http://lions.teledyn.com/node/592 Comments for "Elementary Linux: Penguins in the School" en http://lions.teledyn.com/node/592 <p class="news"><a href="http://www.egroups.com/group/linux-ed">Educators</a> and parents already know the <a href="http://www.osopinion.com/Opinions/GaryMurphy/GaryMurphy1.html">value</a> of using Linux in the classroom:</p> <blockquote>"Using open source software, you teach co-operation and community, you teach them that everyone is a participant, you teach them that even that lowly 486 they got from Uncle Ted is a useful machine that can be recycled rather than used for landfill. You teach them that while computers are still buggy, a "bug" is an opportunity to learn and to make new friends, and you teach them that even one small voice can teach the world a new song." <em>--- from OsOpinions Nov 1999, "<a href="http://linux.omnipotent.net/article.php?article_id=7048">Elementary Linux: Penguins in the School</a>" by Gary Lawrence Murphy</blockquote> This article was later reprinted by <a href="http://linux.omnipotent.net/article.php?article_id=7048">Linux.com</a> and cited by <a href="http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/1999110100604OP">LinuxToday</a> and Kaivo.org. http://lions.teledyn.com/node/592#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:13:33 -0500 garym 592 at http://lions.teledyn.com