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[Jane Weideman]

Hi David,

On Sun, 2005-08-14 at 02:26 -0400, David Trask wrote:

> I'm a new subscriber, but not new to Linux.  My school has long been using
> K12LTSP....I've contributed a bit here and there....in fact I was the one
> who "pushed" TeacherTool onto K12LTSP.  (I did not develop it....I made
> some really small tweaks....sent it to Eric Harrison....he tweaked it more
> and added it to K12LTSP)  I've also been working with Matt Oquist (a
> Canonical contractor who works on the OpenCD "orchard" stuff) 

I also met Matt and Eric in Sydney during the Ubuntu Down Under
sessions.

> on the
> smbldap-installer (http://www.vcsvikings.org/linux/smbldap) and we also
> hosted the Northeast Linux Symposium as well (http://www.nelinux.net)   I
> consider myself a local Linux ambassador  :-)
> http://web.vcs.u52.k12.me.us/linux/article.pdf   I'm not only an IT guy,
> but I'm also a classroom teacher (Grades K-8) which allows me to have
> greater insight as to how K12LTSP and so forth can better meet the needs
> of students in the classrooms.  Anyway...that's me....I'm interested in
> learning more about you all and how I might be able to help.  I'm a BIG
> fan of Ubuntu and am excited about the prospect of EdUbuntu....

Great :)
It really helps us to have people with actual teaching experience on
board, as you will have the best insight as to what works and waht
doesn;t and what is actually needed (and indeed wanted).

> My interests?
> 
> TeacherTool....or TeachersPet
> Documentation
> Lesson development
> Public Relations...marketing  :-)
> beta testing in a real school environment

Excellent, these are skills we could really use :)))
> 
> Really interested in Samba/LDAP on Ubuntu as it has fantastic implications
> in schools....I currently use it....one server to house the users and
> their home dirs.....and all other servers Windows, K12LTSP...etc.
> authenticate to it.  One login for the kids...one home directory
> regardless of platform.

Makes sense to me.

Regards
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JaneW
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