open source
Exploration Ubuntu
Submitted by DPic on Fri, 07/18/2008 - 11:24pm.
"You'd be surprised at the number of folks who see Linux as the
operating system of choice now."
~ -Mel King, Director, South End Technical Center
Boston, Mass., July 17, 2008—The Ubuntu Massachusetts Local Community Team is a group of volunteers and activists organized around the open-source Ubuntu operating system, often called “Linux for human beings.” The team advocates digital rights and freedom, and promotes Ubuntu use to achieve this.
They have been working with the South End Technical Center since January 2008, installing Ubuntu on center and user machines and providing weekly training sessions for experienced and novice users alike. On August 2nd the group will be hosting their fourth free Exploration Ubuntu event to demonstrate what this easy-to-use Linux system has to offer.
Free Software for Schools: Success Stories
Submitted by DPic on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 4:23am.
Please look into these stories:
http://www.sd73.bc.ca/district-operations.php/page/linux-in-education/
http://www.linux.com/articles/62285
http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_...
http://www.itinfusion.ca/linux/school-district-ditches-windows-for-linux...
Also look at entire public school systems, governments, and big businesses switching to Linux:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_adoption#Government
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_adoption#School_and_education
Exploration Ubuntu
Submitted by DPic on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 5:43am.
Where: Wiesner Building, E15 (in other terms, "the lower atrium of the Media Lab")
[map] Streetview
20 Ames Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
Free & Open Source Software in K-12 Education
Submitted by DPic on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 5:36am.
On April 29th, 2008, Saint Stephen's Armenian Elementary School is
opening its doors to the community for a special event focusing on
"Free & Open Source? Software in K-12 Education." We are inviting
teachers, IT personnel, and school administrators from Boston and
nearby suburbs to come and see for themselves how FOSS can help them
to meet all of their educational computing needs. They will be able
to "test drive" Open Office.org and other apps in our 100% Linux
computer lab, and to learn from local experts how to introduce FOSS
Trends for School Networking
Submitted by Shelley_Chamberlain on Fri, 03/14/2008 - 8:57pm.
As a quick summary of my 3 days spent at CoSN's 13th Annual K-12 School Networking Conference
Visionary Leadership: Scaffolding 21st Century Learning with Technology
(Sunday, March 9 - Tuesday, March 11, 2008).
I noticed the following trends:
• Assessment—data warehousing and bringing the data to the teacher desktop (unlocking the data) as well as online assessment
• Making the case that 21st century skills are crucial and can be supported using technology
• Laptop 1-1 initiative as part of an Intelligent Classroom (projector with whiteboards)
• Ultraportables—two years out???
Open Source Webpage
Submitted by Shelley_Chamberlain on Fri, 03/14/2008 - 8:44pm.
I had the great opportunity to attend the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) conference in Washington, DC this week. (3/9/08-3/12/08). One of the better attended sessions was dedicated to open source? software in the K-12 environment. Some of you might be interested in checking out the CoSN website pages dedicated to open source (esp. the info about Moodle?)
http://k12opentech.org/k12ot/
