Speaking of OSS in schools

[Ted Roche]

On Jul 7, 2005, at 6:51 PM, Star wrote:

> If anyone is interested in volunteering for this project with me, let
> me know.  I can provide space, etc to get a site started, though b/w
> is a home connection (768k up) so it couldn't live there past concept.

Star:

Great to hear you are interested in volunteering! This isn't one of  
my projects, but I know there are several members of the group  
involved in various efforts around the state, and I encourage you to  
get in touch with them. I know that several of the local school  
systems are using FOSS.

A quick Google of "OSS NH Schools" will show you there are already a  
number of efforts. The McAuliffe Conference[1] has been teaching Open  
Source for several years. Matt Oquist and David Trask also recently  
held a conference[2] in Maine for teachers - didn't Bill Sconce do a  
session there, too? NHSTE [3] is focused on technology in schools and  
have some active mailing lists, I think. There are also some entries  
on the GNHLUG Twiki - a good starting point might be: http:// 
wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Organizational/EducatorLinuxProject

[1] http://www.nhcmtc.org/
[2] http://www.trasksinc.com/NELS/index.html
[3] http://www.nhste.org/ and http://www.nhste.org/pd/Linux_Workshops

Good luck and keep the group posted on your progress!


Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
http://www.tedroche.com