I worked as an ICT teacher last year and we mostly taught based on MS Office - it seemed that this was mostly driven by the Head of Department. I was allowed to teach Python to Year 9 for a term though. At GCSE level we mainly taught OCR Nationals, which required all work or evidence to printed out; at A level work was required to be submitted in open formats so Office documents were mostly converted to PDF. In the absence of a VLE from the local authority the ICT department implemented one in Moodle but it looked like this would be overtaken eventually.
I think that the most important aspect is to teach using FOSS tools, partly for the future but also so that students/parents who want compatible software at home aren't forced to pay out £100's or 'pirate'. Joe -----Original Message----- From: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Bruno Girin Sent: 24 May 2010 22:00 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Is the demise of Becta an opportunity for FOSS? Hi all, Just a thought I wanted to put to the list. Considering today's news [1] and in particular the demise of Becta, the government's technology agency for schools, is there an opportunity for FOSS to replace some or all of what Becta used to provide? ** SNIP ** Bruno -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
