Re: [seul-edu] Re: [novalug] Re: FETC - technology and education -- FLA LUGS #3

[Michael Williams <michael@haywood.k12.nc.us>]

I was able to use those EduQuest 35/40/45/50 using the Xterm kit from:
http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/xterminals/
 I dual boot with a floppy, works great!

Michael Williams
Haywood County Schools

Josh Levine wrote:

> > The list looks good, Karl, but I was thinking about getting educators rather
> > than just techies.  I have no doubt we can persuade folks from the Linux
> > community to help out, but I rather suspect that we'll be more successful if
> > we can have a teacher or two helping to promote Linux and free software.  It
> > will be a matter of shared experiences and speaking the same language.  For
> > example, before this group started "PLO" meant only one thing to me, and it
> > wasn't "programmed learning outcome."  We'll only gain credibility if we know
> > at least some of the jargon used by the community we're trying to reach.
>
> I missed the beginning of this thread, but I'm in the process of
> converting about 200 486's (mainly IBM EduQuests and Dell 466/le's) into
> Linux terminals at my high school in Seminole County, FL (Orlando area).
>
> If it works as planned, you might have quite a pool of teachers who will
> (hopefully!) have nice things to say about Linux...
>
> --Josh Levine