On 4 November 2011 08:28, Tom Worthington <[email protected]> wrote: > Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote Wed, 2 Nov 2011 23:14:29 +1100: > >> ... simple appliance that I can recommend to teachers ... > > I found a $64 D-Link DIR-600 worked reasonably well (the D-Link equipment > seems to be older hardware designs repackaged at a cheaper price): > http://blog.tomw.net.au/2011/04/low-cost-wireless-router.html > > But you have to re-flash it with DD-WRT to get it to do anything useful. I > used it to make a bridge to an Internet TV: > http://blog.tomw.net.au/2011/04/connecting-samsung-tv-to-internet.html
I think that flashing is beyond what can be reasonably expected of a teacher. > Perhaps you should try the La Fonera devices, which one of my colleagues > used in Europe and recommended. This is a scheme where you share your WiFi > with others : > http://blog.tomw.net.au/2008/12/la-fonera-20-linux-wireless-broadband.html Hmmm I had heard of these. Might be worth having a look at. > It might also help if the teachers have some ICT training, as for example in > the Queensland Smart Classrooms Strategy: > http://blog.tomw.net.au/2011/11/queensland-smart-classrooms-strategy.html We only distribute XOs to teachers to pass our online learning course [http://laptop.moodle.com.au/]. However, we've learnt the hard way that the course is not short teachers won't do it. Our base-line course is 10 hours. That means that things like setting up wireless hardware have to be placed out of scope. The general expectation is that wireless hardware is set up by the DET, but that usually doesn't happen to the appropriate capacity to support a scenario where every child owns a WiFi device (and Sugar pushes the WiFi hard). Regards, Sridhar -- "Our mission is to enhance learning opportunities for the 300,000 primary school aged children, living in remote Australia, by providing each one with a connected XO laptop as part of a sustainable training and support program, by 2014." http://www.laptop.org.au/ http://www.laptop.org.au/participate http://dev.laptop.org.au/participate -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
