[ Thanks to Philip
Webb for this link. ]
“In the past week there’s been a lot of talk about ‘choice’ in
relation to schools. But there’s one area where children, and
schools, don’t see much choice: the software they use. It’s likely,
for example, that children leave school thinking that Microsoft
Word is the only word processing program. That Excel is the only
spreadsheet. And Internet Explorer the only web browser.“This one-tracked experience worries Simon Tindall. ‘Are we
still teaching children to use Microsoft and PCs, or are we using
computers to teach history or geography?’ he demands…”