possibly putting Edubuntu in a local school
Michael Selva
michael_selva at ssaes.org
Tue Sep 25 02:13:30 BST 2007
Over the summer, I successfully switched a 10-seat elementary school
computer lab from windoze xp to ubuntu linux. If it will help open
some minds, I would be happy to host a grand tour, hands-on
demonstration, and/or presentation to interested parties. My school
is located in Watertown, which is easily reached by car or public
transit from downtown Boston.
See the following web site for a brief summary:
http://baronselva.edublogs.org/2007/09/12/ubuntu-has-arrived/
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MICHAEL SELVA
Technology Specialist
Saint Stephen's Armenian Elementary School
47 Nichols Avenue
Watertown, MA 02472 phone: 617-605-7429
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On Sep 18, 2007, at 6:40 PM, GoatTuber wrote:
> I've been talking with a friend of mine who teaches a small class
> of children with learning disabilities over in Charlestown. She's
> interested in Edubuntu because of the hands-on learning experience
> it provides. Many of her students simply refuse to learn to read
> because it's boring and frustrating to them. In this situation,
> educational software like GCompris could help them to learn by
> keeping them entertained while teaching them, where books have been
> failing to do so.
>
> Today, she consulted her IT department to see if they would be able
> to set up a few computers with Edubuntu in their computer lab, and
> they told her they wouldn't allow any computers running Edubuntu on
> their network. Needless to say we that were disappointed, but I was
> expecting that anyway. However, she may be allowed to run Edubuntu
> on an isolated computer in her classroom. So now I'll be digging
> through my spare hardware to put together a decent setup for her,
> and in the meantime she is playing around with Edubuntu on her home
> mahcine to see everything that it has to offer. If we can get one
> little computer to get students excited about reading and math
> instead of biting teachers, the rest of the school may see what
> they've got and want the same for themselves.
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