[Gllug] App development for children

[Christopher Hunter]

On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 09:05 +0100, Chris Bell wrote:

>    Some years ago now I was invited to a discussion at the BETT education
> exhibition. One of the teachers attending explained that she had just been
> appointed as head of IT and had come along to find out what it involved.
> Have things improved?
> 

No.  If anything, things have become worse!

Schools spend inordinate amounts of money on software (invariably MS
software and "operating systems"), and on overpriced commodity hardware.
The hardware is frequently re-badged well-known brands (HP and Dell
machines marked up by 175% and with an "RM" sticker attached).

In most schools, the machines are invariably physically damaged, riddled
with malware, and connected to the 'net by a crude filtering system that
the kids can trivially circumvent (but costs £100s per port per year).

This is NOT an environment conducive to good teaching!

C.



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