[MACEP] equipment to donate

[Richard Adams]

I know TESA is wonderful because the kids get the results right away 
and you can take the test three times.  From a testing standpoint, 
having to answer questions in linear order without being able to go 
back is poor test design but easier programming.

The problem in our school district is the HUGE amount of computer lab 
time it takes.  Our Middle School had their two labs, a 20 computer 
mobile lab, and the high school's mobile lab being used there for the 
last 5 months for testing and retesting.  Of course, the state 
department that has decreed that TESA is the only acceptable way to 
take state tests must assume the public schools have a few extra 
computer labs that aren't being used for any educational purpose. 
All testing, all the time!  That MUST be a way to improve education. 
>:-(

Richard Adams
Pleasant Hill School District


>Happening all over..........our Intro to IT and Networking classes will
>not be offered next year.
>This will be the second year in a row that Networking will not
>run..........making it pretty hard for out IT kids to fill their needed
>classes for a Focused Program in IT in their 4 years here.
>My hardware has survived but is down to just one class from two this
>year.......could be gone next year.
>
>More testing is eating up more and more of our labs availability for
>classes and student use..........
>
>The pendulum seems to have swung away from tech based classes to testing
>based classes...........
>
>Jim
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: macep-bounces at macep.net [mailto:macep-bounces at macep.net] On Behalf
>Of WADE Carla
>Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 10:11 AM
>To: macep at macep.net
>Subject: RE: [MACEP] equipment to donate
>
>
>I must say, this really saddens me.  What will it take to swing the
>pendulum over to getting educational technology - that is integration of
>technology into instruction and learning - so that our children are
>competitive in the world they step into after high school?  
>
>Carla Wade
>Technology Education Specialist
>Oregon Department of Education
>255 Capitol St. NE
>Salem, OR  97310
>Ph:  503.378-3600 x2283
>E-mail:  carla.wade at state.or.us
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: macep-bounces at macep.net [mailto:macep-bounces at macep.net] On Behalf
>Of Ira Erbs
>Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 8:36 AM
>To: macep at macep.net
>Subject: [MACEP] equipment to donate
>
>Hello all,
>In the past I have been a seeker of computer equipment, I am now
>offering up what I have. Due to NCLB my school has to run many remedial
>classes to help kids pass our state testing. The result is too few kids
>to take the many elective offerings here at my HS.  My computer repair
>and networking classes are a casualty of this reality.
>
>As such I have a lot of system components to offer to a good home.
>
>Please notify me off list if you want to come by to see what I have.
>
>On the other hand if you know of a technology  job in your didstrict
>please let me know. I have a full time job here teaching intro to
>computer classes, but I would be open to a hardware teaching or
>technology integration specialist position in the metro
>Portland/vancouver area.
>
>
>
>I ERBS
>Computer Technology
>Ft Vancouver HS
>5700 E. 18th
>Vancouver,WA 98661
>360.313.4000 ext. 4159
>fax 360.313.4001
>ierbs at vansd.org
>"The most difficult thing in the world is to know how
>to do a thing and to watch somebody else doing it wrong,
>without comment." 
>
>-  T. H. White
>
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