Hi Michael,
On 1/9/06 4:24 PM Michael Devenish wrote: > Hi, > > For anyone interested, the British Educational Communications and > Technology Agency (BECTA) has announced a couple of reviews of UK > schools' use of ICT. One review is a value for money review of > Microsoft's educational licensing programme I saw! > > http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/4114 > > and another review is looking at ways of improving home ICT access for > school pupils. This review will analyse the costs of using applications > when working on the same document either at school or at home. "It will > also address compatibility issues when a home computer runs different > office productivity products to those used at school." > > http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/4115 This of course is an opportunity for OOo... And merits follow up. Can you suggest some options? >From my perspective, what I'd like to do focuses not just on getting people to use the product but on encouraging students to work on it. I suppose that's why my focus is in higher ed. But I have also found that primary and secondary students are more than capable of doing QA, say, or coming up with creative and enjoyable ways to build something communally. Then there is the use issue. As the focus here is on cost, it is easy ;-) Or, at least, easier. Would you have any contacts I can reach? I think I have some of my own... Best Louis > > Regards > > -- > Michael Devenish --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
