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

[Alan Bell]

thanks for this, I will pass it on to the
http://opensourceschools.org.uk community and might have a go at
responding myself.

Alan.

On 26/08/10 07:10, alan c wrote:
> 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/
>
>