Hi Mike This is indicative of a widescale problem. At my daughter's school the "Information Technology" classes were not generic e.g how to use a spreadsheet, database or word processing/presentation application. It was specifically how to use Microsoft Office - nothing else.
At one parents' meeting I took the IT head of department to task over this, asking why no reference was ever made to free/open source software. He seemed to know roughly what "open source" means but had not the slightest clue about the concept of free software and no interest in open standards or open formats. All the while this is indicative of the level to which our children are being taught the only scope for the adoption of FLOSS applications by the general public is going to be limited to nerds and other "self starters". This suggests to me that the emphasis - in the UK at least - needs to be on business, where staff use whatever applications are mandated by their organisation. In my early days of using computers I tended to use at home whatever applications I'd grown used to using 40 hours a week at work. Perhaps that same principle might eventually apply and the wider use of applications like LO could ripple out from the workplace. All the best Nige LibreOffice - Free and open source office suite: LibreOffice Website<https://www.libreoffice.org/> Respects your privacy, and gives you back control over your data ________________________________ From: Mike Saunders <mike.saund...@documentfoundation.org> Sent: 26 March 2024 10:07 To: Marketing list <marketing@global.libreoffice.org> Subject: [libreoffice-marketing] Marketing campaign/infographic idea: Freeing schools from proprietary software Hi everyone, On Twitter (I mean, "X") someone posted about their school requiring students to use Microsoft Office. Even worse, the school has a quiz for new students where they are asked what software they can use, and LibreOffice is an option, but the "correct" answer is Microsoft Office. Here's the thread: https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FWarlockN1ck%2Fstatus%2F1771748533038911601&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cc93f52042af64f05947908dc4d7cd659%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638470445774235987%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Hk513vhDtuym8vzJecPi1uhXZbPdkPV%2FNSKnWJ10O3k%3D&reserved=0<https://twitter.com/WarlockN1ck/status/1771748533038911601> And for those who don't want to use "X", a screenshot: https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FnvxTvAm.png&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cc93f52042af64f05947908dc4d7cd659%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638470445774244181%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2BCvwMKgE6IoHOQn6KLxZuMl2Jce1v1XJt7pEOdeZDX4%3D&reserved=0<https://i.imgur.com/nvxTvAm.png> So what can we do about this? My idea is a short infographic that we can post in response to such things, pointing out the benefits of FOSS (especially with regards to data privacy) and how it's important for students to have choice in the tools they use, and the value of learning other tools. 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