Re: Replacement for Abiword: LyX? Openoffice?
On Sat, 25 Oct 2003, adam wrote:
> A text editor would probably be a good way forward,
> but not for long. One thing mentioned in an earlier
> post was what we use these kind of apps for (I think
> reference was made to memos and some kind of small
> database).
>
> If think like this, we might fall in to the mistake of assuming that
> children use a computer for the same activities as we do. Some
> children will use computers to program and to organise data, but not
> all. Children love to customise and make things "their own".
Good point well taken! Thank's for mentioning that. I will ask some
other parents, but you are perfectly right: I realy thought the way I
use my machine is the way everybody ... and so the kids ... does. And
yes, that is wrong.
ray
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