Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!dalcs!aucs!870158a
From: 870158a@aucs.UUCP (Benjamin Armstrong)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: In defence of the K-12 school system
Summary: Is a new newsgroup necessary here?
Message-ID: <890@aucs.UUCP>
Date: 2 Mar 88 12:49:20 GMT
References: <73@unibase.UUCP> <981@nesac2.UUCP> <1266@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
Organization: School of Computer Science, Acadia Univ., Nova Scotia
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In article <1266@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>, windley@iris.ucdavis.edu (Phil Windley) writes:
> What does this discussion have to do with comp.edu?  I thought that this
> group was more specific than a general education group.  Comp.edu suggests
> to me a blending of CS and Education issues. like how do we teach CS and
> how do we use computers to teach.  AM I way out in left field here?  Does
> comp refer to some education term I'm not familiar with and not really to
> computers as I suspected it does ;-) ?

Take a look around.  Is there any other newsgroup in which such discussions
would be appropriate?  I haven't seen one yet.  Maybe there should be one.
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_______________________________________________________________________________                Ben Armstrong at Acadia University, Wolfville N.S.
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