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

[frans]

Not to mention that most of their Programs need a lot of work to run on 
Linux maybe if we introduce them to FOSS they wold chance that also

On 11/02/22 11:51 AM, Quintin van Rooyen wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto:marco at gallotta.co.za>> wrote:
>
>     On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 8:40 PM, maia grotepass
>     <maiatoday at gmail.com <mailto: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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