[Scribus] Using Scribus in the classroom?

[Craig Bradney]

On Tuesday 07 November 2006 00:10, Moritz Dorka wrote:
> Hi Nanette,
> I've been using Scribus for quite a while to produce a school newspaper.
> Its in German (so DIN A4 size) though. Out of my own experience I would say
> 5th grades are far too young to use DTP-Apps (or just about any App). At my
> school students of that age usually dont even find the right letters on the
> keyboard... But hey, might be different at your school.
>
> If you have any questions feel free to contact me. I dont have any teaching
> materials but I could send you a PDF copy of our last issue if that helps.


I think the youngest known Scribus user that the team is aware of is 6.. so a 
4th or a 5th grader should be fine. I might be an exception, but I was 
certainly typing quite ok by the time I was 9..

Craig