Having trialled Office 2010, there were some very nice features in there, but I would have to say that I probably got the most professional benefit from Outlook 2010. Question is, having only moved to Office 2007 this year, are staff ready for another move in the summer? Perhaps, perhaps not. Second, with a new ICT specification most likely for Sept, shouldn’t we move and write the new resources for and using the new Office 2010? Somewhere in there too is a consideration to LIVE@edu email accounts too.
WHat I would like to see is Microsoft creating some very simple help file type demo’s, to add to the ribbon game to save hundreds of enthusiastic screencasting teachers from themselves.
As with most schools we wrestle the Perpetual vs Subscription Licence for the operating system, but we are confident that we will opt for software assurance for software. Which means Office 2010 is a viable option and the First-look-at-office-2010-free-e-book a valuable read.