On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, mnna4 wrote: > From my kids' experience ( 12 + 16 ), "technical" issues are about office > products > (Heb OO will do fine here) and the rest of the activity is web search > (Meida'anut whatever that means in English) and remote learning. > As a linux layman , I can vouch for Mandrake or RH (DONT flame) as more > than adequate. My kids are doing just fine with it at home, especially after > I installed > phpbb :) > As once a PTA member, I can tell you that upgrades , hw and sw, are major > setbacks > and any help will be welcome. > The main issue is that MOE (Ministry of Education) through MATAH, provides > binding M$ software used in the curriculum. I wonder if they can be forced > to > provide software on other platforms.
Hi mnna4, You hit the nail on the head, MATAH is the problem, but it's not because they are anti-Linux per se. Go visit them. They're accross from TAU next to the Open U. They have a tremendous investment in Msoft technology in terms of both production tools and training. Also, many of the academic community who plan the content want to use features that Msoft offers that are not standard technologies in order to get maximum visual effect - things that you can't do in HTML or even in Java. We are a long, long way from providing the tools that they need to make cuting edge educational content. - yba > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gilad Ben-Yossef" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Jonathan Ben Avraham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Nadav Har'El" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Ely Levy" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "ILUG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 2:10 PM > Subject: Re: Edu in linux > > > > On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 13:19, Jonathan Ben Avraham wrote: > > > > > home. The Windows vocabulary has entered our daily Hebrew speech. My > kids > > > (all 10 of them) had to submit a portion of their homework assignments > in > > > doc format (Gush Etzion school system) for the past four years. My wife > > > is in a masters program at Touro College and Beit Morasha where the > > > homework assignments are distributed in Word and the homework must be > > > submitted in Word. I suggest that you actually go try to talk to these > > > people about Linux and see what happens. > > > > What happens if one does not have money to buy Word & Windows licenses, > > especially if one needs more then one computer (10 kids...)? > > > > I assume of course that most if not all the software copied actually > > used are illegal, but I'm pretty sure the question crossed your mind and > > wondered if you asked it? > > > > Gilad. > > > > -- > > Gilad Ben-Yossef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > http://benyossef.com > > > > Q: "What do you do if your Linux box goes down?" > > A: "Sit around in the dark until the power comes back on" > > > > > > > > ================================================================= > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- EE 77 7F 30 4A 64 2E C5 83 5F E7 49 A6 82 29 BA ~. .~ Tk Open Systems =}------------------------------------------------ooO--U--Ooo------------{= - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - tel: +972.2.679.5364, http://www.tkos.co.il - ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
