http://www.teach42.com/2006/03/10/california-geeking/ Education and Technology by Steve Dembo Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:31:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.teach42.com/2006/03/10/california-geeking/#comment-38929 Charlene Mon, 13 Mar 2006 02:12:01 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2006/03/10/california-geeking/#comment-38929 It amazes me that first and second graders have no problems with PowerPoint, but that high school teachers are still seeing freshmen arriving without these "basic" skills. It would appear that schools are NOT spending time teaching it in 8th grade... at least not in all the 8th grades that feed into our high school. Where is the gap? It amazes me that first and second graders have no problems with PowerPoint, but that high school teachers are still seeing freshmen arriving without these “basic” skills. It would appear that schools are NOT spending time teaching it in 8th grade… at least not in all the 8th grades that feed into our high school. Where is the gap?

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