[wilhelmtux-discussion] FOSS und Schule (war Edu and School Day, aKademy 3.7.2007)

Visvanath Ratnaweera ratnaweera at dplanet.ch
Wed Jun 13 13:48:16 CEST 2007


> Zum Thema Linux in der Schule
> http://akademy2007.kde.org/codingmarathon/schoolday.php

ist sehr aktuell:
It's Time to Consider Open Source Software,
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   When technology leaders train teachers and students to use 
   proprietary software, it obligates those teachers and students 
   to buy or steal that software or to have wasted their time on 
   the training. A US$500 Dell computer costs another $150 (an
   additional 30 percent) with Microsoft Office Basic; the version 
   for students and teachers is available for about $100 (20 percent).

   When one considers how many students and teachers buy Microsoft 
   Office because their school has standardized on it the costs are 
   considerable.  A medium-sized school district comprises about 
   20,000 households with children, ...

Part 1: http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/57759.html
Part 2: http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/57760.html

Gefunden in "The Argument for F/OSS in Schools"
http://slashdot.org/articles/07/06/12/2153223.shtml

Visvanath


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