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Open source software offers an alternative by replacing commercial or proprietary tools in many cases. This approach can lower costs, increase flexibility, and create stronger opportunities to address social and ethical concerns tied to ICT in education. 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Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed by e mail to gary . hepburn@acadiau.ca .  \nAbstract  \nAbstract: Integrating information and communication technology into schools has been challenging. A central component of the challenge is coping with the expense and usage restrictions of software that is installed on school computers . An alternative approach to the educational software problem is, however, emerging. This approach involves making greater use of open source software . In many cases open source software can effectively replace the proprietary or commercial software that dominates the educational computing landscape . Using this software option would result in decreased costs, increased flexibility, and increased opportunities to address social and ethical issues related to information and communication technology . In order to responsibly spend taxpayers ’ money and to maximize the potential of information and communication technology in education, it is important that educators learn about open source software and challenge conceptions that give priority to proprietary software .  \nRé sumé : L’inté gration des technologies de l’information et de la communication dans les é coles s ’est avé ré e un défi. Un des éléments clés de ce défi consiste à respecter le coût et les restrictions d’utilisation des logic ie ls installés sur les ordinateurs des é coles . On est à élaborer une solution au problème des logic ie ls éducatifs . La méthode implique une plus grande utilisation de logiciels en libre accè s . En effet, dans de nombreux cas ces logiciels remplacent les logic ie ls commerciaux et priv é s qui dominent pré sentement le monde de l’informatique en éducation. Cette option entraî ne des réductions de coûts, une flexibilit é accrue et davantaged’occasions d’a border les enjeux éthiques et sociaux liés aux technologies de l’information et de la communication. Les éducateurs doivent en savoir plus long sur les logiciels en libre accè s et ainsi remettre en question l’adoption des logic ie ls priv é s afin de dépenser raisonnablement l’argent des contribuables et de tirer le meilleur parti du potentiel des technologies de  \nl’information et de la communication en éducation.  \nIntroduction  \nSchools have been under tremendous pressure to integrate information and communication technology (ICT) into teaching and learning. An unavoidable part of making ICT available in schools is obtaining and maintaining the software that is necessary to allow school computers to function. Most software that schools use is produced by proprietary software companies that normally charge considerable sums of money for their products . The cost and usage restrictions that characterize proprietary software place an enormous stress on cash strapped schools . As a result of this situation, schools are left with a serious problem: they clearly need to integrate ICT into teaching and learning but doing so requires large, ongoing expenditures to purchase and maintain ICT resources . The expenditures not only limit the degree to which schools can develop their ICT, they also negatively impact other areas of the school program. There is, however, a new development in the software area that promises to offer schools some relief. In this article, I will describe some problems associated with the approach most schools currently take to educational software and how open source software ( OSS) can contribute to solving many of these .  \nThe Cost of ICT  \nThe staggeringly high cost of bringing ICT to schools is not a secret ( Cuban, 2001; Riffel & Levin, 1997; Roberts, 1999; Twining, 2002) . In the relatively short period of time that computers have emerged as an","cbCaih54InVZDGtc","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaih54InVZDGtc","pdf",315904,13,"English","# Introduction\n## The Cost of ICT","[{\"question\":\"Why is integrating ICT into schools described as challenging?\",\"answer\":\"A central challenge is dealing with the expense and usage restrictions of proprietary software installed on school computers.\"},{\"question\":\"How does open source software address the educational software problem?\",\"answer\":\"Open source software can effectively replace the proprietary or commercial software that dominates educational computing, helping reduce costs and increase flexibility.\"},{\"question\":\"What should educators do to responsibly use ICT resources?\",\"answer\":\"Educators should learn about open source software and challenge conceptions that give priority to proprietary software, aiming to maximize ICT potential while spending taxpayers’ money responsibly.\"}]","Open Source Software and Schools - New Opportunities and Directions | PDF",1792085484,33]