thanks for this, I will pass it on to the http://opensourceschools.org.uk community and might have a go at responding myself.
Alan. On 26/08/10 07:10, alan c wrote: > or nearly that, anyway..... > > Article: > Royal Society opens inquiry into why kids hate tech > Lessons that is, not games, mobiles, Facebook: > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/25/royal_society_schools_computing/ > > 'exam results have shown computing subjects are failing to grab kids' > attention' > > Could it be that a strong bias towards proprietary products is not > inspiring students? > Would more appreciation of Free Software in education enable better > use of talents? > > Express your views to the Royal Society soon. > http://royalsociety.org/Education-Policy/Projects/ > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/