Call for OpenSchool to be developed for school text

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(Free-Press-Release.com) May 29, 2011 -- Open Source software for Teachers, OpenSchool, is being organized to meet the demands required from School boards as they integrate technology into today's classroom. On networking sites and blogs developers and others being asked to join the efforts by Jason Trudeau to turn his idea into a reality for teachers in every country around the world. This would effect how fast technology is developed and adapted for use in educational institutions from kindergarten up to universities.

Text book publishers Scholastic and Prentice-hall have been able to make themselves into the largest companies in the world. Microsoft and Oracle provide software and have themselves become synonymous with the Information Age. Open Source software for teachers plan is to be as prevalent as these companies and used in schools around the world.

By making the software open-source it would be free to use by teachers or scholars interested in publishing their own textbooks for use by their students. This would skip the processes set up by which educational systems around the world decide on how to spend resources on which materials to use. Teacher/Authors would only need to download and install the software onto their own computers, like new Linux and Open Office is used today.

Laptops and E-readers can take all materials from hardcopy to digital for students to use. Manufacturers could be the biggest winners when other states follow California's, Florida's, and Maine's lead into creating high tech classrooms. Textbook publishers that currently provide schools with learning materials would only have to convert them to use with the hardware. This wouldn't save costs and publishers would have to wait for feedback from student's , teachers, and administrators to fix any problems with the new digital information. Costs can be saved with Open source software for teachers by saving on royalties to authors, salesman's commission, and publisher's costs. Any problems can be solved by the local schools system since materials could be easily corrected by the author which would be a teacher on staff.

Complimentary tools such as Moodle didn't have any effect on the publisher's since it is on-line based and student's need to have access to the internet. Prices on stocks remained unaffected in 1999 (SCHL Aug 31 at $25.00 with PSO in high teens in 2011) and publishing companies retained their market shares. OpenSchool once complete can be used to create texts that can be used with e-readers, laptops, and desktop terminals being used in classrooms today. This software is transferrable and can be used to create texts in any school system in any country in the world. Eventually OpenSchool can eliminate the need to purchase texts from publishing companies which could save costs.

The plan is have this software to be continually upgraded to meet the latest developments in technology from manufacturers of e-readers, hand-helds, and laptops. All person with an interest in seeing this software in use is invited to join, Jason Trudeau can be reached through the LinkedIn website.

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