Re: [school-discuss] Recommendations for NECC presentation

[David Bucknell <david@members.iteachnet.org>]

If you're demoing something like Moodle, then I hope you'll consider Manhattan.
It doesn'et require either php or mysql -- easy install, easy to use.
Immediately useful to teachers.

Meanwhile, the set of Educational apps on k12ltsp 3 is great: includes TuxPaint
(a must), kstars (fantantic), kedu editor -- quiz builder (desktop) -- not to
mention the incredible out-of-the box samba browser and nfs /home.

(But Paul knows all this. ;-)

David
Quoting Paul Nelson <pnelson@riverdale.k12.or.us>:

> I'd suggest moodle.org for one option. We'll have it running on the
> K12LTSP lab at NECC so folks can play with it. I don't know of any
> mysql/php apps on the cd's though. But, since you'll be live on the
> Internet during your presentation, you can point to moodle on our
> K12LTSP server at the conference. We can also make a demo class for you
> on our server at my school.
> 
> We'll also have Freeduc CD's to give away. We're bringing 4 burners to
> keep my kids busy and to keep up with the demand for free CD's during
> the conference.
> 
> One request I have is for suggestions for using the knoppix based
> openmosix while we're there. This CD is way cool! You boot with knoppix,
> turn on clustering ltsp server and you have an instant cluster. I'd like
> to have a good demo application to run though. The only thing I've found
> is some protein folding software via an Intel link. Who has some ideas?
> 
> ;-) Paul
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 11:16, Doug Loss wrote:
> > As most of you know, I'll be going to NECC (the National Educational 
> > Computing Conference) in Seattle at the end of the month with Harry 
> > McGregor of OSEF and Paul Nelson of K12OS.  I'll be representing both 
> > SEUL/edu and Schoolforge as a whole (both Harry and Paul will also 
> > represent Schoolforge in addition to their own groups).  I have a 
> > presentation to give on July 2 (the last day of the conference) about 
> > Linux software in education.  I'd like to demonstrate both a courseware 
> > application and an administrative application.  For the courseware one, 
> > it seems obvious to use GCompris, since it just won a prize and is 
> > included on the Freeduc bootable CD.  For the administrative one, I'd 
> > like to get some suggestions.
> > 
> > What is the best app to demo at a conference, given a two-hour 
> > presentation?  Only part of that presentation can be taken up by the 
> > app.  I'd like to show something that's clearly useful in North American 
> > schools (since that's where this conference is), that's pretty easu to 
> > use, and that plays nicely with other software a school or district 
> > might be using.  It would be a great plus if it were included on either 
> > Freeduc or the OSEF CD; that would keep me from having to install and 
> > configure it.  Not asking for too much, am I? :-)
> > 
> > I'm waiting for your opinions!
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