Andreas Tille wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008, cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis) wrote:
That's a very interesting video, that I hadn't seen yet :)
but it only reinforces the need for basic computer skills, it shows the
computers as a basic tool used in every class, replacing things like
encyclopedias, and reference books
-> if those kids lack a basic computer literacy at this point, there
would
be something seriously wrong with those schools
Sure. I agree with you that pupils should be able to cope with different
desktops as they should with say different textbooks. But I do not think
that exchanging a textbook in the middle of the year is a good idea and
thus I think sticking to something you are used to is not really a bad
idea.
You just become distracted by unimportant things like different optics,
different shortcuts etc. The fact that you should be able to cope with
different desktops does not mean that it makes sense to switch your
working
environment frequently.
Kind regards
Andreas.
The video is great, but badly scripted in English, especially use of the
word "freeware" all the time.
At my school we have used icewm, gnome, then KDE in successive years,
but that is not the point. The point is that Linex is used by all the
civil servants in Extremadura. Those are the people who shouldn't have
unnecessary GUI changes, and who will complain when things don't work
the way they used to. Linex is probably the world leader in widespread
linux adoption. We should listen to their advice.
Of course kids can manage any GUI you give them. If our servers have
enough grunt, we could give kids the choice at login. Its good to expose
them to aspects of linux that are better than windows, so no-one gets
the mistaken impression that linux is a cheap replacement.
nigel
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