[ale] Palladium/MS: ideas for retaliation

[Tom & JaVonn]

Dow:

( not that the discussion on teacher salaries and learning theories isn't fascinating --- my wife
teaches 4th grade in Gwinnett County and works year-round to be a better teacher)

BUT CAN WE GET ORGANANIZED to see about relieving the school system of at least part of the Micro$oft Tax, and inviting students into the Linux / OpenSource Universe ???

WHAT SAY WE:

1) put it on the agenda for the next ALE meeting
2) see who'd like to meet in metro Atlanta for a brainstorming session
3) open a discussion board somewhere
4) establish a mobile learning center demo (like LTSP on laptops, or whatever)
4) whatever else would result in ACTION and PROGRESS

As my new bumpersticker says "Actions speak louder than bumperstickers"

Thanks,

Tom

ps Notice I didn't even mention Ritalin or schools that are built like prisons?



On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 12:04:04 -0400
Dow Hurst <dhurst at kennesaw.edu> wrote:

> I remember wegrow.org, except that was an out of state LUG helping 
> Lassiter High School.  They asked for some local help but this was 
> before the job/market crunch.  Lot's of projects got hit hard by the "in 
> the trench" Linux guys being laid off.  Many people are still not able 
> to donate lot's of time or money since the market has not recovered. 
>  I'll be interested to see what the people at Lassiter say.
> Dow
> 
> 
> Geoffrey wrote:
> 
> > Dow Hurst wrote:
> >
> > > Geoffrey, do you have any comments on this?
> >
> > You know I've got something to say. :)
> >
> > I'm all for leveraging Linux, but I'll share some realities here.  I 
> > assume were talking elementary/middle/high school.  Correct me if I'm 
> > wrong.  Anway, as my wife is a teacher in an elementary school I've 
> > got some insights into these issues, at least as far as Cobb County 
> > goes.  I assure you the best you will do is replace server 
> > environments at this level.  Currently Cobb County uses Novel Netware, 
> > so they're not totally M$ shop.
> >
> > Because of the investment in software these school systems have, and 
> > the comfort level the average teacher has with M$ environment, you 
> > won't be able to touch the computers in the classroom or labs.
> >
> > Now, if we're talking servers, yeah, we know that can be done, so I'm 
> > game.  Question is, where to start?  Who do we talk to?
> >
> > There is a web site regarding just such an approach here in Georgia, 
> > unfortunately, it's either gone or unavailable.  The site was 
> > http://www.wegrow.org/   (wegrow - Where Educators Get Rid Of Windows) 
> > Searching Google, there's references to the site in the google cache. 
> > There's a reference to Lassiter High School. There are a couple of 
> > email addresses there, I'm going to send them email and see what's up 
> > with their efforts.
> >
> > I'll post more once I hear from the wegrow folks.
> >
> >
> >
> 
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