[K12OSN] OT:Microsoft Windows ousted at California school district

[David Hopkins]

At NCS, we use Type to Learn, and until any of the other packages provide
the means of tracking student progress, producing reports, and ... all the
things that TTL does, I am afraid the typing teacher is not going to give up
the package.

Now, TuxPaint works very well and the same goes for books.  Although, we
also have reading specialists that want to track progress as well.  Seems we
have fallen under the spell that 'if it is computerized, it must be better'.

Now, if I can just wait till it is warm enough to sit outside and lean
against a tree with a book.

Sincerely,
Dave Hopkins


On 3/3/07, "Terrell Prudé Jr." <microman at cmosnetworks.com> wrote:
>
>  Hmm...for Type to Learn, why not use GTypist (older kids) or TuxType
> (younger kids)?  For KidPix, why not use TuxPaint?  And for Reading Counts,
> why not just use a book?  Any reason why these wouldn't work in your
> situation?
>
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> Kemp, Levi wrote:
>
>  Would using WINE be the same as "Ericom software – a Citrix alternative
> -- enabled the terminals to run the district's existing and irreplaceable
> Microsoft Windows educational applications, including Type to Learn, Reading
> Counts and Kid Pix." as stated in the article? We have those programs and I
> was planning on running them using WINE, but I was trying to figure out what
> they used.
>
>
>
> Levi Kemp
>
> Technology Specialist
>
> Bolivar R-I School District
>
> 417-328-8943
>
> lnkemp at bolivar.k12.mo.us
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> *From:* k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com<k12osn-bounces at redhat.com>]
> *On Behalf Of *pogson
> *Sent:* Friday, March 02, 2007 8:37 AM
> *To:* k12osn at redhat.com
> *Subject:* [K12OSN] OT:Microsoft Windows ousted at California school
> district
>
>
>
> The story is pretty sparse. It looks to me that they had a couple of
> issues:
> User permissions for files and thin clients.
>
> I do not understand the comment that they had to add one user at a time.
> That is the Windows way. In Linux, one would use scripts and it would take
> minutes. Perhaps they had to get the info out of AD first... That makes
> sense if they wanted to keep users connected to their data. I had the
> privilege of creating a system with no user history. I created staff
> accounts from a list of usernames and created student accounts using APG
> (Automatic Password Generator). I had teachers associate student names with
> account userids. They could have solved their problems by grouping staff,
> teachers, students. Perhaps they had staff that moved between buildings...
>
> I have never seen a Linux system that would not work with thin clients.
> Use LTSP to boot the thin clients and an X connection to whatever server you
> run.
>
> I guess they got locked into Suse and their way of doing things and it did
> not fit their setup. That is the problem with migration. You try to do the
> same old thing with the new system when it is unnatural. I say, make a clean
> break with the old system, automate account generation and migrate the data.
> If Windows will not produce clean text files with user information, scan the
> system with a Linux live CD or whatever to harvest the information. If file
> directories match usernames, and teachers and students are segragated it
> shoud be doable.
>
> Robert Pogson
>
> On Thu, 2007-01-03 at 20:32 -0500, k12osn-request at redhat.com wrote:
>
>  From: Sergio Chaves <sergio at turbocorp.com>
> Subject: [K12OSN] OT:Microsoft Windows ousted at California school
>         district
> To: k12osn at redhat.com
> Message-ID: <200703011316.15838.sergio at turbocorp.com>
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> It would be better if it was LTSP but still a nice headline to read on a
> rainy
> morning here in ATL.
>
>
> http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1245710,00.htm
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