Microsoft Chooses Meath School for Tech Programme
Séamus Ryan, Principal, Dunshaughlin Community College, explains what new technology will be used at the school, one of 12 chosen by Microsoft for its Innovative Schools Programme. Dunshaughlin Community School, once known pejoratively as "The Tech," seems to have made huge strides over the past 20 years. There was a time, not even a generation ago, when anybody in this area who had resources and ambition sent their kids to parochial schools, like St Patricks in Navan, St Declan's in Cabra, Dominicans in Cabra or even into the city centre, to Belvedere, Colaiste Mhuire or Loreto Stephen's Green. Now the community schools are able to attract and retain the best teachers and the brightest students. Link: Fight for the Irish Republic in your local Primary School Technorati Tags: The Pale, technology, ireland,
2 Comments:
I was reading a related Article, the part where 'we only charge schools 82 Euro for a copy of Microsoft Office instead of full price' and smacks a bit of 'Cocaine Marketing' - give the product cheap to kids to get them hooked, then hit them with the full price later (when they're working and know nothing else).
Open office is free (doesn't hit hard-pressed education budgets), has all the functionality required at this level.
I've used Open Office in both an office and a domestic environment. Sure enough, as you say, "it's good enough for government work." The only technical advantage of Open Office (apart from the fact that it's free and it doesn't add to the already suffocating influence of Microsoft) is that it has a built-in PDF writer.
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
Links to this post:
Create a Link
<< Home