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Teachers Need an Open Source Education

Posted by timothy on from the yer-darn-tootin' dept.

palegray.net writes "Teachers are sorely in need of an education in what open source software is, what it isn't, and how it can benefit their students. A recent news story at the Reg discussed the case of a Texas teacher who accused those distributing Linux to students of committing criminal acts. A HeliOS blog entry exposes a 'higher education' culture of apathy, lies, and fear of open source software. Things have got to improve, and that improvement needs to start with misguided teachers getting their facts straight."

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  1. Re:citations please .. by wild_quinine · · Score: 0, Troll

    "A recent news story at the Reg discussed the case of a Texas teacher" Citations please, does 'Karen' really exist, is this even true or just someone looking for hits to his blog.

    Citations...? This word.... I do not think it means what you think it means.

  2. Re:And another slow news day... by dov_0 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Isn't that normal for the news articles?

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  3. Re:Lack of knowledge not an excuse by Covert+Penguin · · Score: 1, Troll

    ...Those who can't, teach. -H. L. Mencken