Re: [school-discuss] K-12 efforts

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Subject: Re: [school-discuss] K-12 efforts

From: lee rodgers <sregdoreel@xxxxxxxxx>

Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:28:25 -0800 (PST)

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Hi Tim

If you don't mind, yes that would be very helpful.

Understand those prices are cited from elsewhere and although are putative are probably more representative of the costs borne by small schools that don't enjoy volume pricing.

/lee

From: Tim Dressel <tjdressel@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Fri, January 29, 2010 12:33:44 PM
Subject: Re: [school-discuss] K-12 efforts

Would you like numbers that reflect real purchases in Canada? They are significantly lower than what you list there.

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:49 AM, lee rodgers <sregdoreel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

More going on in the K12 space... searching NECC 2009 workshops & presentations yielded some individual efforts:

http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2009/program/search.php

Classroom 2.0

.: Open Technology Resources :.

Open Source Software Solutions for K-12

Open Options | What are educators using?
Open Options | Why do educators choose it?

Open Options | On the backend

etc

oss-school.pdf (application/pdf Object)

buchanan_krasnoff_libraries.pdf (application/pdf Object)

Task Commercial Application Aprox. Cost per Seat Open Source Cost
Operating System Microsoft Windows $150 Linux K12LTSP $0
Office MS Office $161 Open Office, etc. $0
Graphics Photoshop $274 GIMP / CinePaint $0
Geometry Geometer's Sketchpad $30 Dr. Geo $0
Server seats MS Windows Server seat license $40 Linux SAMBA / LDAP domain $0