Comments on: No Teacher Left Behind Acts http://magazine.edublogs.org/2008/01/28/no-teacher-left-behind-acts/ Education and the Edublogger Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:04:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: lfox368806 http://magazine.edublogs.org/2008/01/28/no-teacher-left-behind-acts/comment-page-1/#comment-106 lfox368806 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:27:36 +0000 http://magazine.edublogs.org/2008/01/28/no-teacher-left-behind-acts/#comment-106 I, too, learned "by the seat of my pants" in the early days. Once OH brought in a computer certification, many teachers added it to their certificates. The trouble was, it only required 2 courses. Once I finished my original certification, I tried to add computers. By that time, the upgrade required the equivalent of a CS degree. Later on, because I had become frustrated by the computer "specialists" not knowing what they were doing, while I couldn't teach the same course, because my expertise didn't fall within the narrow constraints of the state board requirements, I went back to school and earned a Master's in Computers. Haven't officially used it since, although I use my knowledge of science probes every day. I, too, learned “by the seat of my pants” in the early days. Once OH brought in a computer certification, many teachers added it to their certificates. The trouble was, it only required 2 courses.

Once I finished my original certification, I tried to add computers. By that time, the upgrade required the equivalent of a CS degree.

Later on, because I had become frustrated by the computer “specialists” not knowing what they were doing, while I couldn’t teach the same course, because my expertise didn’t fall within the narrow constraints of the state board requirements, I went back to school and earned a Master’s in Computers.

Haven’t officially used it since, although I use my knowledge of science probes every day.

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