Technology. Gotta love it. I somehow just deleted a huge post, but, in summary, my Microsoft search brought up this small article brings up a good point: though it is necessary in the tech world of today to be able to create, save, and open Word-compatible documents, you don't HAVE to be using Microsoft Office. There are alternatives with increasing frequency that are just as stable and have the same (if not more) functions. These programs are easy to install, easy to use, and very often they are free and have a great base of customer support. I'm feeling a revolution coming.
posted by kirk at 6:16 PM
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Have a great trip Kirk. Good luck, I hope your team does great. See you next week.
It would be crazy if Microsoft didn't rule the technology world, maybe some day. See you tomorrow!
When I was teaching Educ 5412 at Morris, since they are doing half the class on line and I couldn't assume they'd have access to MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, I recommended that they use OpenOffice. But it turns out they all had MS Office except one (who had Appleworks). I think it's important that we don't focus exclusively on Microsoft but rather look conceptually at what the products do.
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