Projects

[Ron Swift]

Here is the information that appeared in the attachment.


      Ubuntu Projects


        The Childrens Home

The Childrens Home of Catonsville, MD (www.childrenshome.net) was 
established in 1863 as a residential care facility for children aged 8 
to 21 years of age who have experienced abuse, neglect, violence, 
abandonment, and/or are in need of supervised care. The campus like 
setting had just added a major new educational facility in October 2007. 
They were seeking corporate contributions for the facility.

I decided to contribute two desktop computer systems that were no longer 
needed in our office. They were Dell Pentium II workstations with Ubuntu 
Feisty. Both systems were delivered and set up in the new facility in 
October 2007. Since then the students have been using the systems' 
Firefox web browser and OpenOffice applications to complete homework 
assignments without any training according to the facility administrator.


        Randallstown Co-Op Senior Center

This senior living facility on Old Court Road in Randallstown, MD has 
approximately 400 residents. We purchased two computer systems from the 
Howard County library and added Ubuntu Gutsy and wireless usb devices. A 
Dell printer was obtained from a local company free of charge. We had to 
add new ink cartridges which the Co-op facility reimbursed us. The 
facility provided two workstation desks and the units were set up in 
their library in February 2008.

We initially provided a one hour overview on the new systems to the 
facilities board of directors. We also agreed to provide three two hour 
training sessions for interested residents at no charge.
Over the next several weeks we completed the training sessions for a 
total of 21 residents. The training sessions covered:
1.Computer Operating Systems Overview
2.Introducing Ubuntu
3.Exploring the Ubuntu Desktop
4.Using the Internet
5.Introduction to GMAIL
6.OpenOffice Application Overview

The feedback from the training and the systems in general has been quite 
positive. They have inquired about additional training but I was 
informed that the facility corporate management has now decided to 
provide computer training to all facilities.




Ron Swift wrote:
> I have attached information on two voluntary projects that I 
> completed. The first was the Childrens Home in Catonsville, MD. where 
> we donated two systems for their new education facility. The second 
> project was the senior center in Randallstown, MD where we donated 
> equipment and provided six hours of training.
> Let me know if you have any questions or need additional information.
> Thanks
>

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Ron Swift
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