[CoLoCo] 1:1 laptops/tablets in Denver school.

[Andrew]

maybe, they will continue on the microsoft route because they are "lazy".
But, then again friendly suggestions, and word-of-mouth go a long way.
Sometimes just by mentioning something, people get interested. That's how i
got my friend interested in linux. I was casually talking about it, and he
asked about it. I gave him an ubuntu cd. to my surprise he had a dual boot
system the next day.

Maybe this Mr. Bill needs a friendly push. and maybe a demo. give him a copy
of a live cd. See if their hardware is supported (mainly wifi).

I wish I had gone to a school with 1:1 laptops. but, oh well.

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 7:53 AM, Jeffrey LePage <jeffrey_lepage at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> I actually visited this school and talked to their Technology Directory,
> Mark Inglis.  Actually I was trying to get a job.  At the time (June 2007) I
> was desperate to get out of my soul-destroying day job.  Tragically, the job
> I was applying for had already been filled, but I met with him anyway
> because I was interested in the school.
>
> It's basically a big charter high school with some serious grant money,
> notably a big grant from Bill & Melinda.  Bill's money is for the building,
> not the technology.  They give all of their kids a wireless equipped laptop
> (WindowsXP of course).  I think HP was the source of their machines.  When I
> spoke to Mark last July he said that some of the machines were getting a
> little elderly.  He had looked at Vista and concluded that they couldn't
> afford to continue on the MS route because of the high hardware costs.  He
> was seriously thinking about Linux, but was hesitant because 1) the school
> was heavily invested in MS tech, 2) his own people had no knowledge of
> Linux, and 3) the belief that students _must_ be taught MS Office 2007.
>
> Since then I have invited him to take a look at some of the work I've done
> introducing Linux to Free Horizon Montessori, but he's never had any free
> time.
>
> I'll have to email him again and check on the status of the laptop program.
>  Maybe I (we?) can bring him back from the dark side?  Maybe I'm too
> cynical, but I had the impression that they would continue to use MS simply
> because of laziness/inertia.
>
> Later,
> Jeff LePage
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