[ale] New Twiki topic LinuxInGASchools

[Tom & JaVonn]

Dow:

Your memory did a fine job!

My list would like to add:

  www.linuxforkids.org    Lots of information on programs available for children & educational use
  www.k12ltsp.org         LTSP adapted for grades K-12
  www.skolelinux.no       non-English page about Linux in Norway schools
  www.linuxiskolan.org    non-English page about Linux in Swedish schools
  ( where can we find translators ? )

also, Geoffrey will be seeking brochures from established players like Red Hat and SuSE

Later,

Tom


On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 10:51:41 -0400

Dow Hurst <dhurst at kennesaw.edu> wrote:

> I've created a new Twiki subtopic under the Twiki ALE site called 
> LinuxInGASchools.  I am just learning about HTML and Wiki syntax so it 
> will take me a few days to get something nice going.  If anyone 
> interested in the project wants to contribute, you must register on the 
> Twiki server as a user.  Once your a user you can edit the pages yourself.
> 
> We had a good meeting at KSU on Aug 11, and had a good turnout for such 
> short notice.  We discussed the scope of the project and some testbed 
> situations.  Geoffrey Myers, Tom Younkers, Matthew Macumber and myself 
> attended.  Tom took some notes and we all had some good ideas to contribute.
> 
> Some of the ideas we tossed around were:
> Start small with a testbed situation such as setting up a local church 
> with LTSP using free hardware as our first learning experience.
> 
> Focus on LTSP as a leverage for old hardware.
> 
> Look at delegating portions of the project to different members.
> 
> Recognize the installed base of hardware in schools would not 
> necessarily change so the proposals have to account for this.
> 
> Recognize the suits will want point and click groupware even though few 
> others use it. :-)
> 
> Polish the project to perfection and sell it at the Board of Regents, 
> don't approach public schools at a low level due to entrenched 
> bureacracy and policies.
> 
> Look into locating churches and private schools for testbed situations 
> we can leverage.
> 
> Join with similar projects if possible and if applicable.
> 
> Explore integrating Linux with Novell, or any other legacy OS or 
> hardware currently used in schools.
> 
> Really look into available educational Linux software and software 
> projects.  Recognize MS Windows won't go away due to educational 
> software currently used in schools unless we can find what is needed.
> 
> Have a monthly meeting on the third Sunday afternoon of the month, 
> however, develop a workable way of doing things remotely as much as 
> possible.  Twiki is one part of this.
> 
> Discussed several horror stories involving MS OSes, Novell, and Cobb 
> County School ITS policies.  (The fun gossip part of the meeting) ;-)
> 
> 
> I believe that is everything that I remember from yesterday.  Maybe Tom 
> would post his notes.  Matthew works with Freebytes so we are looking at 
> a possible collaboration there.  I still would like to have another 
> meeting on Aug 25, 2:30pm at KSU so those who couldn't come before can 
> have a chance to meet everyone.  So let's plan on that being available.  
> It was really nice to put faces and personalities with the names/email 
> addresses I have become familiar with!  I thoroughly enjoyed the meeting!
> Sincerely,
> Dow
> 
> 
> 
> ---
> This message has been sent through the ALE general discussion list.
> See http://www.ale.org/mailing-lists.shtml for more info. Problems should be 
> sent to listmaster at ale dot org.
> 

---
This message has been sent through the ALE general discussion list.
See http://www.ale.org/mailing-lists.shtml for more info. Problems should be 
sent to listmaster at ale dot org.