On 06/07/2011, Paul Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
Quoting from the site: An annual licence costs just £500 +VAT a year and includes unlimited use both at school and at home. This price is based on schools with 100-500 pupils. Please contact 2Simple if your school is outside of this range. Does this seem expensive if there are foss alternatives? > > -- > > 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/ > -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
