Access Indiana - Upcoming Changes @ North!

["Simón A. Ruiz"]

For those who don't know, my name is Simón A. Ruiz, and I'm the 
Technology Assistant and resident Linux geek here at Bloomington High 
School North.

Through a State-funded intiative, North was offered a grant that paid 
for computers and desks for 4 1:1 computing English classrooms. The 
program is based on research that suggests that students in such an 
environment write more, write better, and are more engaged in class.

We now have 126 (122 student, 4 teacher) Edubuntu Linux workstations out 
in 4 English classrooms, and have just been awarded a second grant (from 
the same Access Indiana project) to outfit 5 more 30-station classrooms 
in our English department.

So, all powers willing, we should have--by the end of September 2006--9 
1:1 computing classrooms here, with a total of approximately 270 student 
Linux workstations deployed.

WooHoo!

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  (   )   Peace, Paz, Paix, Shanti, Mir, Shalom and Salaam
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 >=-Y-=<                  Simón A. Ruiz
    |                    Technology Aide
    |              Bloomington High School North
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