Re: [libreplanet-discuss] What does the tech setup look like in your grade school?

[Rudolf]

I would recommend finding out who has the buying power at a local school, that's the person you're going to have to convince to deploy your system not to mention whoever runs IT at the school department.

From my highschool days I remember we only ran Windows and they were locked down to particular programs and web browsers. The best demo is showing what can be done with existing hardware.

-rudolf

On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 9:52 AM jimgarrett001@gmail.com <jimgarrett001@gmail.com> wrote:

I think our local schools in Melrose, Massachusetts are primarily Windows, with some Chromebooks and iPads here and there for special purposes.

Many years ago I was chatting with a high school teacher at a GNU/Linux user's group meeting. He said, "If you put students in front of computers in the classroom, it doesn't matter what operating system it has. They're going to break it, and the teacher will spend all of his/her time fixing desktops. You need a remote desktop on central server." So the idea of a remote desktop for schools sounds great. The big competition there will be Chromebooks and Google apps.

Jim Garrett


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From: "amunizp" <a75576@alumni.tecnun.es>
To: "Aaron E-J" <the@otherrealm.org>, <libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org>, <tech-coop@npogroups.org>
Subject: [libreplanet-discuss] What does the tech setup look like in your grade school?
Date: Fri, Oct 14, 2016 02:15


El 13 de octubre de 2016 00:18:37 GMT+01:00, Aaron E-J <the@otherrealm.org> escribió:
>I am developing a ready-out-of the-box, open source virtual remote
>desktop platform and would like to investigate its deployment in school
>systems.  My assumption is that most schools are using proprietary
>technologies (Mac/PC) for the most part and that a switch to Linux
>based
>platforms would bring cost savings.  However, I know very little about
>the current technology setups in schools near me – let alone schools
>elsewhere in the U.S. (where I'm based) or the world.  I would like to
>hear from people who have kids, what does their school technology setup
>look like?
>
>Thanks!

Don't know what they have now but they are going for the very expensive and monopolistic smartboards.  A whiteboard/touchscreen. I am doing what I can to avoid it.
A quick search shows some hit and miss DIY replacements no profesional solution.
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