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| DATE | 2003-07-21 |
| FROM | Robert Marino
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] School Technology
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fact #1 we can not do everything
fact #2 In this case if PHP is what they want we do not have a proven
curriculum for PHP that will serve their goals in a timely manner.
fact #3 Perl has great potential for use in a math curriculum because of
its roots in fortran and regular expressions. Im planing to start work on
a curriculum for regents math in perl.
fact #3 PHP is only usefull for web based interfaces.
fact #4 The internet boom is dead and will probably not be revived
fact #5 many of the schools represented here want to or are already
teaching java and or java script. Perl is a closer match than PHP which
will simplify the teaching of two languages.
im not saying we try to force them into any thing just try to pursuade
them to use something which will serve both of our goals. since we have
limited recources our goals would be better served by acting as a mediary
to conect them with a group such as NYPHP which is far better equiped to
help them than we are. doing this is not detrimental to our goals or the
image of our organization in fact it would only sevre to improve our
image. The point here is quality if we dont go in there with a rock solid
curriculm to teach them then they wont ask for our help again. we have a
rock solid Perl curriculm we dont have one for PHP. remember we are
dealing with vetrian teachers if they thin you are unperpaired to teach
them for even a split second they wont come back fro a second session and
may not stay for all of the first. you have to walk in with home work for
them and a percise realistic sylibus and copies for the whole class.
On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Mike Richardson - NYLXS VICE PRESIDENT wrote:
>
> Remember all the experts said the Titanic was unsinkable.
> And we are talking about weather NYLXS is a dogmatic group or not. (The
> only way is my way all others are wrong).
>
> On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS wrote:
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> >
> > My two cents, Mike, your a little short of experience in this area.
> >
> > Ruben
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 10:19:18AM -0400, Michael Richardson wrote:
> > > My 2cents. We do not live in a world were there is only one way or product
> > > to do things. Sometimes it doesn't matter what tool is used, sometimes it
> > > does. As for multihulls it depends on the tool (the best I had was a
> > > linemen's combo hammer/pliers/wirecutter/wirestriper/pick)get a good one not
> > > a knockoff.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ron Guerin [mailto:ron-at-vnetworx.net]
> > > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 9:57 AM
> > > To: Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
> > > Cc: Sunny Dubey; NYLXS
> > > Subject: Re: [hangout] School Technology
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 08:19, Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS wrote:
> > > > Despite the fact that useless flamewars occur over different technologies,
> > > > one can still make authoratative distictions between different tools
> > > > for different tasks, and this task is educating children (or young
> > > adults).
> > >
> > > I think one of the saddest things to happen since I was a kid is the
> > > demise of using the right tool_s_. The idea that something should be
> > > this _or_ that is limited thinking, advanced by those who're more
> > > interested in squeezing their developer's salaries than in generating
> > > revenue.
> > >
> > > When I was young and green, it was not unusual to see "jobs" that
> > > consisted of parts written in FORTRAN, COBOL, PL/I and RPG. Many jobs
> > > used two or three different programming languages. Anyone who owns one
> > > of those "unitools" that is supposed to be good for everything knows
> > > they're better off with a half-dozen basic tools. The combination
> > > screwdriver/pliers/wirecutters/hammer generally sucks at everything and
> > > is good for nothing. I don't think it's all that different with code.
> > > Sure, you _can_ use C for everything, but it can't be a good idea.
> > > Substitute your favorite language for C in the last sentence, and flame
> > > away. ;)
> > >
> > > I strongly believe that the commoditization of developers is a bad
> > > thing. Bad for America, bad for business, and bad for developers. But
> > > that's the way things are going.
> > >
> > > - Ron
> > >
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