[ubuntu-za] Free and Open Source Software in Schools

[Hilton Theunissen]

Hi All

Anybody here in Pietermaritzburg that is able to hand-hold 5 schools for 
2009. We installed the labs in Feb 2008, trained and certified the 
educators. They meet monthly to discuss new ideas and issues.  We are 
unable to travel to Pmz as frequent as 2008.

Each school have 20 terminals running from a single ubuntu ltsp.org 
server with apache for web content share eg. wikipedia for schools. We 
donated printers as an incentive and certified over 200 learners in 
December with My Ingots Bronze level 1

Scope of work:
- install hard drives just updated with new image
- meet with coordinators
- join cluster meeting once in a while
- respond to technical requirements
- general advocacy, education and support

Opportunity: explore a monthly SLA with the cluster of schools

This is also open to mailing list discussion on how to best support 
schools with open source software labs in:
Cape - 78
PE - 48
NCape - 10
Limpopo - 11
KZN - 7
NWest - 3 plus 70+ deployed by the DoE
Mpumalanga - 1

Should you know of any other pls add to the numbers by adding + XXX

Looking forward to your response.


William Walter Kinghorn wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Here is I suppose first try at creating a pamphlet or 2.
> 
> First and Second page of the attached is just some thoughts etc
> 
> Third page is for a possible 2nd pamphlet
> 
> Pages 4 and 5 are the possible pamphlet, with some additions/removals from whomever
> 
> Please read, give comments, and we must have 1 person creating the versions of the pamphlet, as we don't want many versions to be floating arround.
> 
> Maybe call this version 0.0.1
> 
> Attached is the penguin logo from http://www.isc.tamu.edu/~lewing/linux/
> 
> see my suggestion of a logo in the attached, it is only a suggestion, so if you have artistic talents, please create a logo for this pamphlet,
> 
> William
> 
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