linux in the classroom

[pirrone at localnet.com]

Eric,

The last E1ITC meeting is tomorrow, and Linux is actually on the agenda! 
I'm sure, and only speaking for myself, that you'd be welcomed.  It's out
at Hamburg under the auspices of Technology Coordinator, Tom Nemmer
tnemmer at hamburg.wnyric.org 646-3227, from 8:30 through lunch ($3.00).
I'm hoping to hop (hopping to hope?) on the presentation if time and the
situation permits demonstrating a subset of my Intranet resources
(strictly LAMP) and offering them again for download.
Last time there were only a few takers, but it was the full site and more
than a bit overwhelming.  This piece is only three apps - an online
Standards-based lesson plan generator/database, a tech support system, and
a building maintenance support system.
You can grab this at:
http://intranet.tona.wnyric.org/downloads/intranet_part.zip with the full
version in the Document Library under System Documents at the top of the
links just past documentation.
Give Tom a call and pop out to join us.  Drop my name and be sure to say
hello.
Frank Pirrone
Technology Integrator
Tonawanda City School District
fpirrone at tona.wnyric.org
694-7660 ex.2002


> You've done our school good favor then...  I will look at the link,
> maybe this will work. I'm wondering if you will be doing another
> presentation for Erie1 that I could bring 1 or 2 of people I work with?
>
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> pirrone at localnet.com wrote:
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>>Eric,
>>
>>You have that link to equivalent programs, and if it's the one I'm
>>familiar with it's an exhaustive and impressive list of applications,
>>which I second as the way to go.  Take a look at the Linux Terminal
>>Server Project too, for an even greater departure from the norm.
>>I gave presentations to the Erie1 and Orleans-Niagara BOCES on F/OSS
>>and got a good response.  I'm afraid the outcome will be people running
>>The Gimp, Firefox, Thunderbird, Sunbird, Audacity, OpenOffice, etc. on
>>Windows, but that's a foot in the door.
>>My personal approach is to commit to Gnu/Linux and its applications,
>>and at this stage actually feel handicapped whenever I work in Windows.
>> Your students would likely experience the same.
>>Emulation is nearly as ugly as virtual sex...
>>
>>Frank
>>
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>>
>>>A small high school.
>>>I would like to test/setup a small lab of student computers with linux
>>>and an "emulator" to run win32 software that the school purchased.  I
>>>am  having difficulty trying to find a free emulator if it even exists
>>>(Wine  is limiting).  I also have not used an emulator before and am
>>>not sure  how well it would perform (hopefully better than windows)
>>>and would be  unsure of it's scalability with the software we have and
>>>will purchase.   For instance we have a II tier server application for
>>>reading that uses  IPX.  I don't see why it wouldn't work, but I also
>>>don't no any problems  that could occur running win32 applications
>>>that are meant for
>>>connectivity accross a network.  "I" lack in this area, and I just
>>>want
>>> to know enough that will satisfy me to start working on such a
>>>project.   Would an emulator run ALL my win32 software?  Would an
>>>emulator need a  beefy computer to run on?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Eric
>>>
>>>pirrone wrote:
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>>>>Eric R. Benoit wrote:
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>>>>>Well, I popped the question to a possible inexpensive stable
>>>>>solution.  Not sure how it was taken though.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>Eric,
>>>>
>>>>Where's that, and what functionality?
>>>>
>>>>Frank
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