Have you guys taken a look at the Edubuntu ltsp project? It can be applied to regular ubuntu and would look great to a school that doesn't want spend money on higher hardware requirements. On May 22, 2012 6:54 PM, "John Kim" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > > > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > >
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