Unfortunately it's not as easy as that. While, yes, ideally the IT people could install those programs in 10 minutes, in a lot of cases their hands are tied. At the HS I was at, the computer teacher was constantly uninstalling firefox, et al. that students had installed because it was a violation of the school district's contracts with Compaq/Microsoft. The district had a deal with the two companies such that the schools in the city received cheap computers, so long as we didn't use competing software like firefox.
I'm pretty sure that's just for photography purposes, though i dont understand why they didn't just put it to the side. (Possibly some information I'm missing that involves the original tv?) If you scrolldown you'll notice a picture of a man using the monitor at eye-level.
In the process of working with the technology, the students will learn why Microsoft products are so horrendously annoying. So if Microsoft really wants to promote their products within schools, i say more power to them.
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Unfortunately it's not as easy as that. While, yes, ideally the IT people could install those programs in 10 minutes, in a lot of cases their hands are tied. At the HS I was at, the computer teacher was constantly uninstalling firefox, et al. that students had installed because it was a violation of the school district's contracts with Compaq/Microsoft. The district had a deal with the two companies such that the schools in the city received cheap computers, so long as we didn't use competing software like firefox.
I'm pretty sure that's just for photography purposes, though i dont understand why they didn't just put it to the side. (Possibly some information I'm missing that involves the original tv?) If you scrolldown you'll notice a picture of a man using the monitor at eye-level.
(see subject line)
In the process of working with the technology, the students will learn why Microsoft products are so horrendously annoying. So if Microsoft really wants to promote their products within schools, i say more power to them.
their people believe there is still a free press
ex: Mein Kompf. Buy that and the CIA starts to suspect something.
not that i would know...