To quote a famous line from Start Trek 4:
"Whoever said that Windows was user friendly?"
Oh, waitaminute, that was the 'human race was logical', wasn't it?
Both seem to apply here.
You have got to sit down with the teachers and compile a list of what they are using the computers for and then determine if there are open source alternatives and if the teachers are willing to accomodate a wholesale OS change. If the open source versions of the tools they need exist, then they should be open to change based solely on cost savings. As a taxpayer, I want to know that the schools that are devouring my money are spending responsibly.
However, as a taxpayer, and someone who who predates computers in the K-8 grades, I have to ask just what the hell are they doing using computers to teach K-5 students????!!!! I suspect that they're teaching dependency on technology, or worse, the teachers are pushing their responsibilities onto computers, dumbing down the teaching staff and hurting the children in the end.
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To quote a famous line from Start Trek 4: "Whoever said that Windows was user friendly?" Oh, waitaminute, that was the 'human race was logical', wasn't it? Both seem to apply here.
You have got to sit down with the teachers and compile a list of what they are using the computers for and then determine if there are open source alternatives and if the teachers are willing to accomodate a wholesale OS change. If the open source versions of the tools they need exist, then they should be open to change based solely on cost savings. As a taxpayer, I want to know that the schools that are devouring my money are spending responsibly. However, as a taxpayer, and someone who who predates computers in the K-8 grades, I have to ask just what the hell are they doing using computers to teach K-5 students????!!!! I suspect that they're teaching dependency on technology, or worse, the teachers are pushing their responsibilities onto computers, dumbing down the teaching staff and hurting the children in the end.