My attitude to this is that
1) The ECDL should be renamed MSCDL...that is MicroSoft Computer Driving
License, as that is all that is taught. The first step would be to have
Openoffice as the main application.
2) Schools should be encouraged to use a netboot/ thin(or fat)
client/application server system, thereby vastly extending the useful
life of the client computers. With local swap space, these clients
could easily see a 20 year life, albeit, with more frequent blasts of
compressed air to allow them to keep cool !.
I look after the IT needs of 2 primary schools, but only one of them has
any interest in deviating from the simplest route. They certainly, are
open to trying alternatives. Is there anyone out there who could assist
me in that pursuit ?
S.
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