RE: tictech: Computer woes: Unhealthy Culture

From: Schaudies, Sidney (saschaudies@seattleschools.org)
Date: Mon May 05 2003 - 16:10:30 PDT

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    -tictech message:

    > ...Wes, thanks very much for your advice. But I wish this fear of speaking
    up
    would just go away. It's an unhealthy culture where people are afraid of
    expressing themselves, questioning policy, or suggesting alternatives ...<
    >
    >

    .... Mark, among the reasons I now just marginally participate in matters
    technological is because I expressed myself, I questioned policy and I
    suggested alternatives.

    What I have received in return has been suspicion, misunderstanding,
    de-validation, deception, verbal abuse, being privately discredited, and the
    inability to see where any initiative has contributed to the progress of the
    whole.

    In other words, my experiences have been no different from any other
    ignorant student who is learning how to learn so he can effectively teach
    how to teach.

    Sid Schaudies
    saschaudies@seattleschools.org

            -----Original Message-----
            From: Ahlness, Mark
            Sent: Fri 02-May-03 9:08 PM
            To: tic-tech
            Cc:
            Subject: RE: tictech: Computer woes

            -tictech message:

            Wes Felty wrote:
    > As to the non-ejecting CD's, this problem is with some of the new CWS
    > computers. I never bothered calling a Dell tech to come out with the ...

            This is an issue documented way back to the fall of 2001, when we had this
            on our new student levy computers at our school and mentioned it on this
            list. It was a huge problem. Our own solution was to just rip off the
            poorly designed CD covers. Who's got time to wait for an analyst or Dell
            tech support, anyway? We have had no problems since. I would recommend the
            same for folks still having this problem.

    > ...I might get into trouble for mentioning this, but it is possible
    > for you to...

            Wes, thanks very much for your advice. But I wish this fear of speaking up
            would just go away. It's an unhealthy culture where people are afraid of
            expressing themselves, questioning policy, or suggesting alternatives. -
            Mark

            Mark Ahlness
            mlahlness@seattleschools.org
            Arbor Heights Elementary
            www.arborheights.com

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