Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu in School

2010-10-15 Thread Greg Rundlett (freephile)
For website creation, there are many options, but one to know about is OpenScholar http://openscholar.harvard.edu/home e.g. http://scholar.harvard.edu/ Greg Rundlett On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:09 PM, seattlchaz seattlec...@gmail.com wrote: Might I suggest you take a peek at Uber-Student?

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu for School

2010-10-14 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 13/10/10 17:53, epic93d...@gmail.com wrote: Can you guys help me with this (especially the convincing the IT staff part) ? Hi Epic93dude, Well done for promoting OSS, you sound like you will go far! One area we are trying to concentrate on here in the UK is that we need to change what we

[ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu in School

2010-10-14 Thread seattlchaz
Might I suggest you take a peek at Uber-Student? It's based on Ubuntu and designed for education - Linux for Learners Website: http://uberstudent.org/ Press Release: http://uberstudent.org/promo/uberstudent-1.0-press-release.pdf Good luck. -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list

[ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu for School

2010-10-13 Thread Epic93dude
Hi Ubuntu-Marketing. I ama a student at a small high school in Southwest Missouri. Recently we had an assignment in a class where we had to give a presentation on a group/organization/movement. I chose to give my presentation on Ubuntu. I explained what an operating system was, then what

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu for School

2010-10-13 Thread Linden
May I ask how old are you and in what grade? You have done very well for doing what you have done. Sadly I am not sure how much we can do as we are all over the world/country and not one of us live close to you. Well one of may or may not. But what could be done would be the following Get a hold

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu for School

2010-10-13 Thread Elizabeth Krumbach
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 5:53 PM, epic93d...@gmail.com wrote: That being said, I need to be able to convince the IT staff that it would be easy to learn, easier to manage than Windows Server Edition (Which is what we use), and compatible with the current infrastructure that we have. If I can

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu for School

2010-10-13 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
On 13 October 2010 18:53, epic93d...@gmail.com wrote: What I want to do is get my school to at least try Ubuntu out in one of the computer labs or something like that. I think if I could demonstrate that it is a viable alternative to Microsoft Windows + Office, which is what we currently use

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu for School

2010-10-13 Thread Jo-Erlend Schinstad
It seems that I forgot to paste that link. Sorry. Here it is (: http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/03/french-police-saves-millions-of-euros-by-adopting-ubuntu.ars -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu for School

2010-10-13 Thread Akshat Jain
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:23 PM, epic93d...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ubuntu-Marketing. I ama a student at a small high school in Southwest Missouri. Recently we had an assignment in a class where we had to give a presentation on a group/organization/movement. I chose to give my presentation on

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu for School

2010-10-13 Thread Akshat Jain
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Akshat Jain ssj6akshat1...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:23 PM, epic93d...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ubuntu-Marketing. I ama a student at a small high school in Southwest Missouri. Recently we had an assignment in a class where we had to give a

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu for School

2010-10-13 Thread Paul Bartell
A big thing that the school techs will want to know about is how to manage ubuntu systems.. In short, Most tech departments are understaffed and don't really have the resources to implement something that might save time and money in the long run because it is such an up front investment of time.