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In the beginning was Word


Publication:	The Independent	Date:	Jul 14 2004

In the past week there's been a lot of talk about "choice" in relation to schools. But there's one area where children, and schools, don't see much choice: the software they use. It's likely, for example, that children leave school thinking that Microsoft Word is the only word processing program. That Excel is the only spreadsheet. And Internet Explorer the only web browser.

This one-tracked experience worries Simon Tindall. "Are we still teaching children to use Microsoft and PCs, or are we using computers to teach history or geography?" he demands. "Microsoft is so strong in schools today that there's concern that it's creating a status quo and therefore reducing innovation within education."

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