[Maced] NSWDET rollout

[Bradley Chapman]

All questions of the Moment, Ian,

My order's in and ... waiting, waiting, waiting.

Beyond OASIS, we're a Mac school, Server to client.

The new principal has appreciated my ordering him a PC notebook [1.  
to use a legitimate unit that I would otherwise forfeit but, 2.  
because DET info at Principal's meetings are now exclusively in PC  
formats with, "sorry, I can't help you with Mac solutions" trite  
answers.]

The leverage points remain IMHO:

I don't do virus checking in my RFF – I teach children from the KLA  
curriculum using ICTs.
I have creative open-ended software that PCs don't have that meet KLA  
outcomes.
I have computers that are user friendly to students and teachers.
The internet is platform independent unless bureaucrats deliberately  
close it off.

Does this help?

Brad Chapman
Corrimal East PS

On 09/03/2008, at 10:03 PM, Ian Greig wrote:

> Hi all
>
> Does anyone know what the deal with the department of commerce in  
> nsw and Apple is? When will they sign off on the deal? What is the  
> response when schools say "we will order pcs instead as we know  
> when they will come."? Whil I am at it, what is the standard  
> leverage used to get macs into a school when they cost more units?
>
> Ian Greig
> Monaro High School
> Cooma






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