Schools can now get help from a new community website to help them decide whether open source software might offer benefits for them.
The Open Source Schools website provides resources for schools to find out about the benefits that open source software can bring to learning, teaching, engaging pupils and parents, managing information and resources, and school administration.
Central place is given to a range of case studies about open source implementation and development in schools. The site also offers forums, in which heads, teachers, technicians and others can discuss their experiences of this alternative model of software acquisition, distribution and development. The site highlights blogs that feature open source in education, news stories and links to open source software developers’ websites.
The website is part of a project supported by Becta which aims to raise the awareness of open source software.