[K12OSN] [Fwd: NECC and thanks]

[David Trask]

Post the pics so we can see 'em!  :-)

"Support list for opensource software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com> on
Friday, July 01, 2005 at 10:02 AM +0000 wrote:
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>
>Hi, all!
>
>I just wanted to publicly thank Steve Hargadon, Kim Brand, and all the
>folks at Yorktown High School for their awesome work at the National
>Education and Computing Conference (NECC) 2005 this past week!
>
>LTSP was represented in Symbio Technologies' booth and the Email garden
>in the upstairs pavilion.  Thanks to the efforts of those mentioned
>above (and probably more that I am forgetting in my pre-coffee stupor),
>literally tens of thousands of educators and decision makers for schools
>in the US and abroad are now aware and excited about the technology.
>And they didn't stop there.  There were even hosted presentations on
>Open Source software such as Moodle, and free CD's of Ubuntu and the
>OpenCD being distributed left and right.  (I even saw some Ubuntu CDs in
>the Apple booth next to the MAC Minis! lol)
>
>So, kudos to all!  If anyone wants to see pics let me know!
>
>-Gadi


David N. Trask
Technology Teacher/Coordinator
Vassalboro Community School
dtrask at vcsvikings.org
(207)923-3100