[NBLUG/talk] OpenOffice 1.1 ISO has arrived; time to gear up for the schools!

[Todd Cary]

Lincoln -

Recently I had the opportunity to try a CD in my computer that contained 
a complete, functioning Linux system.  This was run off of the CD and 
OpenOffice was part of setup.  However, I failed to note the source of 
the CD and I was wondering if this rings a bell?

Also, I did not have a chance to fully test the system other than it 
logged onto the Internet and Mozilla did it's job.  Though there is not 
much flexibility, it certainly would make support a piece of cake!

Todd

Lincoln Peters wrote:

> This is a problem I experienced when explaining OpenOffice to some of 
> the ROP teachers at Rancho Cotate, although one of them was quite 
> interested because it could export to PDF.  Unfortunately, the problem 
> seems to be that the way that they teach the classes is dependent on 
> the software, and most students will enter a work force where 
> Microsoft Office rules.  Of course, if they go to work somewhere that 
> uses anything else, the skills they learned are useless.
>
> I'm sure that they could instead teach the principles behind the 
> application, so that students could leave that class with the ability 
> to use *any* program of that type (word processor, spreadsheet, 
> etc.).  However, most of the teachers would probably have to be 
> re-trained.
>
>
> On the other hand, I'm trying to spread the word in the local 
> elementary and middle schools.  Perhaps if we can get OpenOffice into 
> *their* hands (and especially the hands of their parents), the high 
> schools (where almost all computer classes are taught) will soon see a 
> new generation of students that enters high school already knowing 
> OpenOffice.  The high schools would then be hard-pressed to resist 
> switching at least partially (Besides, I don't think that Microsoft 
> can hold its monopoly that much longer).
>
>
> Have you talked about OpenOffice to any of the students in your high 
> school?  I know that it the Cotati-Rohnert Park district, there is a 
> significant population of Hispanic students who come from low-income 
> families.  It gets more difficult every year for a student to survive 
> without a computer, and a free copy of OpenOffice would easily knock 
> $500 off the price of a computer.  What low-income family that needs a 
> computer could refuse such an offer?
>
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> Lincoln
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>> From: Nat W <calvin166 at yahoo.com>
>> Reply-To: talk at nblug.org
>> To: talk at nblug.org
>> Subject: RE: [NBLUG/talk] OpenOffice 1.1 ISO has arrived; time to 
>> gear up for the schools!
>> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 16:21:28 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>> I talked to the head of the computer department at my
>> high school. The
>> teacher said he would be willing to run it but most
>> teachers are
>> unwilling to switch. He also said that the district is
>> pretty set on MS
>> office. Ill keep trying but It doesn't sound like many
>> people at my
>> school want it.
>>
>> -Nat W.
>>
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