Install fest interest generation
Michelle Lowman
plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Thu, 27 Jun 2002 09:46:23 -0700
Many of my Linux students are school tech coordinators (they're all in KS, tho). I'll keep this in mind and see if I can contact some local tech coordinators and MS/HS computer teachers. (BTW, we learned BASIC and PASCAL in HS in Beloit, KS; now they learn Word and Excel -- bummer.)
Michelle Lowman
On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 09:25:22 -0700 (MST)
Tom Emerson <tom@technicaljanitors.com> wrote:
> High Schools and the Junior/Middle Schools too. Be nice to spark an
> interest at the Middle School level.
>
> Reaching back in memory, middle school, we had access to the County's
> PDP11 via a decwriter & acoustic coupler. We were Gods! (Then high
> school, and punch cards, what a let-down.) My son's computer education
> isn't too bad, but is limited to very basic office app's (M$). Next
> upgrade of hardware, dude's getting a Suse (current box is a souped up
> '486 with w'95, I dread attempting a modern X on it and it's 14"
> monitor).
>
> Anyway, back from memory lane, geeks & engineers are born, not made,
> there _will_ be an interest at the middle school level.
>
> - tom e.
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> On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, tickticker wrote:
>
> How about advertising the Installfest in the local school systems? The
> local high schools are probably full of the curious. And students like
> free:-)
>
> It wouldn't take much get the message out to the schools, perhaps posting it
> in the computer labs. then again, IANAE (I am not an educator) but some on
> this list are.
>
> anthony
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