education July 2006

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The K12 Open Source Interview Series Has Begun
by Steve Hargadon 28 Jul '06

28 Jul '06

Last night Miguel Guhlin and I interviewed Dr. David Thornburg on the use of Free and Open Source Software in schools. This was the first of a series of webcast interviews we will be conducting on this topic, to be broadcast live each Thursday night at 5:00pm Pacific Time and then made available in recorded form. Next week, tune in for our interview with Jim McQuillan, the co-founder and project lead of the Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP), and Daniel Howard, who has been instrumental in working with the Atlanta Public Schools on a broad deployment plan for Linux thin client. You can leave questions for them in advance at http://www.k12opensource.com/interviews, where you can also find instructions on joining the webcast. To hear or download our interview with Dr. Thornburg, visit http://educationbridges.net/k12opensource, which also has the RSS feeds for the interview series. (Many thanks to Dave Cormier, Jeff Lebow, and Worldbridges for all the support!) -- Steve Hargadon steve(a)hargadon.com 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)

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David Thornburg Live on the Web Thursday Evening
by Steve Hargadon 21 Jul '06

21 Jul '06

This Thursday evening, July 27th, at 5:00pm PDT (8:00pm EDT), Miguel Guhlin and I will be inaugurating our new series of webcasts on Open Source Software in K-12 schools. Our guest on our first show will be David Thornburg, who has just published a new book entitled "When the Best Is Free: an educator's perspective on open source software." Dr. Thornburg is an extremely popular speaker, and drew a standing-room-only crowd at our NECC Open Source Pavilion when he spoke. Information on this webcast, and future ones, is available on the www.K12OpenSource.com wiki in the "Interviews" section. Our goal is to collect a series of recorded audio interviews that will give new users of Open Source software a quick introduction to the technologies that interest them. Please request or recommend future speakers or topics in the "suggestions" part of that section, which can also be located by clicking here: http://k12opensource.wikispaces.com/Interviews The webcast intervew with Dr. Thornburg will be 55 minutes long, of which the last 15 minutes will be open for question and answer. To listen to the webcast real-time, or to participate in the Q & A portion, you will need to download and configure Skype (www.skype.com), and then click on the Skypecast link when you are ready to join in: https://skypecasts.skype.com/skypecasts/skypecast/detailed.html?id_talk=198… To leave Dr. Thornburg a question before the interview, go to the www.K12OpenSource.com wiki, click on "Interviews" from the menu to the left, and then click on Dr. Thornburg's name under July 27th; or click here: http://k12opensource.wikispaces.com/Thornburg+Podcast Here's hoping this series will be helpful! Steve -- Steve Hargadon steve(a)hargadon.com 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)

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Re: [school-discuss] How was NECC 2006?
by Steve Hargadon 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

On 7/10/06, Justin Riddiough <jriddiough(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Steve - > > How did the Open Source labs and sessions go at NECC? Was anyone else > from this discuss list able to attend? It sounds like it would have > been a very informative event covering many interesting subjects, wish > I could have attended. It was great. If you go to flickr.com, search for "necc2006 opensourcelab" and you'll see the photos we took. Just search "necc2006" or "necc" and you will see other photos as well. Except for one or two sessions, our lab area was almost always packed. At one point our email garden tables had lines two or three people back--I think they were actually trying to see over the shoulders of those on the computers, who were following along with the lab talks. Our first speaker (David Thornburg) probably drew about 200 people (in a lab setting of 25 computers). Even our last session was overfowing--which says a lot late Friday at a conference (it was our third session on moodle). There was a lot of buzz about Open Source at the show, and it helped that we were right next to the "One Laptop per Child" booth, although they didn't draw as many as we expected. However, Negroponte's keynote gave a significant boost to Open Source. We do have a "wrapup" page at our http://necc2006.pbwiki.com wiki site, so if you were at the show and have feedback for us, please contribute. The show organizers have said they want to put us in a bigger space next year--let's hope they keep feeling that way! All in all, a wonderful experience, I think. Steve -- Steve Hargadon steve(a)hargadon.com 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)

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NECC Open Source Lab will have lots of visitors--we need help beefing up K12OpenSource.com website...
by Steve Hargadon 01 Jul '06

01 Jul '06

There will be 15,000 school folks at NECC, and nobody knows how many will come to the Open Source lab and booths... but it's going to be A LOT. We will have about 70 computers set up, and we are in a prime area--the first night welcoming reception is in the same location. In addition, there is a buzz going on about Open Source and Web 2.0 that is very exciting. The K12OpenSource.com wiki could use some collaborative building. We've printed 5,000 nice glossy 4-color brochures that talk about what Open Source software is, and point people, in addition to many of the traditional OSS sites, to K12OpenSource.com. K12OpenSource also has an email list for beginners, and we expect to direct beginners to those two sites to start their journey with Open Source Software. If you have some time, and are willing, we could really use some more content on the site. Links, stories, resources, anything. The show starts Tuesday night (July 4th, if you can believe it) and runs through Friday. Thanks, Steve -- Steve Hargadon steve(a)hargadon.com 916-899-1400 direct www.SteveHargadon.com - (Blog on Educational Technology)

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A Chance to Highlight Open Source in Schools Success Stories
by Steve Hargadon 01 Jul '06

01 Jul '06

On 7/1/06, Doug Loss <drloss(a)suscom.net> wrote: > This is evidently his second article about Open Source and schools. I missed the first one and am not inclined to find it and read it, but if anyone would like to contact him and clue him in on any educational topics, feel free. :) > > http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/smb/2006/012897.html > > Actually, the second article was more in-depth than the first (which is at http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/smb/2006/012877.html). The author does ask: "Do you have a success story helping schools or non-profit organizations save money with Open Source software? If so, let us know." OK, now is a good chance to get some good publicity. (Daniel, you have recently written a ton that could just be forwarded to him, as have many others.) His email is readers(a)gaskin.com. Steve -- Steve Hargadon steve(a)hargadon.com 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)

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