[HLUG] Ooops

[Gordon Stevens]

Hi Sarah,
You recently asked for some suggestions for programmes to be included on
the 'tuxedu' cd.
Have listed some suggestions which may be worth looking at
http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/JILetters
http://www.pysycache.org/
http://www.sugarlabs.org/

Forgive me if you are already of these.

Best Regards
Gordon




On Thu, 2011-09-29 at 18:40 +0100, Sarah Chard wrote: 
> Hi Gordon
> sorry you could not make it last night - hopefully we will see you next
> month
> 
> yes a lot of schools seem to use education city and espresso it does not
> preclude using Tuxedu though 
> education city is as I understand it very curriculum and topic driven -
> plus teachers can log children's progress (assuming they have internet
> access that is) which not all children do at home and some schools such
> as Fownhope struggle with.
> 
> If most of the software you are running is net based schools could use
> tuxedu on classroom machines either standalone or as a dual boot
> Schools tend to run XP which is now coming to it's end of life so it's
> an ideal time to offer them an alternative which is costless, faster and
> more secure.
> 
> @davidwinterton
> 
> glad you think tuxedu is better  :)  we've yet to meet a child who has
> not been excited by it.
> 
>