On Sat, 2006-09-09 at 09:13 -0700, Steve Hargadon wrote: > It also seems that Linux and Open Source Software hold the potential > to reduce acquisition and maintenance costs for providing a computing > environment. The work in Indiana, in particular, should be very > instructive. If the cost of having one-to-one computing can be > significantly reduced, there should be a great opportunity to study > the transformative effects of this kind of program. And I can't stop > thinking about the concept of a "web appliance:" a no-maintenance > computer that provides access to the web. If every classroom in a > school had some number of "webstations" that the teachers knew were > always available and would always work, would they begin to integrate > web reasearch and other web tools into their classwork as easily as > they have the overhead projector? This is something I would like > specific feedback on, and would like to try some testing if anyone is > interested. > What kind of testing and study are you thinking about? Morris Brandon has a solid working set up (and more on the way in the area). As the concept of "reliable web access" is a truly new thing at schools, Morris Brandon is no exception to this, teachers are just realizing the potential of anywhere web access. > -- > Steve Hargadon > steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx > 916-899-1400 direct > > www.SteveHargadon.com - (Blog on Educational Technology) > www.K12Computers.com - (Refurbished Dell Optiplexes for Schools) > www.TechnologyRescue.com - (Linux Thin Client Solutions) > www.LiveKiosk.com - (Web Access and Content Delivery Solutions) > www.PublicWebStations.com - (Disaster & Shelter WebStation Software) > www.K12OpenSource.com (Public Wiki) > www.SupportBlogging.com (Public Wiki) -- James P. Kinney III CEO & Director of Engineering Local Net Solutions,LLC 770-493-8244 http://www.localnetsolutions.com GPG ID: 829C6CA7 James P. Kinney III (M.S. Physics) <jkinney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fingerprint = 3C9E 6366 54FC A3FE BA4D 0659 6190 ADC3 829C 6CA7
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