Re: YaST Education Module

Jeff,
Thank you very much.
I would like to give you an outline of what I always thought the module
should do, at least during installation.
when a user decides to use the "add on " feature the YaST module should
provide four basic patterns
1) pre kindergarten - 6 grade - this would install only those apps whom
recommend themselves for this age group and
provide either a "Sugar" desktop or a very limited gnome\kde with
background and icon choices suitable to the age group
2) Middle school or 7-8 slightly more sophisticated  software choices
and desktop freedom starting obviously with a background and menu
pattern suitable to the age group while eliminating the obvious younger
group choices.
3) high school or 9-12 with most "power user" freedoms
All of these would initiate the installation of squid and dans guardian
4) server - based on the openschoolserver from Extis
http://www.openschoolserver.net/ , including choices for an SIS (student
information system) Class or openSIS, School administrative software like
http://en.opensuse.org/Education/Applications/Best_Of#Edu-Admin
and
http://en.opensuse.org/Education/Applications/Best_Of#Web-Based
Let me know what you think
James aka SLEducator


Jeff Shantz wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just a quick note to introduce myself.  My name is Jeff Shantz and I'm
> an M.Sc. candidate in Computer Science in Canada.  I'll be working on
> the YaST Education module [1] this summer as part of the Google Summer
> of Code 2009, mentored by Marek Stopka.  I have some experience with
> YaST module development, locking down systems, Internet filtering, and
> firewalling from my time working at IBM, so I'm looking forward to
> implementing this project and making it as easy as possible for
> parents/teachers to administer their systems.
>
> If anyone has any advice or suggestions on the direction for the
> project, I am more than happy to receive it.  Thanks.
>
> Jeff
>
> [1] http://en.opensuse.org/YaST_Education
>   

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