[nzlug] open source in NZ schools

[Cliff Pratt]

Mark Foster wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, Vik Olliver wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 19:49 +1300, Cliff Pratt wrote:
>>> They learn the concepts by using a specific application. You can't
>>> teach the concepts except *by* using one application or another.
>>
>> You can't stop the parroting behaviour unless you use a variety of
>> applications. Otherwise you end up with those people that Yuri met who
>> get lost if the application icon is moved to the other side of the
>> desktop.
>>
>> I Met Jim Gettys at LCA2007 last month and he pointed out that both
>> MS-Word and OpenOffice are ludicrously over-featured for children.
>> Abiword is about right. He's got a good point there.
>>
> 
> I used Windows Write (predecessor to Wordpad) for most of my word 
> processing up til secondary school.  Agree wholeheartedly.
> 
WP5.1 was my favourite word processor.

Cheers,

Cliff