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 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. > ---------- > > 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 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 6:47 PM > Subject: Re: (no subject) > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Install Fests generally attract the curious and the convinced. They are > > either convinced that they want to switch to Linux or they are curious. > They > > are also usually Joe Sixpack types who are getting on the clue train or > > geeks-in-training who know that there is a lot of fun under the hood. Not > too > > many suits show up. That is another project in itself. > > > > If we could wangle out way into one of the many computer shows at the > Civic > > Plaza, those suits and their minions do like to be impressed by the power, > > stability, and performance of the kinds of apps that they license and use > on > > a daily basis > > > > On Wednesday 26 June 2002 18:05, you wrote: > > >
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