On 06/07/11 08:56, Byte Soup wrote: > Hi All, > > My kids school are considering spending money on a yearly subsciption > to this --> http://www.purplemash.com/ > > Now as most parents I think its a shame if the school spends money on > things they dont need and I also believe that the reason this happens > sometimes is that the school simply arent aware of alternatives. > > Does anyone have any useful information, alternatives I could feedback > to the school? > > Thanks > > -Mark >
I think you need to look out side the box here, I clicked on the news report for the moon landing and it really helps the user with what to put in their article, pictures are drag and drop, but it is scaffolding the user by asking questions and suggesting what to include, normal software does not do this, with Openoffice, libreoffice, scribus you have blank canvas and are expected to know what to type and how to write stuff for it. It is also web based which means the school does not have to install software, (less time fixing software issues for IT co-ordinators) I am using firefox and it works fine, or seems to, I would have an issue if it was written specifically for IE< in which case your argument would be more about web standards, etc Paul -- Paul Sutton Cert SLPS (Open) http://www.zleap.net Open Mic nights - Wednesday 8pm to 11pm (14+) Free entry Breakin' Ground - Street dance for young people (8+) Wednesday 6pm (starts May 11th) The Lighthouse,26 Esplanade Road, Paignton 01803 411 812 or e-mail [email protected] for more info. 17th September 2011 - Software freedom day -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
