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1 Using Free Software at a Portuguese Secondary School of Arts Alexandre Martins Fernando J. Leal Escola Secundária Artística de Soares dos Reis Secondary School of Arts Soares dos Reis

2 agenda our school why free software free software use students feedback at a national level conclusions 2

3 our school founded in 1884 art related courses audiovisual communication communication design product design artistic production 10th to 12th grade age: years 3

4 why free software proprietary software problems advantages economical technical pedagogical 4

5 free software use available services school information system in classes 5

6 available services unique profile across network POP/IMAP, webmail school information system Moodle remote access via SSH homepage hosting 6

7 School Information System developed in-house (by Fernando Leal) GNU-GPL license web access to timetables (students, teachers, classes, etc.) class summaries grades absences event scheduler (tests, assessments, etc.) statistics 7

8 School Information System 8

9 School Information System 9

10 School Information System 10

11 School Information System 11

12 School Information System agreement with Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto helpdesk deployment several schools use it 12

13 free software in classes ICT subject art courses LTSP lab main problems 13

14 ICT subject national wide introductory ICT subject 9th and 10th grade assure every student has a minimum set of computing skills 14

15 ICT subject contents (10th grade) text processing: OpenOffice.org Writer spreadsheet: OpenOffice.org Calc image editing: GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program vector graphics drawing: Inkscape website development: Kompozer 15

16 ICT subject with free software the same skills the same exercises/activities provide gimp spreadsheet free manuals, texts, tutorials free exercises 16

17 art courses curricula orientated for the job market professional proprietary tools (e.g. Adobe Autodesk) free software in introductory subjects complementary software tools 17

18 LTSP lab set of old machines Edubuntu LTSP easy to install easy to administrate 18

19 main problems special needs CAD video editing web development flash proprietary formats 19

20 students feedback their opinion on the use of free software Moodle questionnaire module 10th grade students ICT students 220 students 170 answers 20

21 students feedback 60% of the students had never heard about free software 74% have installed the software used in classes 57% intend to continue using free software (39% probably) 21

22 students feedback 64% find the free software used equivalent to other software (24% better) 79% see freedom of installation as the main advantage in free software the main difficulty in its use is the language (Portuguese translation missing) 45% totally agree and 50% agree in the use of free software at schools 22

23 at a national level Ministry of Education created ECRIE team for promoting ICT use at schools Portuguese equivalent to British BECTA awareness to free software 23

24 ECRIE initiatives Moodle Free Software CD for Schools Math software version Free software dedicated portal ICT classrooms with free software platforms (server and desktop solutions) 24

25 ECRIE initiatives organization of the Free Software in Schools' Day conference main guidelines for schools ICT development plans gradual adoption of free software attention to free software consensus among ICT coordinators about its benefits 25

26 collaboration between schools Associação Ensino Livre Free Teaching Organization non-profit organization promote free software free didactic materials 26

27 conclusions free software main principles tightly related to Education students understand principals advantages difficulties some software areas (e.g. video) interoperability 27

28 conclusions growing movement governmental institutions aware promote national awareness 28

29 Copyright Copyright (c) 2008 Alexandre Martins and Fernando Leal. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; thank you Alexandre Martins Escola Secundária Artística de Soares dos Reis 29

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