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

[Clinton Bester]

Maia,
I am currently working on a program  to try and develop edu-buntu and other
opensource OS and Software in Rural and other schools,
I am very interested, and would like to help and maybe offer some idea's.

My contact details are :
cell: 0787073032
email: clinton at cccableworx.za.net or clintyb at gmail.com


On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 2:04 AM, frans <dormakorp at vodamail.co.za> wrote:

>
> 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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