Comments on: It’s definitely working…

By: david

david — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:51:39 +0000

cool:)
try and get the armagetron advanced game on their school server
open source
minimal virtual team game
best way to promote open source
imho
once we get 1,000,000 kids playing it
should be relatively easy to introduce other free open source things…

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:38:11 +0000

Depressing conversation with the Head of ICT at my son’s school the other day:

Me: “I’m not too happy that you make the kids do their projects in MS Word”.
Teacher: “Yeah. It’s a problem. We’re thinking of letting them use Publisher instead.”.
*sigh*

By: Jordan Hall

Jordan Hall — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:09:09 +0000

I would certainly like to see Ubuntu used more in educational institutes, and of course open-source in general. Looks like James has the right idea there!

I am personally a big user of Linux in general, particularly Ubuntu, for both work and leisure. I am glad to see the next generation is slowly being educated in the use of alternative operating systems and open source in general.

By: Roachy

Roachy — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:50:08 +0000

Interesting comments and very positive….had an interesting discussion with my 7 year old stepdaughter the other day when she was asking why we don’t use Windows at home (we have a mix of Fedora, #! and Ubuntu around the house…). A brief chat about software freedom/free software – with the emphasis on software freedom and she went away a happy bunny….coupled with the fact that she’s now installed her own OS on her own PC. On the school front though a lot of the education is based around proprietary products – not conceptual learning, and that to me, is a problem that I feel needs to be addressed in the curriculum. I’d be interested to hear how you get on in a pitch to the school….

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Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:14:46 +0000

[...] It’s definitely working… Both my kids use Ubuntu at home; they are 5 & 9. They skip easily between Ubuntu & the Windows machines they use at school and with their friends. They also switch without difficulty between applications too. When necessary James does his homework in OpenOffice.org and takes a USB stick to school with the files saved in a nasty proprietary format. [...]

By: Johannes

Johannes — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:43:27 +0000

These are good news!
Well LIAR, France is not so bad on open source in schools – at leas I know a whole bunch of teachers (my mother in one of them!) which are really convinced about open source…
I could “convert” her to Ubuntu 2 years ago, and it helped a lot that their colleagues were very positive about it!

By: LIAR

LIAR — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:05:10 +0000

Hi,

That sound REALLY great!!!

As a member of various BUGs & LUGs (BSD User Groups & Linux User Groups) in France that’s exactly the kind of actions we try to do to promote FOSS! Unfortunately, it is more easy for M$’s representants to enter schools than for a parent!

You might get in contact with such a B/LUG in your neighborhood. Indeed, they might support you 1. for your presentations (e.g., with material/slides, ideas) 2. for the long term support of families that would like to make the transition to FOSS (by providing work force, demos, install parties…) 3. to show the school director that you are not alone in this movement.

Also, inviting the parents might be a good idea!

My 2 cents

Good Luck

By: Daniel Holbach

Daniel Holbach — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:24:08 +0000

Nice

By: Paul Mellors

Paul Mellors — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:16:23 +0000

I know my son is only 1, but i’ll certainly be bringing him up on foss.