Re: [TOS] Call for Resources and Suggestions

2010-08-19 Thread Karsten Wade
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 08:00:07PM -0400, Indigo196 wrote: > > Thanks for the fantastic ideas -- I think your suggestions make it > obvious I have to 'focus' on 'who' the audience is. In general most K-12 > teachers will be relatively low tech and interested in how 'open' can > improve the learnin

Re: [TOS] Call for Resources and Suggestions

2010-08-17 Thread Karsten Wade
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 07:59:27PM -0400, Charles Profitt wrote: > Hello all: > > I recently got news that I have been approved for an eight hour hands-on > session > at NYSCATE. I will be 'introducing' FOSS to K-12 educators and though I have > a > rough draft of what I want to do I thought

Re: [TOS] Call for Resources and Suggestions

2010-08-16 Thread Charles Profitt
Karlie: Very interesting read -- wish I could have been there. Much of what I read is similar to what I have been talking about at NYSCATE, EdTechDay and FOSSCON in regards to education. I did find some new stuff with: 1. OpenHatch 2. Open1to1.org Here are three of my past presentations I uplo

Re: [TOS] Call for Resources and Suggestions

2010-08-16 Thread Charles Profitt
Karlie: I may need to get a quote from you about a custom-spin with Fedora and some USB sticks. I have to get approval from the board before we could move forward, but knowing how much it costs will give me an idea if I can do it or not. The number of sticks would be 30. Thanks, Charles On Mon

Re: [TOS] Call for Resources and Suggestions

2010-08-16 Thread Karlie Robinson
Mo did a great write up to summarize what went on at the TOS Min Summit at LinuxCon. Maybe there's some good ideas in there for you? http://mairin.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/mini-education-summit-linuxcon-boston-2010/ Karlie On 08/16/2010 07:59 PM, Charles Profitt wrote: > I would ask for idea

[TOS] Call for Resources and Suggestions

2010-08-16 Thread Charles Profitt
Hello all: I recently got news that I have been approved for an eight hour hands-on session at NYSCATE. I will be 'introducing' FOSS to K-12 educators and though I have a rough draft of what I want to do I thought I would ask for ideas and resources from the community. This could be as simpl