[ubuntu-uk] (Marketing) Royal Society asks you - why IT is boring?

[alan c]

or nearly that, anyway.....

Article:
Royal Society opens inquiry into why kids hate tech
Lessons that is, not games, mobiles, Facebook:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/25/royal_society_schools_computing/

'exam results have shown computing subjects are failing to grab kids' 
attention'

Could it be that a strong bias towards proprietary products is not 
inspiring students?
Would more appreciation of Free Software in education enable better 
use of talents?

Express your views to the Royal Society soon.
http://royalsociety.org/Education-Policy/Projects/

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alan cocks
Ubuntu user