[K12OSN] Which Windows apps stand in the way of Linux use at your school?

[John Baillie]

Bill Kendrick wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 08:10:32AM -0400, Terrell Prudé, Jr. wrote:
> 
>>In no particular order, here are the major apps that I know about that
>>our schools use.  Any one of these is, sadly, considered to be a show-
>>stopper.
>>
> 
> <snip>
> 
>>- KidPix
>>- Adobe Photoshop
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Any reason Tux Paint and Gimp aren't suitable replacements for you?
> 
> -bill!
> 

Well... Our teachers just came back from a two day inservice. One of the 
topics/presentations was Inspiration. Inspriation has some cool features 
but I doubt that our teachers would use most of them. I suggested that 
creative use of Impress might work as a replacement. The answer I got 
was "Most of the work has already been done for the teachers with 
Inspiration"

So here I go... I'm climbing on my soap box...

Teachers only have X amount of computer time computer time for the 
students. They only have X amount of time that they are going to invest 
into learning software and making lesson plans to fit the curriculum 
using said software.

One of the perceived advantages these software offerings have over many 
foss offerings is that there is already many lesson plans available and 
some even map to state and or local standards, or so customers are lead 
to believe.

Teachers will build on and adapt an existing lesson plan using said 
software but few start from scratch. As more teachers use foss 
alternatives and post their instructions on how they use it more will 
use it and adapt it. Some of these "traditional" programs have been 
around for quite a while. Linux and foss is pretty new on the scene.

John