on Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 08:49:18AM -0700, marilyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (marilyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Greg,
>
> I'm not giving you quite the answer you are looking for. It sounds
> like you want before and after test scores. We mostly did projects in
> class and what I can tell you is that students produced amazing work.
>
> * In keyboarding, many students were typing 50 words/minute by the
> end with their hands covered (Gtypist and Ktouch)
> * Students used LyX to create better written and beautiful looking
> reports for other classes
> * They made slide show projects for other subject areas in OpenOffice
> Impress, exported them to html, and uploaded them to our classroom
> intranet server, so they could easily be displayed in the other
> classroom
> * In animation class, students at all levels were successful and motivated.
> Two of my most creative students failed the ninth grade . . . this
> means they were so turned on to Blender that they dug in and worked
> hard, but not in their English or math classes. I also had gifted
> type band kids who went way beyond and were making computer games
> at the end. We had contests in class. The tech facilitator for my
> campus was also a sculptor and a former art teacher. She was our
> judge. Different kids were winning each time. There was so much
> good work to choose from!
>
> At the end of every term I turned out about 100 Linux disciples. I gave them
> each a Knoppix disk and sent them on their way. Many of them went home and
> downloaded their own copies of Blender, the Gimp, Mozilla, and OpenOffice.
> They would say "Linux rocks, Windows sucks."
>
> I taught for 22 years, and it is the greatest thing to see students
> turned on to something and exceeding their own expectations. Open
> Source Software was a key to this.
>
> Marilyn
Marilyn: I just wanted to say that that's a really great anecdote, and
shows a case of using GNU/Linux in multiple ways, _most_ of them outside
standard tech stuff, to great gain.
Peace.
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