Re: [school-discuss] Major Linux school deployments

[Jordan Erickson <jerickson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Check out
http://www.linux.com/news/enterprise/case-studies/16798-linux-makes-the-grade-in-california-schools
and
http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1245710,00.html

=)


Cheers,
Jordan/Lns


Christian Einfeldt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am aware generally of proposed and existing Linux deployments in schools
> in Portland (Oregon), Indiana, Kerala (India), Extremadura (Spain), Russia,
> and Brazil, but I am wondering if anyone can summarize in just a paragraph
> or so what is going on with those deployments.
> 
> Also, has anyone heard what is going on at the Riverdale High School in
> Portland, Oregon?  Is Paul Nelson still there?
> 
> I would also love to hear a brief paragraph from people about their school
> deployments.  Do you have LDAP or LTSP networks?  Do you have dedicated
> computer labs?  Do you just have a few standalone Linux computers in
> classrooms?
> 
> I am a volunteer who is supporting two public schools in San Francisco with
> Linux.  At one school, we have a 31-seat LDAP Ubuntu lab.  That school also
> has about 20 standalone machines in classrooms.  Those machines are used for
> basic Internet browsing; for email; and for using TuxType, KTouch, and
> TuxMath.
> 
> At another school, there are about 31 standalone machines which perfom
> similar functions to the machines located in the first school.  Our use of
> Linux is rather primitive.  We are looking to enhance that usage to get more
> educational benefit from these machines.
>