On Tue, 2011-06-21 at 14:04 +0100, Sarah Chard wrote: > there has been quite a bit of talk on the lists about schools, school > websites and teaching lately - this weekend it's not only Glastonbury > Festival but also > The Sunday Times/Wellington College Festival of Education > http://www.festivalofeducation.org.uk/ > in Crowthorne Berks - lots of speakers including apparently Bob Geldof > but guess who is the main festival partner - Microsoft. > > This is why I think it really is very important we look at ways to bring > FOSS into schools and show teachers how good the alternatives to MS are. > Out here in Herefordshire our next event is 17 sept software freedom day > and we usually target schools and get a few teachers and educators > through on the day - but I am wondering this year if we can make more of > an effort to get schools and students involved - it's a tricky date as > it falls just after the summer holidays - but if anyone has any good > practical ideas that we can implement locally I'd love to hear them - > and if they work then other groups can pick them up. > > Sarah > > > Sarah, I like your thinking... try this one for size: Two identical laptops running side by side. One running MS only software, the other running Ubuntu and equivalent software. Stuck [prominently] to each laptop is a "price tag" ;)
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