[ubuntu-us-in] ubuntu for the classroom

[Nate Ridderman]

Randy,

If you are looking for experience, you should talk to Kevin at the Michigan
City schools. He presented at the K12 Open Minds conference in Indianapolis
last fall. Here is a link to info on his deployment -
http://k12openminds.wikispaces.com/Michigan+City+Area+Schools I attended the
conference, but I can't remember if there were other large deployments in
Indiana. You can probably find additional info at the conference website -
http://k12openminds.org/

I've been involved with the Sugar Labs community (sugarlabs.org) , but it's
more suited for elementary grades. It can run on Ubuntu though.

Good luck,
Nate

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Brian Fahrlander <wheeldweller at gmail.com>wrote:

> Randy Heiland wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Can anyone offer any first-hand experience with using Ubuntu in the
> > K-12 public classroom?  I just joined a tech committee for a new
> > charter school (grades 7-9) that's suppose to start here in Columbus,
> > IN next fall.  I would like to promote the use of Linux for the
> > computer lab, etc., but suspect that Windows will win out due to other
> > people's pro-Windows stance.  I'd welcome any comments people might
> > have and whether or not there are part-time sysadmins to be found.
> > And I'm aware of the Indiana Access/Linux program as I talked to some
> > of the people behind it, but that's been several years ago and I
> > haven't followed its progress.  Anyone know if there's a mailing list,
> > etc, for that program?
> >
>     I've heard rumors of it, too; nothing in concrete. Especially since
> we're on the opposite end of the state from whence it came.  :(
>
>   But there is the http://www.k12ltsp.org/contents.html website.
>
>   They're tightly tied to a K-12 organization that can be all KINDS of
> help to you; special repos, tips-n-tricks, a little hand-holding here
> and there...
>
>   They're not _strictly_ Ubuntu, but they support it, too.
>
>    LTSP is a means of using ultra-cheap, ultra-reliable older machines
> to connect via ssh and X to a main machine, where all the user
> information and such resides. It can be VERY cost effective as well as
> keeping control that's hard to get with standalone computers.
>
>    Enjoy!
>
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