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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 james kilty wrote: > On Mon, 2009-09-28 at 19:20 +0100, Paul Sutton wrote: >> - >> BECTA have initiated the open source schools project. >> >> http://opensourceschools.org.uk/ > Hopeful - here is one link in the second page > > another http://computingatschool.org.uk/ has a project on programming > with Linux > > and soon - thanks Paul - evidence of movement. > >> http://opensourceschools.org.uk/case-studies.html > I liked the range of examples. > > The Mount Tamar example seems an excellent indicator of the direction we > would hope for > "Benefits also include advantages to students derived from using a wide > range of software – they are not scared of using something different. > They can choose their own desktop – KDE or Gnome – and this choice would > not be available with a proprietary set up. The result of this is that > students are better able to adapt to change – including regular updates > to software. Students are given a wide variety of tools and it is up to > them to choose the right ones – this gives them a wider range of IT > experience and they become informed users." > > >> this is more worrying >> http://opensourceschools.org.uk/technicians-view.html > > This is an exhortation, written quite well - so, things are happening. > Once people start looking over the hedges (a farmer's analogy) maybe > they'll start emulating. > Exponential growth starting to get visible - a journey .... one step? > Thanks again Paul > James I think we need to offer our support to BECTA, and really ask them how the OSS community can help and how schools can make more use of local Linux user groups (and similar groups) expertise, as on this lug alone there is a LOT of expertise. i think the old idea of a company with a hotline for support is fine in one world but in the OSS world things are sligtly different, so people will need to think out side the box a little when assesing OSS solutions, But how can we help, how can schools find us if they want help, can we find a way of going in to schools to help set things up, without too much paperwork, etc. solve these issues and we can get a real partnership community & schools acting as one. I am just not sure how to make things like this happen or where to start. Paul - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Support Open and ISO standard file formats ISO 26300 odf http://www.odfalliance.org Meetings 1st Saturday of the month - Shoreline, Paignton from 3pm Software freedom day 2009 - Saturday 19th September 2009 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkrBHpoACgkQaggq1k2FJq2nngCggLcAfcVvaGFiWo41CoC1+Lpc Pa8AoIggQSvzWe9hIvVAddqn4c/X7HDg =9khz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html