Re: [Tuxmath-devel] testers

[Samuel H. <cri...@ge...>]

On Friday 14 September 2001 11:44am, Calvin Arndt wrote:
> > Ahh... Good point.  :)  Ok, can someone check for me? :)
>
> All I can do is to add that to my agenda (they are at this point
> scheduling a meeting with the math depts for me)
>
> However I don't see a problem...

Just a quick FYI (from my experience):

Public Schools may have a problem (the paper-work involved in getting 
permission for "non-preapproved" software installed is usually a nightmare in 
school districts) simply because if an individual administrator (or teacher, 
or even simple tech-head) is using the software on a testing basis, they may 
not necessarily have permission to do do.

Private, charter, religious, etc. schools may or may not have problems 
depending on their circumstances (private and charter schools will likely not 
have many problems, rather they'd like the PR.... religious schools may have 
a problem simply because they might not want to be affiliated with 
non-corportate groups [this is a very if-y area... some may have problems, 
other may not...] )

(These things being said, I'd just like to add that I think the first places 
where we would see wide-spread Linux/Open-Source software use in the 
classroom will most likely be in the private, charter, religious, etc. 
schools, simply because they usually have less overhead technology 
infrastructure to deal with. ;-)

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