Re: [school-discuss] Korea brings homegrown open source to schools

[Alec Couros <alec.couros@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Phil Carinhas wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 11:43:21AM -0600, Alec Couros wrote:
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>
> > I am not talking about MOST cases ... note this is about South Korea, 
> > where it HAS been mandated, and my original concern is that is IS being 
> > mandated.
> >    
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>  It isn NOT mandated. Its part of a project they are rolling out.
>  I see nothing the article that indicates a global mandate. 
>  Every project needs to have a platform. 
>
> If you had bothered to read the article, you'd see that the system was
> designed to keep track of student records. It certainly does not
> appear to be any type of teaching platform.
Actually I read the article well and information on the S.K. gov 
website, and related articles. I've done a lot of research on this, 
actually. In the article you are reading, you see a CNet synopsis, not a 
comprehensive document.

It's not a"teaching platform" per se, but most schools in North America 
don't have a specific "teaching platform" either. These are the tools 
given to the teachers ... whatever desktop distro you have, related 
software, etc. Sure, not a "teaching platform" but the tools which 
teachers have to use.

Anyways ... my point obviously was not well-taken by some of you as all 
OSS must have to be innately GOOD news I suppose. I'll try not to raise 
such obvious critiques in this forum.