[K12OSN] Are you using Open Source Software in K-12?

[Basha Krasnoff]

Huck, this is not a commercial venture. We are federally-funded technical
assistance center at the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory helping
educators integrate technology into the teaching and learning process. We
began the Open Options Project to support educators who were trying to come
to grips with the high costs of keeping technology current. We don't
advocate for open source software, we just provide pragmatic information
based on our survey research. We don't try to duplicate other resources for
technical implementation. Our Web site at http://www.netc.org/openoptions
shows how the research results are used. We appreciate your input. Basha

-----Original Message-----
From: Huck [mailto:dhuckaby at paasda.org] 
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 4:06 PM
To: 'A technical support and discussion community for users of the K12OS
Linux distribution.'
Subject: RE: [K12OSN] Are you using Open Source Software in K-12?


(as a marketing person) this survey site is seriously lacking in
credibility... Spelling errors abound(as with most e-mails and websites
today) Questions are fairly leading(as if OS and App discussions weren't
going to build bias anyway) And what is actually being done with the
information?? WHO is it mattering to and why? I know it matters to those of
us who must implement the stuff and those who we need to convince to allow
us to implement...but other than that...what gets done with this info?

--Huck

-----Original Message-----
From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf
Of Terrell Prude', Jr.
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 3:47 PM
To: A technical support and discussion community for users of the K12OS
Linux distribution.
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Are you using Open Source Software in K-12?


My district needs six figures in the "How many students in your 
district" field.  That field will take only five, and "200K" is rejected

by your survey.

--TP

Basha Krasnoff wrote:

>Colleagues,
>
>If you are using open source software in K-12, please take ten minutes
>to complete our online user survey at http://www.netc.org/surveys/oss.
>
>The Open Options Project at the Northwest Educational Technology
>Consortium
>(NETC) is an independent research project serving K-12 educators. We
conduct
>extensive online survey research and phone interviews with current K-12 
>users of open source software to provide pragmatic information and 
>decision-making tools.
>
>Our unique, research-based Web site, Open Options: Making Decisions
>about Open Source Software for K-12, (http://www.netc.org/openoptions) 
>draws on survey responses to address such questions as, "What 
>advantages does OSS afford educators? Can it save money? Close digital 
>divides? Support effective learning communities?"
>
>Open Options provides analysis of the issues faced when adopting open
>source software in K-12 settings and offers suggestions about how to 
>decide if it's right for you. It suggests ways to talk with 
>stakeholders and how to take the next steps.
>
>K-12 OSS users please complete our online survey at
>http://www.netc.org/surveys/oss
>
>And if you are a K-12 decision-maker evaluating your investment in OSS,

>please consider investing about 30 minutes in a phone interview to
>share your insights into the true costs and outcomes of adopting and 
>implementing open source solutions. E-mail Basha Krasnoff at 
>oss.survey at netc.org or call her at 1.800.547.6339 to schedule an 
>interview.
>
>We look forward to hearing from you and meeting you at our sessions on
>open source software at upcoming conferences like ACPE, NCCE, and NECC.

>Freely share this invitation to participate with other educators,
>especially via e-mail lists.
>
>Thank you.
>
>(NETC is not affiliated with any software vendor or open source
>software project. It is a federally-funded center at the Northwest 
>Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL), a private, nonprofit 
>institution.)
>
>Basha Krasnoff
>Research and Evaluation Specialist
>Technology in Education Center (NETC)
>Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
>101 SW Main Street, Suite 500
>Portland, Oregon 97204
>Tel: 503.275.9643
>Fax: 503.275.0449
>E-mail: krasnofb at nwrel.org
>
>
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