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Most teachers are opposed to any change, even if they are told it is beneficial, and especially if its to do with IT. This is the hurdle the design has to overcome - the classroom benefit has to be very obvious to them, and teachers should not have to do much more than open the program to learn how to use it. This is because teachers are wary of education technology, which is typically expensive and very low quality, and they need to know it well enough to pass it on to students. This means that all the complicated stuff needs to be hid from teachers. | Most teachers are opposed to any change, even if they are told it is beneficial, and especially if its to do with IT. This is the hurdle the design has to overcome - the classroom benefit has to be very obvious to them, and teachers should not have to do much more than open the program to learn how to use it. This is because teachers are wary of education technology, which is typically expensive and very low quality, and they need to know it well enough to pass it on to students. This means that all the complicated stuff needs to be hid from teachers. | ||
We have been in contact (through Daniel) with a school and they are worried about having to learn a new program. They evaluated a closed source solution and found it too complex to use, so we have to be wary of this trap. Hopefully we can soon show them a demo of how it will work to allay their fears. | |||
Speaking of demos we are working on the software while waiting for the money to come through. We are mainly hacking things together as quickly as possible. Good engineering will have to wait a while. *Insert screen shot of the web controller* | |||
