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Originally Posted by Chris T
I'd sign a petition supporting improved IT teaching in schools - especially if it promoted true learning about IT and didn't simply focus on turning out drones who are trained to use Microsoft Office products and nothing else. Part of my job is training people to use content management systems for corporate intranets and it is extremely depressing how difficult it can be to show people to use any application that differs in its function even slightly from the MS approach.
I'm not so convinced about the need for WiFi in schools, as to my knowledge schools do not generally expect pupils to bring their own laptops in and work from them at their desks. Hard-wired ethernet is a simpler and more cost effective solution in the school environment I think.
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Not to mention secure... Letting a load of script kiddies loose with their own machines (and therefore full of all their scriptkiddie tools) on the school network is just asking for it.