iWork v. Office?

My new lab doesn't have iWork: Page, Keynote, Numbers. It does have Office: Word, Excel. Thoghts? Am I okay without iWork?
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Permalink Reply by Jeff Leek on August 19, 2011 at 10:27am

We are in a 1-1 computing environment and we do not have IWorks on our computers. We have the ILife suite which is really important for us, but we felt using Office was a better solution. Most people are familiar with Office, and students will be doing their work in Office, Excel, etc. throughout the academic career, and therefore we thought it made more sense to develop their skill in just one set of programs. I personally do not see any drawbacks to not having IWork.

Permalink Reply by Angel M. Buide on August 19, 2011 at 3:57pm

Spain is a bit different. I do not use Office, I use LibreOffice or OpenOffice for my communication with students. I think that Jeff Leek explain the first reason. But I use Keynote for my Presentations in classroom. I think is better solution that PowerPoint.

Permalink Reply by Meg King-Abraham on August 20, 2011 at 8:42am