ISFD & schools info
It’s been a while since we’ve done any work with schools - something I hope to change in the next year, but it meant that when I was asked to write up case studies and apps for FOSS in education, to contribute to International Software Freedom Day leaflets, I had to go back a bit.
I’ve been involved in a number of efforts to get Free Software into UK schools (and often written on the subject), as well as working with schools to get IT into the community, so it’s ironic that things seem so quiet just as the biggest opposition to FOSS has vanished.
Here, then, is the text on:
- Educational software - the highlights.
- How to increase your IT provision while cutting spending.
- Curriculum software – some thoughts.
I’ll add more to the page as events dictate (but bear in mind that things I meant to post here a year ago are still unposted - if you think there are too many blog posts on the Internet, just think how dwarfed they are by the number of unposted items, particularly since we all started diverting our efforts to micro-blogging).
A memory game from GCompris, by Bruno Coudoin (screenshot under GNU/FDL)
September 9th, 2010 at 9:21 am
I was recently at some training and sat next to someone from BECTA. I nearly fell off my chair when he said to me “BECTA has always been pro Open Source”. I jest not.
September 9th, 2010 at 9:04 pm
Excellent write up, bookmarked the site with interest to read more!
September 12th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
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