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The whole idea of Open Source involves development by community. Why not make a group to discuss it?! Are you using Open Source in education? Join and share your experiences!
You might want to look at Nagios (open source software) or PacketShapper, appliance.
OK. Full disclosure here. Though I am the Tech Director at Whitfield, I also work with Educational Collaborators. That being said, Randy Orwin also works with Educational Collaborators and is an INCREDIBLE Moodle trainer. My teachers love him! He do…
The whole idea of Open Source involves development by community. Why not make a group to discuss it?! Are you using Open Source in education? Join and share your experiences!
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Linux and Open Source: The epitome of 21st Century Skills - My reflections on the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit
This is a cross-post from our school project blog http://linuxlaptops.blogspot.com.
I know several readers of this blog are reading it for their interest in Linux and not so much for their interest in education. However, let me speak specifically to the educators for a moment. Besides, this is going to be a long post. A lot of us are looking at our schools and seeking ways to improve the application of 21st Century Skills into our environments. Man… Continue
I know several readers of this blog are reading it for their interest in Linux and not so much for their interest in education. However, let me speak specifically to the educators for a moment. Besides, this is going to be a long post. A lot of us are looking at our schools and seeking ways to improve the application of 21st Century Skills into our environments. Man… Continue
Posted on April 26, 2008 at 4:30pm —
Need Your Help - Linux Desktop Likes and Gripes
I am very excited. I was invited by the Linux Foundation to attend their Collaboration Summit in Austin, TX April 8-10. I will serve on a panel providing end user feedback to the leaders of most of the major development teams in Open Source. I know there are a handful of you out there using Linux Desktop. I started a discussion thread in the Open Source Group on this topic. It would be great if you… Continue
Posted on March 7, 2008 at 2:43pm —
Comment Wall (14 comments)
- At 3:56pm on March 24, 2009,
Lisa Sjogren said… - Hello Alex!
Hope all is going well this school year. We are busy here, that I cannot believe that it is almost April. Will you be going to NECC this year?
- At 11:12pm on December 1, 2008,
Alex Ragone said… - Thanks for the laugh, Alex. We'll slow down with the Disrupting Class conversation. I worked hard not to post anything long. Enjoy the book. It's a great read.
- At 2:07pm on October 10, 2008,
Lisa Sjogren said…
- Long time no talk. How is the school year going for you?
- At 11:42am on March 7, 2008,
Shabbi Luthra said… - Hi Alex,
The conference is over and was great! Stewart was a wonderful opening keynote presenter. We also had Scott McLeod and David Quinn as the keynote speakers. We had almost 90 participants from 26 overseas American schools! ASB Un-Plugged will be back next year in a new avatar. I'm resurfacing from un-plugged and am catching up with my mail and everything that I'd put on the backburner.
Shabbi
- At 8:04pm on March 6, 2008,
Jeff Ritter said…
- Thanks for the push! We'll see where this goes! BTW, great Facebookish picture! :-)
- At 12:24pm on February 14, 2008,
Peter Richardson said… - Alex,
I appreciate your Building MOODLE on SLES 10 document. It will be a big help. My big concern is the backup and restore part. Did you just do a regular back up from the admin block? How did you do the restore? If you have any info about this, that would be helpful. I don't have to do it before July so maybe the best thing is a sit down over lunch (or a beer) there?
THanks
- At 3:44pm on January 4, 2008,
Art Gelwicks said… - RenWeb question for you...do you use the "Click here to indicate you received this email" link in the RenWeb emails...and do people actually click?
- At 10:47am on December 21, 2007,
Sister Elizabeth said… - HI,
Thank you, I enjoyed our conversation also. I've been doing some catching up and found your Linux laptop blog. I'm curious why you chose Citrix for your Windows virtualization tool. And have you moved your admin people to Linux? Do you use Blackbaud? Will it work viruailized?
- At 8:11pm on December 20, 2007,
arvind s grover said…
- Alex, quite the fancy profile pic. Was it professionally taken?
- At 3:00pm on December 20, 2007,
Art Gelwicks said…
- How has your parent response been to the tool?
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We've been interesting in purchasing space to use in the Google Web Albums, but I've been concened because the Terms of Service suggests that there will not be warnings before changes in Service. If I'm reading the terms correctly, they co…
One of the changes I made in my current laptop program was to discontinue insurance coverage on the laptops. We have the three-year Apple Warranties on the Macbooks, but we don't have insurance on accidental breakage or theft.
One reason we did thi…
A video taken during a recent visit to Singapore ... a Christmas Carol played on an unusual instrument.
Orchard Road with a backdrop of the Christmas lights
Share your work arounds and enhancement requests for Finalsite.
2010 NAIS Annual Conference at Moscone Convention Center
February 24, 2010 at 9am to February 26, 2010 at 7pm
Adapt, Survive, and Thrive: Unleashing the Superpowers Within
"The 2010 NAIS Annual Conference is designed to support interests expressed by independent school leaders - all of whom face intrinsically difficult issues within their unique positions.…
Discuss which technology skills are essential to the job of an educator and how to measure and improve teachers’ capabilities for productivity and classroom integration through the use of technology standards or proficiencies.
I know that many of you use Flickr with your classes. Others of you use Flickr for other purposes like archiving school photos for promotional, development, and such.
Flickr's Community Guidelines clearly state that the service is for personal use…
Online School for Girls Adds Four More Member Schools
A nationwide consortium of four independent all-girls’ schools that created in June 2009 the first-ever online school dedicated to secondary education for girls this past fall has expanded its m…
Let me know what you think of this project and if you've tried something similar. I'm happy to share details.
Bullis School teacher Sara Romeyn talks about using Facebook as a teaching tool in her AP U.S. History Class.
Please view a short (3 minute) interview about my recent History project: Using Facebook as a teaching tool.
Processing (processing.org) is a Java-based language that allows you to do some exciting visual effects and at a much more advanced level link realtime data to algorithms to present data in visual formats. Digital artists use it for that creative el…
Nice one, Fred. As a digital enthusiast, I'd happily stick to the task of enumerating the real skills we can identify our students may need for the future, so long as someone doesn't then make them mandatory, stick them in a list to provide a checkb…
James,
How does this fit with the following famous quote attributed to Socrates?
"Worship the gods if you wish, but first, know thyself."
Fred
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