[Freeschool] Fwd: Re: [school-discuss] We did it!

[Michael Shigorin]

----- Forwarded message from Saunalahti <pohalone/dlc.fi> -----

Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 07:12:56 +0200
From: "Saunalahti" <pohalone/dlc.fi>
To: <schoolforge-discuss/schoolforge.net>
Subject: Re: [school-discuss] We did it!

Dear K12LTSP users,

I'd like to inform you about a successful implementation of LTSP in 
secondary (grades 7-9) and upper secondary (grades 10-12) schools of Vihti 
Finland. I think the first time in Finland we also combined LTSP and Windows 
into the same system using WinLin.

Rgrds,

:-)ilpo
Ilpo Halonen
teacher, ICT trainer, networks coordinator



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Qualkenbush" <jasonq/cosmicegg.net>
To: <schoolforge-discuss/schoolforge.net>
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 3:18 AM
Subject: Re: [school-discuss] We did it!


>Daniel Howard wrote:
>
>>Dear K12LTSP enthusiasts,
>>
>>After much consternation, including demands early on to remove Linux from 
>>our elementary school, I'm happy to report that our school district
>>technology leadership has not only approved our efforts of deploying
>>K12LTSP in our elementary school, but actually said they'd like to do a
>>formal evaluation of the technology and it's implications for the broader 
>>system.  This is nothing short of a seachange in their attitude
>>towards Linux.
>>
>>My thanks, on behalf of my daughter's elementary school, go out to the
>>K12LTSP community, without whose resources we could never have made such
>>a monumental change in the computers at our school.  For those who have
>>volunteered their time and effort in making K12LTSP successful, I can
>>think of no greater reward than what has happened at our school: the
>>computers all work now; teachers that didn't want any new computers are 
>>now asking for one for every student; teachers are finally using
>>computers to enhance the curriculum; and so on.  Bravo K12LTSP community!
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Daniel
>
>
>What part of the country did this happen in?   I'm in New England and I 
>don't hear of many K-12 schools in the area making the switch.
>
>-Jason
>


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