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FOSS in Home Education?

I’m writing an article for an edu magazine which addresses Open Source, & am hoping to touch on domestic education aspects as well. So...

Do you use FOSS for HomeEd? (-: Even OpenOffice counts. :-)

If so, please comment to say what aspects of it work well for you, or what you would like to see but haven’t yet.

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Kylie Willison said…
Hi Leon
Don't know if you've seen my article on FOSS for Home Ed on my blog. It may be helpful. Something I'd like to see in FOSS is a place for young people to meet up and start FOSS projects together or join projects they're interested in (programming, graphics, support, training).
Kylie
17 October, 2007 20:46
Leon RJ Brooks said…
kylie: I do remember such a post. Will read it now.

Hmmm. Could just about cut & paste that to call it the article. (-:
18 October, 2007 19:55
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