Just before graduating from college, I interned at an underprivilaged elementary school (3rd - 9th grade). They were running Solaris with Open Office and the students had no issues interacting with the PC's.
With the similarites between things like office suites and web browsers, the students should have little or no difficulty transitioning. Also from my experience at that elementary school, most of the educational tools the teacher's used were online. I am not sure if this was planned, or if this was because the usual software requires Windows.
It just makes sense to have Linux in the classroom; it's free, it's as easy for the end user as Windows, it requires less in hardware than Windows, and you can find a tutorial on how to do anything in Linux Online.
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With the similarites between things like office suites and web browsers, the students should have little or no difficulty transitioning. Also from my experience at that elementary school, most of the educational tools the teacher's used were online. I am not sure if this was planned, or if this was because the usual software requires Windows.
It just makes sense to have Linux in the classroom; it's free, it's as easy for the end user as Windows, it requires less in hardware than Windows, and you can find a tutorial on how to do anything in Linux Online.