[Yr7-10it] deploying netbooks in schools

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Very good point Bill, we should work on a document that covers this
transformational change. I have been trying to make bite sized, one page
handouts to get the ball rolling. This is a good goal to work towards.

In relation to your point about the lack of a commercial Linux distribution
released Australia, one of the resellers privately admitted that there was
some rather nasty stuff going on behind the scenes and for me to persist
with my efforts. Despite this, we managed to get a linux distribution and
some correspondence with US schools that our technician is hardening to do
the job. I really wanted to underscore to our staff that these were not
laptops, they were just small netbooks running some office and browser based
applications. Light enough to fit into a book box carried by two students
who can walk too and from the library. Hardened enough that settings cannot
be permanently altered. Work can be saved to Moodle, Novell Netstorage or a
USB key.

Regards Roland

2009/4/1 Bill Kerr <billkerr at gmail.com>

> (snip) your article is about comparing laptops with netbooks but does not
> mention the transformation involved in moving out of computer labs into 1:1
> environments with take home, which is potentially huge IMO



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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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