[IAEP] USAID Request for Proposals: Innovations in Education Data
Is the Sugar community participating in this initiative? I apologize if you already are involved. I lurk on this list sporadically. https://edutechdebate.org/education-management-information-systems/usaid-request-for-proposals-innovations-in-education-data/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EducationalTechnologyDebate+%28Educational+Technology+Debate%29 [1] Links: -- [1] https://edutechdebate.org/education-management-information-systems/usaid-request-for-proposals-innovations-in-education-data/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EducationalTechnologyDebate+%28Educational+Technology+Debate%29 ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] SoaS Breakthrough!
On Wed, 2012-01-11 at 03:21 +0100, Rubén Rodríguez wrote: > The method I think would be a breakthrough for a school is to use a thin > client environment. One server is enough to run a typical school, you > only need to manage one standard GNU/Linux computer, the clients need > no software or configuration, and they can keep whatever they already > have in their hard drives untouched and usable. Also all the students > data are in an easy to backup spot, installing an activity in the server > makes it available for everyone instantly, and you can also combine it > with class management software like iTALC. This sounds useful. (For reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_client ) So, if an enthusiastic volunteer had demonstrated Sugar on a Stick to a school's "IT person" who has no previous sugar or linux experience - what would need to be on their learning curve, to set up such a system? Regards, Iain, aka inkyfingers ___ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] SoaS Breakthrough!
2012/1/13 Iain Brown Douglas : > On Wed, 2012-01-11 at 03:21 +0100, Rubén Rodríguez wrote: > >> The method I think would be a breakthrough for a school is to use a thin >> client environment. One server is enough to run a typical school, you >> only need to manage one standard GNU/Linux computer, the clients need >> no software or configuration, and they can keep whatever they already >> have in their hard drives untouched and usable. Also all the students >> data are in an easy to backup spot, installing an activity in the server >> makes it available for everyone instantly, and you can also combine it >> with class management software like iTALC. > > This sounds useful. > > (For reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_client ) > > So, if an enthusiastic volunteer had demonstrated Sugar on a Stick to a > school's "IT person" who has no previous sugar or linux experience - > what would need to be on their learning curve, to set up such a system? Probably rewardingly tricky. ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] SoaS Breakthrough!
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Tim McNamara wrote: > 2012/1/13 Iain Brown Douglas : >> >> So, if an enthusiastic volunteer had demonstrated Sugar on a Stick to a >> school's "IT person" who has no previous sugar or linux experience - >> what would need to be on their learning curve, to set up such a system? > Working with the school "IT person" might be tricky, but I've already seen Ruben's implementation of a thin-client Sugar installation in action at SugarCampLima. We wanted to show a number of people the work they had done the day before on translations into Aymara and Quechua in a "live build", which Ruben created in TOAST on his laptop and tethered to several other machines. I think they were Classmates connected by CAT5 ethernet, which could be an issue on XO laptops (lacking an Ethernet connector). cjl ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] SoaS Breakthrough!
Maybe http://en.opensuse.org/Sugar can be something that might work for some of what we can use. 2012/1/13 Iain Brown Douglas : > On Wed, 2012-01-11 at 03:21 +0100, Rubén RodrÃguez wrote: > >> The method I think would be a breakthrough for a school is to use a >> thin >> client environment. One server is enough to run a typical school, you >> only need to manage one standard GNU/Linux computer, the clients need >> no software or configuration, and they can keep whatever they already >> have in their hard drives untouched and usable. Also all the students >> data are in an easy to backup spot, installing an activity in the >> server >> makes it available for everyone instantly, and you can also combine it >> with class management software like iTALC. > > This sounds useful. > > (For reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_client ) > > So, if an enthusiastic volunteer had demonstrated Sugar on a Stick to a > school's "IT person" who has no previous sugar or linux experience - > what would need to be on their learning curve, to set up such a system? Probably rewardingly tricky. ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Im moderate on extroversion. http://caltek.net/blog School 2.0 http://etoolkit.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] SoaS Breakthrough!
On 01/12/2012 11:21 AM, Iain Brown Douglas wrote: On Wed, 2012-01-11 at 03:21 +0100, Rubén Rodríguez wrote: The method I think would be a breakthrough for a school is to use a thin client environment. One server is enough to run a typical school, you only need to manage one standard GNU/Linux computer, the clients need no software or configuration, and they can keep whatever they already have in their hard drives untouched and usable. Also all the students data are in an easy to backup spot, installing an activity in the server makes it available for everyone instantly, and you can also combine it with class management software like iTALC. This sounds useful. (For reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_client ) So, if an enthusiastic volunteer had demonstrated Sugar on a Stick to a school's "IT person" who has no previous sugar or linux experience - what would need to be on their learning curve, to set up such a system? From the link in Projects/Toast on sugarlabs wiki: https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/configure-ltsp-server Sounds possible. Also ask quidam on #trisquel? Tom Gilliard satellit_ on #sugar Regards, Iain, aka inkyfingers ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] SoaS Breakthrough!
> So, if an enthusiastic volunteer had demonstrated Sugar on a Stick to > a school's "IT person" who has no previous sugar or linux experience - > what would need to be on their learning curve, to set up such a > system? We plan to publish that server system as a live cd with everything set up, so it shouldn't be much harder than installing a typical live cd. ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
