[K12OSN] Re: Help me fight FUD

[Rob Owens]

This reminds me:  you need training.  There's nothing
worse than somebody telling you that you can't use the
old tools that you're used to, and that you must use
this new set of tools, but you must teach yourself how
to use them.  You should set up a training session for
all the faculty and tell them that by the end of the
session, they will have (with your help) converted all
their old powerpoint presentations to Star Office.

-Rob

--- "Ritchie, Josiah S." <jritchie at bible.edu> wrote:
> Maybe some students could get extra credit for
> converting a presentation
> for a prof. that is especially resistant or ask the
> computer teacher to
> do this as a class assignment. That way students
> interact with materials
> on other subjects, learn Ooo presenter and you get
> things converted.
> 
> Seems like a win-win situation. Then you could setup
> a deadline of 1
> year for conversions and anything the computer class
> doesn't do could be
> done for extra credit in someone else's class.
> Again, the student gets
> interaction with the class material.
> 
> I'm assuming the profs would try the convert and
> only hand over the ones
> that didn't easily make the transition.
> 
> JSR/
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com 
> > [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of
> Rob Owens
> > Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 10:25 AM
> > To: Support list for opensource software in
> schools.
> > Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Re: Help me fight FUD
> > 
> > --- Mark Cockrell <cockrell at honeygroveisd.net>
> wrote:
> > > Primarily a Windows network running mostly XP
> with some NT 4.0 
> > > workstations.  We do have K12LTSP in two labs, 3
> libraries, 
> > and some 
> > > classrooms.  The students don't have a problem
> with it.
> > 
> > Then point out to the PowerPoint lovers that to be
> 100% 
> > compatible with *the rest of the school*, they
> must use Star 
> > Office / OpenOffice
> 
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