Re: [native-lang] Question about OpenOffice.org in primary schools
Lief, As I wrote today--and I'll probably see you later on--there was an event in Brazil and Portugal yesterday in which it was mentioned that millions of schoolchildren are getting OOo on Linux boxen. The governments of Brazil, Portugal and also Venezuela are rolling out these boxes, which are inexpensive Intel devices, by the millions; they are made in Portugal. Then there is Spain, and not just Extremadura, which has deployed OOo throughout, but especially to schools. And, outside of Latin America, there is South Africa, which is also moving hugely to OOo (like, all) and Malaysia, Vietnam, and sections of Brussels. Indeed, there is a huge movement throughout the world to use OpenOffice.org. 3.0 has made a big difference but these decisions were made prior to the Betas and RCs. Rather the decision has to do with the fact that governments rightly recognize that in order to introduce students to the modern, 21st century world of knowledge technology and commerce, they need something that is not encumbered by cost, license, monopoly but which is free and freeing. ciao louis See our Major Deployments Page: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Major_OpenOffice.org_Deployments On 2008-10-01, at 19:16 , Leif Lodahl wrote: Based on a question from one of the large Danish Municipals, I would like to ask you how OpenOffice.org is used in primary schools in your region. The question comes after an article in the Danish computer magazine Computerworld.dk today: http://www.computerworld.dk/art/48201 with the header: Swedish municipals moves to OpenOffice (...in schools) Here is an english translation: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.computerworld.dk%2Fart%2F48201hl=daie=UTF-8sl=datl=en 1) To what extent do the public schools use OpenOffice.org? 2) Is OpenOffice.org the only office suite or can the teachers and pupils make a choice? 3) Is the use of OpenOffice.org based on some kind of collaboration between the municipals or is the decision made individually? In case OpenOffice.org is *not* used, is this caused by aggressive marketing and price dumping from Microsoft ? In Denmark, I can tell you, the interest is increasing enormously these days. I'm in contact with almost all the Danish municipals about OpenOffice.org (and other F/OSS applications) in primary schools. -- Med venlig hilsen - best regards, Leif Lodahl Native-Language coordinator DA.OpenOffice.org Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: http://lodahl.blogspot.com/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [native-lang] Question about OpenOffice.org in primary schools
Hi Leif, Leif Lodahl wrote: Based on a question from one of the large Danish Municipals, I would like to ask you how OpenOffice.org is used in primary schools in your region. In addition to what Louis said, you may want to browse the Osor news archives to find press articles relating to Education sector in Europe http://osor.eu/news The question comes after an article in the Danish computer magazine Computerworld.dk today: http://www.computerworld.dk/art/48201 with the header: Swedish municipals moves to OpenOffice (...in schools) Here is an english translation: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.computerworld.dk%2Fart%2F48201hl=daie=UTF-8sl=datl=en 1) To what extent do the public schools use OpenOffice.org? A lot, but we do not have numbers and no accurate list. 2) Is OpenOffice.org the only office suite or can the teachers and pupils make a choice? Most of the time, they have the choice, still very few are schools that switch to Linux (but I know that schools in Kuru are under Edubuntu ;) 3) Is the use of OpenOffice.org based on some kind of collaboration between the municipals or is the decision made individually? Here also it depends of the teachers energy most of the time, there is no dedicated resources to manage the machines, this is done by teachers, but the municipality pays for the material. Very slowly municipalities are more and more aware of ODF, but there is still a lot of resistance. In case OpenOffice.org is *not* used, is this caused by aggressive marketing and price dumping from Microsoft ? Oh, yes, teachers can have Office 2007 for free in France... This site for example http://www.curiosphere.tv/ which pertains to the public TV channel France5 did even had a Microsoft disciple for teachers and students this summer, we battle to makes its removal. Just see the difference between the screen shot in this article on Framasoft http://www.framablog.org/index.php/post/2008/09/17/curiospheretv-et-microsoft-merci-le-service-public and what it looks like now http://www.curiosphere.tv/ressource/19636-tutoriels-video-se-former-au-b2i In Denmark, I can tell you, the interest is increasing enormously these days. I'm in contact with almost all the Danish municipals about OpenOffice.org (and other F/OSS applications) in primary schools. This is a really great news and I wish you a full success :) Kind regards Sophie - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[native-lang] Question about OpenOffice.org in primary schools
Based on a question from one of the large Danish Municipals, I would like to ask you how OpenOffice.org is used in primary schools in your region. The question comes after an article in the Danish computer magazine Computerworld.dk today: http://www.computerworld.dk/art/48201 with the header: Swedish municipals moves to OpenOffice (...in schools) Here is an english translation: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.computerworld.dk%2Fart%2F48201hl=daie=UTF-8sl=datl=en 1) To what extent do the public schools use OpenOffice.org? 2) Is OpenOffice.org the only office suite or can the teachers and pupils make a choice? 3) Is the use of OpenOffice.org based on some kind of collaboration between the municipals or is the decision made individually? In case OpenOffice.org is *not* used, is this caused by aggressive marketing and price dumping from Microsoft ? In Denmark, I can tell you, the interest is increasing enormously these days. I'm in contact with almost all the Danish municipals about OpenOffice.org (and other F/OSS applications) in primary schools. -- Med venlig hilsen - best regards, Leif Lodahl Native-Language coordinator DA.OpenOffice.org Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: http://lodahl.blogspot.com/ - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
