Re: Edu howto idea.

[Douglas Loss <dloss@csrlink.net>]

>>>BT == Bill Tihen <bill@tasis.ch> wrote at Sat, 12 Dec 1998 15:05:02 -0400
:
>These ideas are great.  I'll start experimenting.  It sounds like it will
>be quite a bit of work to come up to speed on the various issues.  It's
>been a dream of mine to have a website that offers set-up instructions
>(How-tos) for schools.  In otherwords, not how to set up dosemu, but it
>includes how to setup dosemu, how to secure it -- special considerations
>for specific educational programs.  In otherwords how to accomplish a
>project and administer it.  Does this sound like a good idea?  Is there a
>place we could collect these How-tos?  It seems to me that this would be a
>good way to encourage schools to use Linux.  Make it easy to setup from the
>perspective of teachers/administrators -- and even if it's not easy, at
>least spelled out.
>
Sorry I'm late to this discussion--I was out helping my 6-yr.-old son with
his Xmas shopping.  These ideas are very good.  We should have such
step-by-step instructions written out.  We would be happy to host them here
(I'm right, aren't I Roger?).  We should probably consider enlisting the help
 of the people on the k12linux and lxk12 mailing lists in writing them.
Those lists are composed of people taking about what they're doing in the
schools with Linux right now and how to solve problems they come across.  I'm
 sure that they'd be interested in educational HOWTOs.

>Would it also be appropriate to collect curriculum, lecture notes and
>meaningful questions here?  (I guess that is pushing the limits of what
>this list/group is for -- but maybe Linux specific curriculum -- for
>example.  A classroom tutorial for Gimp or StarOffice, CorrelOffice, and of
>course the educational programs we create).  Just ideas.
>
This is a good idea too, although the idea may be better served with its own
website.  A clearinghouse of lesson material for Linux could be a valuable
resource for those advocating its use in the classroom.

>If there is interest and a place to store it, I could document what I
>discover as I set up my equipment.
>
By all means, document.  We'll find some place to put it, I guarantee.

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