Introduction

[Sameer Verma]

On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Pierre Dubuc <pcdubuc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi;
>
> I'm new to Ubuntu.  I've been introduced to version 9.04 (upgraded to 9.10
> since) by a colleague and now 50% - soon 80% - of my household's computers
> are on Ubuntu.
>
> I'm interested in kid's usage of computers for tasks other than
> chatting(...).  As a parent, I am looking to develop projects to introduce
> kids to Ubunto for:
>
> Its philosophy and Code of conduct;
> Its good computing practices;
> Its potential in teaching kids to not just use but also create with a
> computer.
>
> Projects can include day camps, school projects, etc.
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you,
>
> Pierre Charles Dubuc
>
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Hi Pierre,

Apart from a slew of educational packages in the Ubuntu world under
GNOME and KDE, I'd also suggest looking at Sugar.
http://www.sugarlabs.org/ You can install Sugar on Ubuntu, Fedora,
etc. using the distro's package managers.
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions

cheers,
Sameer
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Associate Professor, Information Systems
Director, Campus Business Solutions
San Francisco State University
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