[ubuntu-za] Open Office/Libre Office and other open source software

[Quintin van Rooyen]

Guys, target homeschooling organizations.

Many of their courses require computer use of some sort, and only one of
those we came across specified office 2007 for the cambridge curriculum.

Regards

Quintin

On 22 February 2011 11:45, Marco Gallotta <marco at gallotta.co.za> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 8:40 PM, maia grotepass <maiatoday at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Does anybody have any ideas on how we can assist, pre-empt, do anything
> to help?
>
> I'd go for a talk at a local teachers' conference, such as the one
> e-schools organises. We gave an Umonya talk last year and were well
> received.
>
> The other idea is to put together our own min-conference / workshop
> and send invitations to a wide audience of IT and CAT teachers. Then
> you can really show them how to work with Ubuntu and get their hands
> dirty. We could pair this up with a Scratch workshop, as IT teachers
> will have to learn it for 2012 anyway. And/or give them an
> introduction to Python to try shove them that way to a) get more
> learners attending Umonya and b) switching to Python for IT in the
> next cycle.
>
> Another idea is to ask the folks at Siyavula if they could get some
> IT/CAT teachers together for an introduction talk and discussion
> session so you can first find out how LO/OO might be received and how
> to change your stance when introducing it to more teachers. The
> teachers that attend that are typically quite opinionated, but they
> understand how teachers in general feel whereas we won't.
>
> Marco
>
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