OPEN HOUSE on 10/31/07 showcasing Ubuntu for schools -- meet the SABDFL

[Yuriy Kozlov]

Michael,
I think we're all curious to know how this went!

On Oct 23, 2007 5:17 PM, Michael Selva <mselva at comcast.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 31st, St. Stephen's Armenian Elementary School
> is holding a Technology Open House.  It will take place between 9 and
> 11 a.m. at the school, which is located at 47 Nichols Avenue in
> Watertown.
>
> The purpose of the Open House is to announce our recent adoption of
> Ubuntu Linux to meet our educational computer needs. We are inviting
> school officials and IT staff from schools located in Watertown and
> adjacent communities.  They will be able to test-drive the Ubuntu
> workstations in our computer lab, and to discuss the details of the
> Windows-to-Linux conversion with our own IT staff.  Visitors will
> find a gallery of sample work that students have produced with Open
> Office, Tux Paint, and other open source programs.  We will also give
> away copies of the Ubuntu Live Install CD to our guests.
>
> St Stephen's appears to be the first school in Massachusetts to adopt
> Ubuntu Linux as our main computing platform.   Now that we have seen
> how well it works here, our next step is to initiate a technology
> transfer project with our sister school in Armenia.  In June 2008,
> our 5th grade students will travel to Armenia and help set up a
> computer lab at an elementary school in an impoverished region of
> Armenia.  Our plan is to ship a complete, turn-key set of
> workstations and servers that have already been localized for the
> Armenian language.
>
> We are looking forward to a very special guest who will join us for
> the Open House next week.  We have invited Mark Shuttleworth, the
> founder of the London-based company that distributes Ubuntu Linux.
> He is also a civilian cosmonaut who spent 10 days visiting the
> international space station in 2002.
>
> For more information, please contact Michael Selva by telephone
> (617-605-7429) or email (ms at ssaes.org).  You can also read about
> Ubuntu Linux at our technology web site (http://
> baronselva.edublogs.org).
>
> If you plan to attend, please RSVP by calling the school's main
> number (617-926-6979).  For directions, visit our Google map (http://
> tinyurl.com/278q42).
>
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>    MICHAEL SELVA
>    Technology Specialist
>    Saint Stephen's Armenian Elementary School
>    phone:  617-605-7429
>    email:  ms at ssaes.org
>    URL:    http://baronselva.edublogs.org/
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