[HLUG] education related software for ISFD

[Julian Robbins]

On 2 August 2010 21:34, Sarah Chard <sarah at streetentertainers.co.uk> wrote:

> yes that's what the guy at the council said - he think's the time is
> right but that resistance from teachers who do not understand what open
> source is/ have never used FOSS will be an obstacle -
>

Whilst I think about it there is an article front page of the TES today,
saying a funding gap of £100,000,000 for IT in schools ....

http://www.tes.co.uk/publications.aspx

and this one also in TES online
http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6052462 *Hundreds of millions of
pounds are spent on ICT equipment every year, but there is growing evidence
that school cupboards are brimming with unused and obsolete kit that should
never have been bought in the first place. Nick Morrison reports*

Open source could help apps run on more limited hardware ...

worth adding to your notes, always nice to quote relevant, up to date news
items  .... open source could help here ...

Julian


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> Sarah
>
> SFD event - 18 Sept 2010 -
> http://piratepad.net/n7Tuzn49Is
>
>
> On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 21:19 +0100, Richard Smedley wrote:
> > Now that BECTA, & BSF, has gone there's a real chance of positive
> > change
> > and an end to £1,000,000,000 a year of UK schools IT budget down the
> > drain :-)
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