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One of the most beneficial classes I had in college was an Object Oriented programming class that used a book written by the professor, and taught the fundamentals of Object Oriented programming through C++ and Java...at the same time. We didn't learn Visual Studio IDE, Eclipse, EJB, or whatever...we learned command line compilation and JIT, and we learned how these technologies made a difference. When I got out into the real world, I had to learn an IDE and apply my knowledge taken from this class and apply it to Microsoft and Mac kernels. Since I chose to go with C++ out of college, no one looking for Java programmers want to talk to me. But it's the same thing. I can debug Java just as easily as I can C++. The problem is obvious by reading some of the comments for this post. The people that you have to impress want you to have experience with specific tools. To impress and test yourself, it's better to have a full understanding of why this tool exists in the first place, so that you will be able to use it to it's full potential. If you want to teach multimedia, then teach multimedia. The tools are there to make their lives easier. If you want to teach tools, then unfortunately, it sounds like you'll have to make a better case for getting the tools to the suits in charge.