Linux Deployments in Schools

Looking at Linux? Here's a list to investigate to help you with planning and your pilot.

http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16984/1141/

(originally found on http://opsamericas.com/?p=627)

And here's another site:

http://opsamericas.com/?p=333

I think an essential component of switching over is to truly understand, through observation, the skillset of your users. A lot of learning is done by rote and thus users look more expert on a familiar platform than they are. Switching over, for a rote user, takes more effort than for someone who understands "General important functions go under the File menu, Format menu probably has stuff not on the toolbar, I should look under Tools for anything techier, never press Return to go to the next line within a paragraph," etc.

Comments

[Richard Chapman]

"never press Return to go to the next line within a paragraph,"

Oh the files I've cleaned up for people. Ever try to "fix" two columns that were created with Tabs? Shudder!

[Solveig]

Hi Richard,

I kind of like it, because of the chaos-to-order factor, but only at an hourly rate. ;>

Solveig

[Ross Brunson]

Thanks for the trackback, we have another very popular article that rolls up the use of Openoffice.org in Education, found here:

http://opsamericas.com/?p=333 (OpenOffice.org in Education: A Roundup)

Ross