Re: [seul-edu] Announcing the Tux Typing 0.9 Release

[Dave Prentice <dprentice@uno.edu>]

Philip,
    Just curious - when is the Florida Educational Technical Conference you
mentioned, and how much does it cost? I teach math in an inner city H.S. in
New Orleans, plan to switch to physics/chem in 1 year, and am trying to
figure ways to use computers/Linux to best advantage. Might be nice to drive
to the conference.
Dave Prentice
prentice@instruction.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Phillip Harp <phillip.harp@eer.com>
To: seul-edu@seul.org <seul-edu@seul.org>
Date: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 2:47 PM
Subject: RE: [seul-edu] Announcing the Tux Typing 0.9 Release


>OK, now you've got me intrigued.  Let me guess--you're here because you
work
>for
>some secret philanthropic group and you've heard what wonderful things
we're
>doing.  You're just sticking around to verify that, and then you'll shower
>us
>with money, computers, and whatever resources we desire to let us push
Linux
>into every school on the planet.  Am I close?
>
>
>Wow! I don't know where you get the happy smoke at, but keep it away from
>the schools! Actually, the truth is I have been lurking for a few weeks. I
>am working with Karl Pena, preparing a paper for the Florida Educational
>Technical Conference (FETC) in Orlando. I have some connections there and
>used to teach Chemistry and Math prior to going into the service.
>
>Since my paper is basically a "Why Linux in Education?" paper, as well as a
>"Here's how you do it!", I was pointed here by Karl and Roger. I have been
>soaking up ideas and topics to add to the final outline. Which should be
>totally completed by next week. I have also had some assistance and support
>from Miguel De Icaza, and notes from when Eric Raymond spoke at NoVaLUG.
>
>Mrs. Tim Bogardt is doing the translation of Miguel's original paper for
me.
>I think we will have a good arsenal from which to select. I intend to use
>this group as a sounding board and proof readers. The paper will emphasize
>cost of ownership (long and short term), pluses in terms of educational
>value, and implementing a self supporting source for educational software.
I
>also hope to incorporate a "responsible computing in the community" section
>in the curriculum section.
>
>It could quite possibly be in vain, since it will be September before we
are
>notified. I have been down a couple of times to try to drum up support and
>am returning in August to do some more discussions with educators in
Central
>Florida. It's all a scheme to have schools teach rather than babysit. I
>teach part-time at what is labeled as an "inner city" technical school and
>try to open the eyes so the mind can see. I guess it's a Gestalt thingy!
>
>Phillip E. Harp
>ANSWER Project Manager
>Federal Information Technology Group
>EER Systems, Inc.
>http://www.eer.com
>phillip.harp@eer.com
>Phone:      (703) 375-6597
>Facsimile: (703) 708-5709
>
>