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An 'open source manifesto' to counter the ICT cuts
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| 1. Don't buy any software. No, seriously,
| just stop buying software licences. If you'd
| like to carry on using your Windows machines,
| check out the Open Education Disc, with a
| comprehensive suite of absolutely free
| applications providing tools for (almost)
| every area of learning within and beyond the
| curriculum, including OpenOffice.org,
| Inkscape and the GIMP, to replace Office,
| Illustrator and Photoshop for starters.
|
| Furthermore, you're allowed, indeed
| encouraged, to duplicate this so your pupils
| have access to the same software, legally and
| for free, at home too. Better still, put the
| temptation to buy more software firmly out of
| your grasp by switching to Linux desktops,
| such as the undeniably excellent Ubuntu. This
| comes as standard with a great suite of
| applications, with at the last count 30,046
| packages (such as Tablix, a genetic algorithm
| based timetabler), that you can install (for
| free) over the net as and when you need them:
| think app store for a desktop, but all free
| and (generally) of very good quality.
|
| If you're worried that your pupils won't cope
| with an unfamiliar interface, don't be,
| they'll quickly adjust and will be far more
| discerning users of computers as a result; if
| you're worried that this won't prepare them
| for the world of Windows, don't be, just have
| a glance at Ofsted's comments about
| alternative operating systems.
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http://agent4change.net/grapevine/platform/645
NHS IT spending tops Â1.6bn
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/regulation/2010/07/02/nhs-it-spending-tops-16bn-40089414/
BBC website cuts given go-ahead
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| The BBCâs governing body has essentially
| approved a 25 percent cut in the
| broadcasterâs online budget.
|
| The BBC Trust said it endorsed the
| âconceptâ of the cuts, which will see the
| broadcaster halve the number of pages
| running on the extensive www.bbc.co.uk
| site, and could see up to a quarter of
| online staff lose their jobs. It said it
| was now awaiting more specific plans.
|
| The news comes as the Trust rejected plans
| to close BBC 6 Music, an eagerly-supported
| specialist music radio station.
|
| There are 29.5 million unique UK visitors
| every week to the BBC website. BBC
| director general Mark Thompson said in
| March that the broadcaster needed to focus
| on quality instead of attempting âto do
| everythingâ, but he insisted the website
| plans did not mark a âretreat from
| digitalâ.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?newsid=20986
BBC chose Flash at the end, but then went with DRM.
Flash Vs Silverlight
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| Silverlight is missing Linux support, so
| people using Linux machine cannot run it
| on their machines and will have to stick
| to Windows and MAC OS.
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http://blogs.siliconindia.com/shivrajdabi/Flash_Vs_Silverlight-bid-R2b9U1L331061525.html
Recent:
ICT to face crisis in UK Schools
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| We are going to have to face a very
| uncomfortable fact in the coming weeks and
| months. This new Coalition Government is out of
| love with ICT in schools.
|
| I am certainly not the only pundit who has
| noticed the resounding silence surrounding
| matters ICT amongst the noisy plethora of other
| announcements concerning educational reform.
|
| All we know so far is that virtually the very
| first act of this government was to abolish
| Becta, an act they had uniquely signalled
| months in advance of coming to power and
| carried out with a ferocity resembling a
| pogrom.
|
| Something about it, taken in combination with
| stories from ex-Becta employees who
| (subsequently) complained about apparatchik
| style cronyism within the organisation makes me
| think that ICT has been linked deeply with the
| previous administration..and not in a good way.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=3060&blogid=40
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