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Joomla Question 4 Replies
I am currently looking to redesign our schools web site. I was looking at using Joomla, but my proposal was met with quite a bit of concern from our technology director. She doesn't believe it's se...
Started by Rob. Last reply by Blaine Transue Jun 9.
Is there something else I can use besides Skype? 6 Replies
IT people in our division don't like using Skype because it is incredibly bandwidth intensive. Is there an alternative option so that I can do interesting videoconferencing projects with other scho...
Started by leewin. Last reply by Lee Allen May 19.
Open Source Document Management 3 Replies
Is anyone aware of an open source document management program that uses tags. I am in the process of trying to go paperless?
Started by Rob. Last reply by Cliff Lyon Mar 12.
Lab Management Software 10 Replies
What is your experience with open source lab management software? What can you recommend?
Started by Leigh Newton. Last reply by Andrew Schwab Feb 8.
Call for Partners ......
We are currently looking for European partners, teaching in the Vocational sector, for a Leonardo da Vinci Partnership which will run from Sept 2009 to May 2011. The proposed project is: Promoting...
Started by Patricia Donaghy Jan 13.
Interactive Quiz Software for Lab 4 Replies
Hi again! I've had some really good input and gotten some great resources from this site so I'm hoping to get lucky once again. Our school is moving towards interactive whiteboards in all classroom...
Started by Erin. Last reply by speugh Jan 8.
Running into reluctance to adopt open source 21 Replies
I am new to this site, so forgive me if I am addressing issues already hashed out... Has anyone run into the issue of presenting free and open source software to IT and admin people only to have i...
Started by Ed Hitchcock. Last reply by Pam McLeod Jan 6.
Calling all teachers...
Teachers...I would like to invite you to a network I'm building called "Take Control of your Classroom!" I am trying to get teachers and parents involved in making a positive change in the current ...
Tagged: reform
Started by Rebekah Lewis Jan 3.
Why use MS Office anymore on student lab machines?? 20 Replies
With the host of simple, free and powerful client apps (eg OpenOffice) and web based apps (google suite), what are the advantages of continuing to pay annual seating fees for MS Office on our stude...
Started by Matt Montagne. Last reply by Reynard Dec. 3, 2008.
New Stand-alone K-12 Open Source Community
You might know that one of the professional hats I wear is as the director of CoSN.org's K-12 Open Technologies Initiative. I also run the Open Source Pavilions and speaker series at the CUE.org an...
Started by Steve Hargadon Nov. 25, 2008.
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Comment by Geoff St. Pierre on February 18, 2009 at 6:00am -
Logo is good.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_(programming_language)
There are a variety of implementations of it for Linux/UNIX, Mac, and uhh that other one.
Geoff
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Comment by Nocturnal on September 5, 2008 at 4:47pm - Programming! does anyone know of any kid friendly programming software for up to an 8th grade level?
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Comment by Bill Schreiter on June 4, 2008 at 5:01pm -
Hi, My name is Bill and I work in a school district in Ontario Canada. We use a mixture of WordPerfect and Microsoft Office in the classroom. WordPerfect version 12 is provided by the Ministry of Education to school districts for free. MS Office is something that we have to purchase over and over again.
For a variety of reasons I would like to champion a move to replace both Office suites with Open Office. These reasons are clear to me ... such as student take home, compatibility, features and finally price... This does not mention all the benefits to FLOSS and the community support compared to any proprietary software.
Do you know of districts that have moved to Open Office?
What are the issues?
What about importing old WordPerfect documents... I have trouble with the graphics that in the wpg (wordperfect) format.
Do you know of case studies, feature comparisons etc that might help?
Thanks in advance for any information you can provide.
Bill
PS: I am very new and if this is inappropriate please tell me and I will retract and withdraw...
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Comment by Alan Hodson on March 26, 2008 at 5:51pm - I am wondering if there is a use for a service that personilizes the wonderful OS software available as an .ISO download from http://theopendisc.com/education. Let me explain: I am involved with a local community effort to provide low and medium income families loans for PC acquisitions (HP/Intel/WellsFargo,etc) and one of the offers is a PC without any software (other than XP) where the El Paso Collaborative (where I volunteer) provides the Open Source Software CD, customized from the address above. Thus, splash screens, credits and links all have been customized to promote our local effort (PR really) while the opendisc.org product is still the meat and potatoes (and they know about EPC). If anybody might want to look at a customized image, I can direct them to the project's repository. The idea is offering a very cool CD while being able to promote your own cause.
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