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Solveig Haugland
Altoona considering. Ditto Osseo–started at grade school. EC NG–too much invested in Microsoft.

Have Base for database–it’s not ready for prime time.

Draw is like Illustrator/Visio

StarOffice and OpenOffice are very similar. Sun is the StarOffice backer and gives some suport.
OpenOffice uses more right clicking than Microsoft
In Writer, triple clicking selects sentence, quad clicking selects paragraphs. Fonts [...]

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Monday 12:30 Open Source Software for K-12 Steve Hargadon
Steve@hargadon.com
NOTES:
Lab is set up as thin clients using old laptops. The network is running off an old computer. Very little money to get started. All processing occurs on server.
FOSS–Free, Open Source, Software
Free = unfettered (not necessarily the cost)
EdTech Live has podcasts about FOSS. Has OGG file [...]

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