why redhat? edubuntu is for education :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "wayne summers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 3:25 PM Subject: Re: Special interest group formation: Linux in Georgia Schools
> Eater, > > We are in the process of developing several courses to teach school > teachers next year. One of the courses focuses on networks and will > include some discussion of Linux. > > thanks for forwarding this. > > wayne > > Kent Scott wrote: > >> Eater, >> >> I am having the email given to the head of technology for Muscogee >> County School District. >> >> Kent >> >> Eater wrote: >> >>>CHAOS geek brethren, please review forwarded message below. :) >>> >>>On 4/14/06, Daniel Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Fellow Georgia Linux enthusiasts, >>>> >>>>My name is Daniel Howard, I'm an Atlanta Linux Enthusiast, and I'm >>>>looking to start an activity oriented towards getting open source >>>>software into Georgia K-12 schools. You might think this would be >>>>inconceivable, but believe it or not, I and another parent volunteer >>>>have done it at Morris Brandon Elementary School in the Atlanta Public >>>>Schools district. APS is even listing Linux certification as one of >>>>their criteria for outsourcing PC support services, and here is the >>>>blurb they put in their last Request for Proposal for support services: >>>> >>>>"Linux Computers: A version of Red Hat Linux has been successfully >>>>deployed in one APS school. A 1:1 ratio of PC to student is anticipated >>>>at this school within the next school term. This technology is >>>>growing and is viewed as an alternative for extending the life of >>>>certain hardware within the Atlanta Public Schools." >>>> >>>>That's our school, and the fact that they're even considering Linux is >>>>no less than a seachange for them. At one point, we were nearly at war >>>>with them over it. But now we've been meeting with them and they've >>>>classified our effort as a Proof of Concept project. Using the K12LTSP >>>>package (based on Fedora), we've gone from only 1-2 working PCs per >>>>class (and working slowly), to now 5-6, with some classes have 8-9. We >>>>did this by soliciting donated PCs from businesses; a PII 300 MHz PC >>>>works fine as a thin client. >>>> >>>>I believe it is now time to take this story to the state level: using >>>>Open Source Linux software and a thin client architecture, old computers >>>>are brought back to life and no longer require any moving parts (no disk >>>>drives), and total cost of ownership is *drastically* reduced. Entire >>>>countries (like Norway and Korea) have switched their educational >>>>technology to Linux, so why not Georgia next? >>>> >>>>So now the request: could you post this info to your respective groups >>>>with my solicitation for volunteers who might like to help evangelize >>>>Linux/thin clients to their respective K-12 school systems? I offer to >>>>give them ammo, a tour of our school, and whatever else I can afford >>>>time to do to help them pitch Linux to nearby schools. >>>> >>>>Also, there is an upcoming Georgia Educational Technology Conference in >>>>Atlanta Nov 15-17, where many educators and administrators from Georgia >>>>will meet to learn about new technology. I'd like to have a major Linux >>>>presence this year, with a K12LTSP demo/workshop, some papers, and maybe >>>>even an LTSP based cybercafe. Anyone interested in participating in >>>>that should also contact me, coordinates below. Thanks! >>>> >>>>Daniel Howard >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>404.264.9123 (office) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- > Dr. Wayne C. Summers > Professor and Distinguished Chairperson > TSYS Department of Computer Science > Columbus State University > 4225 University Ave. > Columbus, Ga 31907 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://csc.colstate.edu/summers > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CHAOS706.ORG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chaos706 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
