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From: Bea Grovesbeagro...@gmail.com
To: UK Ubuntu Talkubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu beginners course in North Tyneside
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Hi!
I'm actually the President of IfL
On 06/05/12 18:26, John Bottomley wrote:
Hi reading your comments on introducing Ubuntu I thought you might be
interested in our experiences of Ubuntu as a training medium.
We have been running a project in South Cheshire for 4 years.
The aim of the project is to support local communities by
the entire curriculum that is
taught within the local authority is Windows-based
I'm not supposed to favour
any particular software product (be it FOSS or otherwise) in my job,
Hi Bea,
I don't want you to think that I am being funny but the two statements
above, lifted from your email, do
: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu beginners course in North Tyneside
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Hi!
I'm actually the President of IfL -- so it sometimes helps in getting
educational bodies to do things they normally wouldn't ;-)
I'm
On 05/06/2012 06:26 PM, John Bottomley wrote:
Hi reading your comments on introducing Ubuntu I thought you might be
interested in our experiences of Ubuntu as a training medium.
We have been running a project in South Cheshire for 4 years.
The aim of the project is to support local
Hi!
Just a quick bit of news...
I teach in adult education in North Tyneside, and last year I managed to
talk my manager round to the idea of putting on a beginners course in
Ubuntu within the borough. It means spending scarce funding on what is a
fairly 'off the beam' topic, when the usual
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Hi Bea,
This is excellent!
On 05/05/12 10:14, Bea Groves wrote:
We're also having to run the course in rather 'experimental'
circumstances. The powers-that-be wouldn't let me install Ubuntu
to their PC HDDs, so we're having to run Ubuntu from
Hi Alan!
I'm really pleased that you like the the new course concept. I'm going
to try to keep on plugging away for it to become a regular feature on
North Tyneside's curriculum.
I actually installed 10.10 (staying clear of Unity just for the moment
until all the controversy dies down a
I actually installed 10.10 (staying clear of Unity just for the moment
until all the controversy dies down a little) onto the 4GB sticks using the
Windows 'Universal USB installer'. Works like a dream! Students plug in the
stick, switch on the PC... and hey presto! Later when we upgrade to a
On 05/05/12 19:00, Gareth France wrote:
I actually installed 10.10 (staying clear of Unity just for the
moment until all the controversy dies down a little) onto the 4GB
sticks using the Windows 'Universal USB installer'. Works like a
dream! Students plug in the stick, switch on
Gareth:
My teenagers and 19-24 students can sort Unity in a minute or two when I
lend them my little 1024/600px netbook in lessons. The adults struggle a
bit to be honest. Would need an overview/explanation, but a 10 week course
would be great.
So because we find something difficult we
On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 7:37 PM, Phill Whiteside phi...@ubuntu.com wrote:
The *buntu world is not solely Unity - have a look around.
Regards,
Phill.
True, I suppose someone using Gnome 2 could easily transfer the skills to
Xubuntu or probably even Kubuntu with minimal culture shock. I've
On 05/05/12 19:32, Gareth France wrote:
So because we find something difficult we should shy away from
learning it, even though that's the way things are going to be from
now on? Teaching people to use Ubuntu with Gnome 2 is rather akin to
telling people you'll teach them to use a PC by
On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 7:41 PM, kpb k...@sohcahtoa.org.uk wrote:
On 05/05/12 19:32, Gareth France wrote:
So because we find something difficult we should shy away from learning
it, even though that's the way things are going to be from now on? Teaching
people to use Ubuntu with Gnome 2 is
On 05/05/12 19:53, Gareth France wrote:
Oh please, don't misunderstand me. I applaud the achievement and I
am sure it will inspire new users to make the switch and share the
goodness.
Well said sir
Remember that as far as most managers are concerned in the state
education
Well said sir
Remember that as far as most managers are concerned in the state education
sector, GNU/Linux IS the new BBC Micro/ Archimedes. Windows is normal to
them.
--
Cheers
Oh there's nothing wrong with the BBC or Archimedes, just that they were
old hat by the time I was in
Hi!
I'm actually the President of IfL -- so it sometimes helps in getting
educational bodies to do things they normally wouldn't ;-)
I'm not against Unity. I just think I need to get my little bunch of
'pioneers' used to something closer to what they're used to Windows-wise
than go with the
On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Bea Groves beagro...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi!
I'm actually the President of IfL -- so it sometimes helps in getting
educational bodies to do things they normally wouldn't ;-)
I'm not against Unity. I just think I need to get my little bunch of
'pioneers' used to
On 05/05/12 20:21, Bea Groves wrote:
Hi!
I'm actually the President of IfL -- so it sometimes helps in getting
educational bodies to do things they normally wouldn't ;-)
Er - yes I can see that you may have a bit of leverage there :-)
So I can expect to see a write up in the next IfL news?
On 5 May 2012, at 10:50, Bea Groves beagro...@gmail.com wrote:
I actually installed 10.10 (staying clear of Unity just for the moment until
all the controversy dies down a little)
Erk. That's a shame. Unity is not going away and 10.10 is no longer supported.
I'd seriously reconsider this
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