[Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu for Students - to rouse people interest.

[Joshua Riffle]

Have you guys taken a look at the Edubuntu ltsp project? It can be applied
to regular ubuntu and would look great to a school that doesn't want spend
money on higher hardware requirements.
On May 22, 2012 6:54 PM, "John Kim" <jkgodzvision at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi guys!
>
> I'm John, a HS sophomore from Los Angeles.  Very recently, I kickstarted
> an idea about making Ubuntu the main OS within John Marshall High School, a
> dilapidated high school, still standing and reeking of age, that has been
> using Windows XP for a decade now.  For those who haven't heard, I have a
> post about it:
> http://epikvision.blogspot.com/2012/05/game-changing-proposal-ubuntu-for.html
>
> here's the situation: although I created a proposal, I did not hand it in
> to the administration just yet (we only got one shot at this). David Montes
> and I are trying to build a support base and handy foundation of research
> data.  We see three primary audiences: teachers, students, and the
> administration. The best way to go, we decided, is one audience at a time.
>
> So, now that I'm trying to get students' attention,* I would like to hear
> ideas and suggestions on marketing techniques and ways to rouse student
> interest*.  In my school, it's mighty difficult to spark students'
> interest of an OS that most has never heard of. So I leave some room for
> discussion. There's only 3 weeks left of school, and I hope to gain
> momentum asap.
>
> One thing I thought about is to hold a demo hands-on for students to
> compare windows xp and ubuntu side by side.  After that, the people would
> take a surveymonkey on their experience. I see some weakness, including
> limited resources (we can't just borrow a student laptop cart and install
> half of them ubuntu) or sponsorship (what room can allow us to carry this
> out?  it's a lengthy process to get teacher permission).  Many more exist,
> I'm sure.
>
> 2 people - David Montes and myself - alone can't make so grand a project
> possible without support.  Ideas and suggestions are welcome, but
> hopefully, it is do-able within 3 weeks.  Thanks for your time.
>
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> John
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