Completion Of Community Service Hrs

FOSS and education What kind of operating system is known at school? Conceptual map of IE

few months ago came a User magazine report on the agreement between the English President Rodriguez Zapatero and Microsoft in the initiative "School 2.0. The agreement was the provision of digital whiteboards and Internet access for schools beyond the distribution of a low-cost laptop for students of primary and secondary level. But the agreement also requires that software must be provided with the company ...

Accept donations of laptops with Windows is to sell the future for Microsoft?

Richard Stallman, "guru" of free software (which she visited in Buenos Aires featuring the 5 th Conference of Wikimedia ) and has contributed to the development of GNU / Linux said a while back from Spain to "give Windows computers children, is selling the country's future at Microsoft. " He added, "Why do you think Microsoft wants to give away free copies of Windows almost to schools and children?" This great company is what is securing their "market" in future generations.

What type of operating system should implemented in education?

Stallman may have exaggerated a bit, because of course receive laptop computers for students is certainly a good opportunity to bridge the digital divide inequality. But from the Computer education would that arise because free software is not well implemented in schools. In Moreno, focusing first on school computers had the option to dual boot but eventually GNU-Linux/Windows were reconfigured so many of the computers in the Linux option disappeared ... Some argue that it is an option "useless" and not included in the curriculum, other teachers because they dominate the operating system ... Should reflect on that topic, because while Windows is the most widespread operating system, students should know that there are many options for free software, operating systems and applications.

Linux Alternative

I think it's important that we encourage students able to cope not only in the Windows environment, but also on free operating systems like Linux. The operating system should be installed on all computers in secondary schools, and implemented in the curriculum area of \u200b\u200bComputing (Computing, ICT, etc) as one of knowledge to be taught, otherwise, we will be making our students, future dependents Microsoft products. And just in school, where they must create independent learners able to move freely.

Related Links:

Richard Stallman interview in Buenos Aires

Blog on Richard Stallman in Buenos Aires

Women and FOSS