday August 27, 2002 @06:32AM from the learning-how-to-implement-new-ways-of-learning dept.

gandrews asks: "I'm looking into advanced degrees in education with a focus on computers. Problem is, a lot of the departments I've found look like they're stuck in the early nineties -- they're still hung up on the possibilities of html and BBSes, and aren't paying attention to organic ways kids are already using chat and email, or how kids become autodidacts^? using computers. It doesn't improve my opinion any that so many of these university websites are broken. Does anyone know if up-to-date dialog on technology and education even exists in academia, and if so, where is it?"

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Hope you like eating Ramen by crstophr · 2002-08-27 08:39 · Score: 2, Interesting

Being a teacher now is a thankless, low paying job. Both of my parents are teachers and I grew up in that "community". Chained to the public employees retirement system, insignificant pay increases, assuming you don't have to threaten to strike, every time a contract negotiation comes up. You're the first thing the politicians SAY they'll fund, and the last thing they actually provide money for. Our poitical system doesn't give a rats ass about educating anyone because the people running it all have thier kids in private schools. I salute your noble path, Good luck.