We are still trialing it in Grade 5 music. The teacher reported some
instances of crashes, but these were isolated and we could not reproduce
them, so not sure if it was a software characteristic or if students were
dealing with a computer that had gone to sleep etc.
It's possible the licensing and key hassles of Sibelius might actually be
more headache than the isolated crashes we noted above. We are in China
and have had to get e-mail up to 5 responses and recipients deep to get
keys sorted out.
.......................................................................
Robert Bauer
Information Technology Director
American International School of Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8735-3392 Fax: (8620) 8735-3339
rbauer@aisgz.org
A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>I have been slowly introducing open source alternative solutions into our
>school. With the limited budget we work with, I find that the open source
>alternatives gives the students the opportunity to perform the same type
>of
>work without paying for the extra expense.
>
>Music Notation Alternatives:
>http://musicnotation.org/software/strategy.html
>
>I'm sure that the students won't mind not paying a lot of money for
>software
>they need to use.
>
>We are implementing the same strategy for our math dept. We can not
>afford
>to purchase 20+ licenses of Mathematica, so I gave the teachers several
>alternatives to choose from. So far, I will be installing GNUPLOT
>(http://www.gnuplot.info) in our laptops. If students need to use the
>software at home, they can download it and use it there, too. Otherwise,
>students may look to software piracy to fulfill their educational needs.
>
>Not everything needs to be open source, though. Either very affordable or
>free.
>
>Brian Lee
>Manlius Pebble Hill School
>
>
>
>> From: David Sinclair <sinclaird@TAS.EDU.TW>
>> Reply-To: A forum for independent school educators
><ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 09:14:59 -0400
>> To: <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>> Subject: Sibelius Student Licensing
>>
>> We are struggling to find a competitive supplier for Sibelius Student
>for
>> use in a One to One program here in Taipei. Has anyone had any success
>with
>> a volume discount? We'd like to enter a staggered 2 year staggered
>deployment.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> David
>>
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