Last week in part 1, I discussed potential advantages to utilizing Open Source or Web 2.0 applications in Education to teach the objectives in computer courses. This week - Potential Disadvantages:
- Not to be utilized for advanced computer/technology education classes which require specific, possibly industry standard type training/software
- Many students (within my district) do not have computers at home and wouldn’t be able to access the downloads or web 2.0 apps. (However, those same students currently do not have access to Microsoft products either – null point.)
- Materials for class, or documentation, may be scarce.
- It’s open source….not sure how secure it is. Is it stable? Is there a possibility that I might have to develop an alternative lesson plan for the day because my word processor isn’t working today?
- School district technology staff run into support problems when there’s an error conflict with the network. Will the support offered through open source type applications help troubleshoot conflicts with the network that is running?
- Compatibility issues?
- Teacher training may be required.
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