Windows 8 education edition should be a new edition added to the future line of Microsoft’s operating system Windows 8. Microsoft has major impacts on the global market, the biggest guiding student education. Computers evolved education from primarily teachers with books to learning using computers assisted by teachers.
Why shouldn’t we have a Windows 8 education edition? The percentage of classrooms with Internet access has gone from 3 percent in 1994 to 63 percent in 1999. In 2003, 100 percent of American schools had access to the Internet! With 100%, Microsoft should use its power of technology to improve education with Windows 8. Windows 8 should work with other companies to bring the best tools straight to the desktop, cut out all the bullshit and get learning!
Give the Windows 8 education edition away for free! Microsoft will gain money from businesses using other editions of Windows 8. Even home users should be allowed Windows 8 education edition with the option to increase features at a cost. We would even suggest offering canned courses accessible directly from the desktop. Enough allowing underachievement, imagine the possibilities and educate the world!
Be careful what you wish for! Most schools do NOT have hardware that meets the minimum standards for a lot of the newer operating systems. Many still run XP; many others run Windows 98 or ME on really old computers.
There is also, at least in Washington State, some sort of license agreement that school districts can enter into that gets them Microsoft operating system licenses, as well as productivity software licenses (like Office, etc.) that costs a district about $35 per PC. That’s WAY cheap to have a situation where you can have licensed mainstream software that’s applicable to the capabilities of the PC.
So sometimes cheap is a better option than free. Schools could certainly benefit big time from more corporate generosity, but if you spend a bit of time in a lot of classrooms and districts, you’ll see (sadly) that latest isn’t always greatest (or even possible).
GuyWithDogs
12 Jan 10 at 8:21 am