open source in schools
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Open Source in Schools
Miles BerryElgg Conference
1st December 2008
Miles Berry
Head at Alton Convent Prep
Becta ICT in Practice Awards 2006
BCS, Naace, Mirandanet
Moodle, Elgg, Drupal, Edubuntu
Outline
Official Position
Applications
Advocacy
Structure
DCFS / SEED / DELLS / DENI
Becta (& Ofsted, QCA etc.)
RBCs
LAs
Schools - Governors and Heads
Teachers
Pupils
OGC
“UK Government will consider OSS solutions alongside proprietary ones in IT procurements. Contracts will be awarded on a value for money
basis.”
EDM
That this House congratulates the Open University and other schools, colleges and universities for utilising free and open source
software to deliver cost-effective educational benefit not just for their own institutions but also the wider community; and expresses concern that Becta and the Department for Education and Skills, through the use of outdated purchasing frameworks, are effectively denying schools the option of benefiting from both free and open source software and the value and experience small and medium ICT companies could bring to the schools market.
Becta - TCO
Becta - Frameworks
Functional Requirements
Technical Specifications
Invitations to Tender, eg
Net worth >£700K
D&B risk ≥3
3+ years audited accounts
History of major education sector contracts
Atomwide - Moodle & Elgg
Sirius - SEIF
And yet...
Open Source Schools“Becta wishes to ensure that schools are aware of and can access the wide variety of open source software in the marketplace. To achieve this it recognises that they must be supported in its awareness, adoption, deployment, use
and ongoing development.”
Red Hat, Canonical, OSS-Watch, AlphaPlus
Coordinate and support the community of schools who use and develop open source
BSF
Should we be?
LA Vision and Strategy for Change
ICT Output Specification
PfS & LEP
ICT as Managed Service
Local Choice Fund
Infrastructure
Web based applications
Web based applications
Web 2.0
Hosting
Appliances
Open Source on the desktop
Portable Kit
Advantages of OSS
Cost
Freedom
Philosophy
Innovation
Tailoring
Development
Education vs Training
Ownership
Issues with OSS
Procurement = Purchasing
Sustainability
Support
Compatibility
Exam Boards
Key People
Becta
RBCs / LAs
BSF contractors
Governors
Heads
Network Managers
Teachers
Pupils
Contact details...
milesberry.net
twitter.com/mberry