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Software Suggestions for Elementary School Workstations?

Posted by Cliff on from the teaching-toys-for-the-toddlers dept.

krog asks: "I've recently signed a contract with a local middle school to replace their aged Apple /// cluster with a roomful of IBM Aptivas running Linux 7.3. Now surely I will be installing such ease-of-use tools as KDE3, Gnome, and screen, but I am looking for suggestions of other software to install. Anyone know of any good text editors/BASIC interpreters/shells/etc suitable for eight-year-old children?"

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  1. Ms Word!! by Unknown+Poltroon · · Score: 0, Troll

    Its perfect for an 8 year old. Once they start having to type papers though, you're probably gonna want to give them a word processor, like Word Perfect.

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