[Gllug] BETT at Olympia

[Chris Bell]

Hello,
   I spent a short time at the BETT show, Olympia on Wednesday 14th January.
It is a very large exhibition dedicated to education, ending on Saturday.
   I spoke to a few people there, explaining that some UK and other
universities such as Oxford, Cambridge, Warwick, and Kent provide public
mirror sites with a huge amount of resources for download.
   Most people did not know about these resources, and I had to carefully
explain that the Knoppix DVD I offered was not an illegal copy. I asked
around the government based stands how the teaching profession were expected
to find resources on the internet, and was met by stunned silence. Some said
it was up to the Universities themselves to contact teachers, (how many
teachers are there?), some said that they could not provide information
about resources that might contain illegal content or which might be biased.
   It was explained to me that there was now no bias towards or against any
particular resources, and teachers have a free choice.
   I was passed around between the exhibitors until I was introduced to the
one person who knew something about FOSS. I suggested that information
should be made available to teachers, and mentioned that I have collected
some information on my website.


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