Stretching the Education Dollar With Linux
As the cost of equipping classrooms with everything from chalk to chairs continues to escalate, many school districts are turning to open source solutions as a viable alternative to expensive software for in-class computers. School IT managers are discovering not only that Linux-based distributions a great way to save money, but also that allowing users access to the software's underlying source code may introduce students to technical aptitude they didn't know they had.
Many proprietary software and hardware vendors offer educational institutions "discounts" on products or services, but for many schools, open source software remains a better option for several reasons.
"FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) is a better solution for education because it provides tomorrow's technology at today's budget," Justin Riddiough told LinuxInsider. Riddiough is the leader and facilitator of the SchoolForge project, an organization aimed at bringing open source solutions into the classroom.
"Take a look at how many schools are starting to adopt around the planet, and consider that each of these implementations will enable other things to happen -- such as markets for support services, or the development of new tools which are contributed back to the pool of resources, or a student discovering a technical aptitude and going on to find ways that she could contribute to FOSS," he added.
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