hi DDN community -
i received this email from steve hargadon which has a bunch of stuff that
might be of interest to people on this list. if you're interested with what
steve hargadon is up to, you can sign up for his email newsletter at the bottom
of his web site. http://technologyrescue.com
steve is located in granite bay, california -- near sacramento.
- phil
i asked steve if it would be okay to forward the message below, and he said it
would be fine.
----- Forwarded message from Steve Hargadon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:50:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: Steve Hargadon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Two Great K12 Open Source Interviews from South Africa and Indiana
To: "" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Yesterday was a fun day! I started very early in
order to be able to catch Hilton Theunissen in South
Africa, who has led the tuXlab project to install
Linux thin-client in 200 schools. Then late in the
day Mike Huffman and Laura Taylor provided insight
into the Indiana Affordable Classroom Computers for
Every Secondary Student (ACCESS) program. (To
download the mp3 or ogg files, go to
http://www.K12OpenSource.com/Interviews.)
These are both fascinating interviews, and along
with the interview with the folks from Atlanta
Public Schools last week, they are confirming a
pattern that deserve some real exploration:
high-priced, high-maintenance computers have led to
relatively little actual student time in front of
them (35 minutes a week per student in the case of
Indiana, at a cost of $100 million a year!);
low-cost computer solutions provide significantly
more actual time in front of computers for students,
and the result is dramatic engagement by students
and teachers, and significant academic success (some
measured and some expected).
This is interesting to me, since I've lately been
very aware that while the Windows, Linux, and Mac
folks fight the battle of which OS is best, there is
still a more fundamental and hotly-debated question
with regard to computers in education: do they
actually help students do better for all the money
that is spent on them? What Atlanta and Indiana seem
to show is that because it has been so costly to
have computers in schools, they haven't been truly
available enough for teachers or students to
integrate their use into the curriculum. But in
programs that are dedicated to cost-effectively
getting the computers into the classrooms in
sufficient quantity to impact education, the results
are significant and exciting. And the "cost
effective" part belongs to Linux and Open Source...
This Thursday night (August 17), it's time to hear
from "our favorite Moodler," Michelle Moore from
remote-Learner.net. The one-hour interview will be
broadcast live at 5:00 pm PDT / 8:00 pm EDT, and
will also be available afterwards in recorded form.
Links to join the live Skypecast, to leave
questions, or to learn more are at
www.K12OpenSource.com/Interviews.
The following weeks I'll be interviewing Victoria
Davis (Westwood Schools) and Adam Frey (Wikispaces)
about Wikis, and Ruth Lutes and Ragavan Srinivasan
(both from HP) about Open Source Licensing. To
suggest future interview topics, or to contribute to
the wiki, visit K12OpenSource.com.
Today was also my first day flying solo--which
included doing the sound editing and uploading...
Wow! Hope you like them....
Best always,
Steve Hargadon
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