Re: [OS:N:] Promoting Linux in Education...
Jeff Kinz <[email protected]>
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On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 06:42:54PM -0500, Mark Jensen wrote: > Does anyone here have any experience in promoting the use of Linux in > Education? > > Specifically, I have researched (through Google searches) what kinds of > Operating Systems are mentioned in documents in the state in which I > live. I find hundreds of references to Microsoft and Windows, about 30 > to Mac OS, and *nothing* on Linux or "open source". > > I have contact for the Commissioner of Education for my state, but would > like to see if anyone out there has any experience in communications at > this level. Any sample letters that others have used would be a GREAT > start! I certainly want to get her stance on Open Source software, and > find out what it will take to get OSS (and Linux, in particular) into > the public school system here. > Hi Mark - here some sites you can look around at: http://www.k12os.org/ And: http://www.seul.org And: http://www.k12ltsp.org -- Jeff Kinz, Open-PC, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. [email protected] copyright 2003. Use is restricted. Any use is an acceptance of the offer at http://www.kinz.org/policy.html. Don't forget to change your password often. _______________________________________________ Subscription and Archive: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/open-source-now-list/ - For K12OS technical help join K12OSN: <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn>