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This is a switchboard linking articles that we have developed about Marketing Open Source Solutions.
We focused upon these articles because some Open Source advocates promote Open Source software as "low cost, cheap or free" solutions for school districts.
This attitude of "nothing is to good for our students, as long as it is cheap" does a disservice to our schools, and continues the cycle of under funding of inadequate solutions.
Newsletter Articles
The Role of Technology in Technology Integration: It's not what "They (IT Departments) Think
Teachers to Open Source Advocates: "You have Homework!"
Teachers to IT Departments: "You have Homework"
Teachers to IT Departments: You have Network and Back-End Programming Homework
Teachers to IT Departments: You have Professional Development Homework
Other Relevant Articles and Links:
The articles may take a hard line stance, but some school district administrators could be seduced by the rhetoric of saving money on technology. Of course, to have done the job right, our school systems needed to have…What does it Take to Replicate a Pilot or Model Program?
Beware the Compute Lab Solution>
Teacher Sharing: Standards are the Key to Efficient Sharing
Open Admin for Schools: Are Any US School Districts Using this Free Program?
- Spent six to sixty times as much money on technology integration
- Realistic expectations for how long implementing such a reform of basic teaching practices would take
- Provided a quantum level more support for our teachers
Of course, the technology folks went astray by failing to…
- Target content and curriculum goals for this technology integration
- Develop direct measures of how technology improves teaching and learning , and went astray by .
It seems unfair to hold teachers responsible for the less than stellar outcomes of these under funded technology integration efforts, especially when school district decision-makers cannot demonstrate commitment to programs such as these by providing the requisite funding.
Open Source Marketing Articles
The Power of Open Source Thinking
Success for All (SFA): Real Lessons for Open Source Advocates
Open Source Marketing Basics 101
NECC "Birds of a Feather" Open Source Marketing Editorial
Open Source Solutions Marketing Plan Outline
Education Reform Opportunities for Open Source
Open Source Real-World Assessment
Can we Learn from CiscoT's Marketing?
Open Source Marketing Tips from the Master
The Only Reason to Push Open Source Solutions
AppleT Gets "Open Source" Right
How to: Create a Web Site that's a Learning Community