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Education News
Free Software in Education
9000 PCs in Swiss schools going Linux only
Ubuntu breathes new life into school's abandoned hardware
School districts serve up lessons in Linux
OpenOffice.org Textbook Released Under CC and GNU Licenses
Report Predicts Increase in Spending by Schools on Open Source SW
XO-LiveCD to support the OLPC project
First KDE Education Project Meeting a Great Success
North, South Korea Unite Over Linux
Linux Makes the Grade

Education Software
All SoftwareMultimediaEducationalOffice Tools
Web Based / SISInternetUtilitiesAntivirus/Spyware

There is a variety of Free Software and Open Source (for Windows and Linux) needed in a school environment: network security and monitoring to keep the school networked and safe, grade and timetable tracking (student information systems / SIS) software for teachers, educational software for classes, general network clients for email and web access.

Education Conferences & Workshops
K-12 Open Minds Conference 2008
II Encontro Nacional Largest South America event for OpenOffice.org / BrOffice.org
Use Your Noodle, Learn Moodle: An Open Source Learning Management System
Workshops on K12LTSP, Moodle, Ubuntu, SchoolTool

Education Case Studies
Linux-based desktops, servers, and curriculum at private Christian school.
Thin Client Solution for classroom computers
Ubuntu infrastructure provides superior architecture and cost savings for school IT project
Free software used in teaching first grade students to read, write and speak digits and letters
Case Study