Hi guys! I'm John, a HS sophomore from Los Angeles. Very recently, I kickstarted an idea about making Ubuntu the main OS within John Marshall High School, a dilapidated high school, still standing and reeking of age, that has been using Windows XP for a decade now. For those who haven't heard, I have a post about it: http://epikvision.blogspot.com/2012/05/game-changing-proposal-ubuntu-for.html
here's the situation: although I created a proposal, I did not hand it in to the administration just yet (we only got one shot at this). David Montes and I are trying to build a support base and handy foundation of research data. We see three primary audiences: teachers, students, and the administration. The best way to go, we decided, is one audience at a time. So, now that I'm trying to get students' attention,* I would like to hear ideas and suggestions on marketing techniques and ways to rouse student interest*. In my school, it's mighty difficult to spark students' interest of an OS that most has never heard of. So I leave some room for discussion. There's only 3 weeks left of school, and I hope to gain momentum asap. One thing I thought about is to hold a demo hands-on for students to compare windows xp and ubuntu side by side. After that, the people would take a surveymonkey on their experience. I see some weakness, including limited resources (we can't just borrow a student laptop cart and install half of them ubuntu) or sponsorship (what room can allow us to carry this out? it's a lengthy process to get teacher permission). Many more exist, I'm sure. 2 people - David Montes and myself - alone can't make so grand a project possible without support. Ideas and suggestions are welcome, but hopefully, it is do-able within 3 weeks. Thanks for your time. -- John epikvision.blogspot.com
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