Schools for Installfest K12LTSP

[Mark Phillips]

Charlie,

Thanks for the link. There are a handful of educational programs for Linux, 
but certainly not enough for a school to equip a lab or use Linux computers 
seriously for educational purposes.

In my opinion, it would be a disservice to an elementary/middle school to 
convince them to switch to Linux as an os when there are so few native 
educational programs available. There are some web based educational 
programs to supplement what is missing, but I don't know if one could 
assemble enough programs to compete with what is available in the 
Mac/Windows world.

Has anyone compiled a list of popular educational software titles and 
equivalent Linux based programs? Perhaps I am way off the mark here.

Does anyone know if there are Linux based programs for teachers (grade 
books, lesson planners, career ladders, etc.) available?

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From:	Charlie Bullen [SMTP:pcello@mindspring.com]
Sent:	Thursday, September 05, 2002 8:26 AM
To:	plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Subject:	Re: Schools for Installfest K12LTSP

HI Mark, I just ran into this the other day.

http://www.linuxforkids.org/

Charlie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Phillips" <mark@phillipsmarketing.biz>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 5:17 PM
Subject: RE: Schools for Installfest K12LTSP


> Charlie,
>
> What about the educational software used by schools? Are there titles
> available for Linux, or at least equivalent ones? I work a lot with my
> kids' elementary school in Scottsdale, and all the programs I have looked
> at are primarily Mac and Windows. I have not run across any Linux apps.
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charlie Bullen [SMTP:pcello@mindspring.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 4:22 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Schools for Installfest K12LTSP
>
>  << File: ATT00036.html >> Hello, I asked a friend who is an 
administrator
> in the Cartwright School District how to get a hold of schools with an 
eye
> to inviting them to the installfest. She refered me to the following URL
> http://www.ade.state.az.us/sch_cntct_dir.asp which has links to hundreds
of
> schools and school districts.
>
> A while back I had communicated by email with someone who was involved in
> trying to contact schools. I lost who that was, but hopefully you will 
see
> this posting. I have some time on my hands in the next couple of weeks 
and
> would be interested in helpng to contact some schools.
>
> I am very interested in the K12LTSP and have 2 working expierimental
> installations that I am personally using for work and will soon be able 
to
> set up for other users as soon as some remodeling is done at work. This
> seems like a fantastic way for schools to get real computers to their
> students.
>
> Charlie
>
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