Shane,
> In a few days, I'll be giving a presentation to some secondary school pupils
> to promote Open Source software.
>> I've a fair idea what I'm going to talk about, but was wondering if you, the
> wonderful ILUG community, had any tips on how I should approach it?
>> I know that for the most part, kids aren't too bothered if their software is
> free as in speech, so I won't be highlighting that part of the argument.
>> What'ya reckon? Lots of flashy eye candy? Free as in beer?
That's a very tough one!
The "Open Source" aspect would appeal only to those "geeks" who are
familiar with programming, but probably worth mentioning anyway. The
"Free" bit might appeal to a few others.
Apart from eye-candy issues, and suitable apps, etc, as covered by
others in the thread already, I think you might get a few "WOWs" if you
mention the power and popularity of some of the well-known FOSS apps and
orgs - Linux, Google, Android, Wikipedia, OpenOffice, Red Hat, Server
farms, Web Hosters, etc, etc...
If you have a little time to spare, I have about 15 links (but,
unfortunately, no other details) to "Open Source in Schools" at
http://www.kennedysoftware.ie/opensrc.htm. A quick "gander" through them
might be worthwhile.
Good Luck!
- Mike.
Maintained by the ILUG website team. The aim of Linux.ie is to
support and help commercial and private users of Linux in Ireland. You can
display ILUG news in your own webpages, read backend
information to find out how. Networking services kindly provided by HEAnet, server kindly donated by
Dell. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds,
used with permission. No penguins were harmed in the production or maintenance
of this highly praised website. Looking for the
Indian Linux Users' Group? Try here. If you've read all this and aren't a lawyer: you should be!
