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Re: [school-discuss] math/science Linux desktop



Well, William and I met with the High School principal and his assistant principal this morning, and also met several teachers (math, physics, music, multimedia) and all of them are tremendously excited about getting working Linux computers in their classrooms, and the potential for lots of new Open Source software titles. The teachers have already heard how successful the other Atlanta schools were, and don't seem to care a whit that it will not be Windows based. They just want working computers, and lots of 'em, and they've heard this is good stuff.

We've asked them to send us ideas for what they'd like to use the computers for in their classrooms, but at the same time, William and I are guessing they have no idea what they could ask for, so we thought we'd put together a system for them to play with with a bunch of high school appropriate titles on it (like the math titles I listed below). Can anyone suggest other high school appropriate applications for math, science, yearbook publishing, web page development (actually I think William has that one covered), control of MIDI keyboards and music composition, audio mixing (they have a small studio), etc.

Thanks in advance,
Daniel


Daniel Howard wrote:
I'm meeting monday with an Atlanta High School principal that wants to use Open Source applications in his school. He's familiar with the K12LTSP program that Atlanta Public Schools rolled out to 7 schools last year (he was formerly the principal of a middle school that was in the pilot) and APS apparently has 35 more elementary and middle schools lined up for it. So he's a big fan of OSS now. But high schools are different creatures, and there are lots of reasons why selected classes (like math and science) need stand alone desktops for CPU intensive processing.

I'm wondering if there is a Linux package that is geared towards math/science like K12LTSP is to general education. Something that installs with FreeMat, Octave, SciLab, etc. built into it. Anyone seen anything like that?

Daniel



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Daniel Howard
President and CEO
Georgia Open Source Education Foundation