http://edu-nix.org/shanecoyle Open Source Schoolware :: Free Software for Public Schools Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:46:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The next version(s) of the EDU-Nix.org Dual Mode CD will be based on Slax 6 Technology, and I have gone and posted a bunch of .lzm modules, win32 binaries and sources for some of the more popular educational and productivity programs that will be featured in various builds of the ... http://edu-nix.org/shanecoyle/index.php/2008/03/23/dual-mode-cd-v6-beta-modules-available/ So, in recent discussions with a few of the teachers that I routinely force my CD upon, I mean users, one thing has come up time and time again: there is just too much "stuff" for non-technical users, and it can be a bit "intimidating". Honestly, to show how far off ... http://edu-nix.org/shanecoyle/index.php/2007/05/31/simplify-man/ Here is an account of one self-confessed "geek" fourth-grade-teacher-turned-tech-director experience with an EDUbuntu Live CD, which he describes as "a bigger deal than Windows versus Macintosh discussions". Every school should have TuxPaint installed on its computers, for learners of all ages. It’s powerful and free. What is holding back the implementation ... http://edu-nix.org/shanecoyle/index.php/2007/04/24/every-school-should-have-tuxpaint-installed/ The First Dual Mode DVD Coming Soon Also As many are aware, V.III of the dual mode CD was released in March, and shortly afterwards the first (and so far, only) bug was discovered - I did not generate a fluxbox menu for the installed packages. An updated module will ... http://edu-nix.org/shanecoyle/index.php/2007/04/24/edu-nix-dual-mode-cd-31-coming-soon/ In the next phase of reorganization, I will be moving the shane@edu-nix.org blog to www.shanecoyle.com since some of my other interests have only served to distract from the goals and accomplishments of the EDU-Nix project. Also, the forums were pulled since they were only infesting with spam, perhaps it will be ... http://edu-nix.org/shanecoyle/index.php/2006/12/10/site-updates-and-reorganization/ Here is a great article over at Sys-Admin, highlighting how GNU/Linux and Free Open Source Software can help K-12 institutions stretch their budgetary allowances and extend the useful life of older hardware. From the desktop to the server room, there is a place for Linux in ... http://edu-nix.org/shanecoyle/index.php/2006/12/03/linux-fits-in-education/ CD III Alpha Status As I had indicated in a previous posting, the next EDU-Nix CD plan is now to refine and update the recently released Version II CD. At present, a new CD is in early creation stages and is fairly stable - I have been running on it ... http://edu-nix.org/shanecoyle/index.php/2006/11/25/next-edu-nix-cd-update/ I have been awaiting this for some time, and today on the School-Discuss list came the announcement I was hoping for - schoolforge.net has been updated. The site is still being populated with information, but I do encourage you to stop by and have a look. Some may ... http://edu-nix.org/shanecoyle/index.php/2006/11/23/rebirth-of-schoolforge/ A great report came across the School-Discuss mailing list from Daniel Howard, President and CEO Georgia Open Source Education Foundation, regarding open source at the Georgia Educational Tech Conference: I was pleasantly surprised to discover that there were more sessions on Open Source than I predicted (about 15), everything from using ... http://edu-nix.org/shanecoyle/index.php/2006/11/20/georgia-educational-tech-conference/ While not entirely on topic in the "Technology and Open Source in Education" field, here is a ultra-quick (fewer than 15 minutes) tutorial I had whipped up a short while ago. The lesson is using the Gimp to edit a photo, in this case my Sister-in-law, to create a mostly black ... http://edu-nix.org/shanecoyle/index.php/2006/11/16/photo-editing-with-the-gimp/