Re: [OS:N:] Promoting Linux in Education...

[Karl Sarnow <karl@dadoka.h.ni.schule.de>]

Mark Jensen wrote:
> Does anyone here have any experience in promoting the use of Linux in
> Education?
>
> Specifically, I have researched (through Google searches) what kinds of
> Operating Systems are mentioned in documents in the state in which I
> live.  I find hundreds of references to Microsoft and Windows, about 30
> to Mac OS, and *nothing* on Linux or "open source".
>
> I have contact for the Commissioner of Education for my state, but would
> like to see if anyone out there has any experience in communications at
> this level.   Any sample letters that others have used would be a GREAT
> start!   I certainly want to get her stance on Open Source software, and
> find out what it will take to get OSS (and Linux, in particular) into
> the public school system here.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark

I don't know if experience from Germany is of help to you?

Karl



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Dr. Karl Sarnow
Teacher at Gymnasium Isernhagen
German national co-ordinator of the European Schools Project
e-Mail: karl@dadoka.h.ni.schule.de
URL: http://www.shuttle.schule.de/h/dadoka


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