| sbalneav | evening all | 01:28 |
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| cprofitt | hello all.... | 03:30 |
| cprofitt | nixternal: you present or just cruising? | 03:30 |
| nixternal | both :) | 03:31 |
| Ahmuck | ogra, i see ur on the lubuntu testing list | 03:31 |
| cprofitt | cool... | 03:31 |
| Ahmuck | highvolt1ge: i see ur on the list as well | 03:32 |
| cprofitt | nixternal: was wondering what you thought of having a 'distinguished educator' program | 03:32 |
| cprofitt | http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=9671 | 03:33 |
| cprofitt | for an Apple example | 03:33 |
| nixternal | that's pretty groovy | 03:33 |
| cprofitt | I figure it would highlight success stories... generate interest... reward those advocating and using FOSS in education | 03:34 |
| nixternal | there are some really cool articles on that page actually | 03:39 |
| nixternal | I am going to pass this on to kde-edu folks to look at | 03:39 |
| cprofitt | nixternal: thanks | 03:39 |
| cprofitt | also -- the NYSCATE event went well... | 03:40 |
| cprofitt | and I think I may be able to pull together a 'team' to give a full day hands on 'class' with Ubuntu and Open Source applications for next year | 03:40 |
| cprofitt | http://nyscate.wikispaces.com/Educational+Technology+and+Equity+in+Today%27s+Schools | 03:41 |
| nixternal | figures, flash died on me :) | 03:42 |
| cprofitt | need the last few lines I typed? | 03:42 |
| cprofitt | nixternal: did you get the link or should I give it to you again... not sure if you are web IRC or not | 03:44 |
| nixternal | I got it | 03:45 |
| nixternal | irssi all the time :) | 03:45 |
| cprofitt | yes, that is what I am using... though I am a novice with it still | 03:46 |
| cprofitt | nixternal: how possible do you think it would be to get some $$$ for Ubuntu/Canonical to do the larger EdTech shows? like ISTE? | 03:49 |
| cprofitt | http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/2010/ | 03:49 |
| nixternal | that I have no clue | 03:50 |
| cprofitt | are you familiar with ISTE? | 03:53 |
| cprofitt | nixternal: is RichardWeiderman still around? | 04:01 |
| nixternal | last I heard he is gone...he left right after UDS Jaunty | 04:10 |
| nixternal | not familiar with ISTE | 04:10 |
| cprofitt | check ISTE out if you can... has anyone repalced Richard? | 04:10 |
| nixternal | not that I know of... ogra would know though | 04:10 |
| cprofitt | ogra? | 04:11 |
| nixternal | he is in this channel, he works for Canonical and knows everyone there | 04:11 |
| nixternal | bbiab...gotta get a hold of this torn apart laptop :) | 04:12 |
| cprofitt | ogra: ping... are you home? | 04:12 |
| alkisg | !info italc-master lucid | 06:53 |
| ubottu | italc-master (source: italc): Intelligent Teaching and Learning with Computers (master part). In component main, is optional. Version 1:1.0.9.1-0ubuntu16 (lucid), package size 1081 kB, installed size 1680 kB | 06:53 |
| sbalneav | Morning all | 16:50 |
| highvoltage | morning sbalneav | 18:42 |
| sbalneav | Heya | 18:48 |
| cprofitt | dinda: you here? | 21:50 |
| cprofitt | hello ogra | 21:50 |
| mhall119|work | did you guys read this article: http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/12/03/2157250/Children-Using-Technology-Have-Better-Literacy-Skills | 21:51 |
| mhall119|work | bah | 21:52 |
| mhall119|work | direct link to the article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8392653.stm | 21:52 |
| cprofitt | bah? | 21:52 |
| mhall119|work | expression of frustration | 21:53 |
| mhall119|work | because I pasted the wrong link | 21:53 |
| cprofitt | interesting article... similar 'research' here in the states | 21:53 |
| cprofitt | mhall119|work: what do you think of Canonical having a distinguished educator program? | 21:54 |
| cprofitt | http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=9671 | 21:54 |
| cprofitt | similar to that | 21:54 |
| mhall119|work | cprofitt: that would be good, I think | 21:54 |
| sbalneav | Never happen | 21:54 |
| cprofitt | why would it never happen? | 21:54 |
| mhall119|work | I understand that there is a strong desire in Canonical to do more in education and schools, but no real ideas yet as to how that would manifest | 21:54 |
| cprofitt | well... to be honest I think I can help that... at least in the states | 21:55 |
| cprofitt | they need to go to ISTE - IMHO | 21:55 |
| sbalneav | We used to have at least a couple of people who were paid by Canonical to work on Edubuntu. | 21:55 |
| cprofitt | and do something to acknolwedge teachers who are utilizing Ubuntu/Edubuntu and open source | 21:55 |
| sbalneav | They're not anymore. | 21:55 |
| cprofitt | sbalneav: I have heard that... | 21:56 |
| mhall119|work | ISTE? | 21:56 |
| sbalneav | Edubuntu's a "community" distribution. I.e. we support it ourselves with no support from Canonical. | 21:56 |
| cprofitt | http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/2010/ | 21:56 |
| sbalneav | other than using their infrastructure. | 21:56 |
| cprofitt | I attended NYSCATE and have more planned for next year... http://www.nyscate.org/conferences.cfm?subpage=361 | 21:57 |
| cprofitt | Perhaps Canonical would re-think that if we have some concrete plans... and it showed progress | 21:57 |
| mhall119|work | cprofitt: there's a huge conference happening in Orlando soon for educational software providers and the school officials who purchase them | 21:57 |
| cprofitt | I am not sure what the other folks did. | 21:57 |
| cprofitt | mhall119|work: yes... that one is another huge one... | 21:57 |
| cprofitt | ISTE is likely a little bigger I think... | 21:57 |
| mhall119|work | cprofitt: like I said, Canonical wants to do something, they just don't know what that something is | 21:57 |
| mhall119|work | cprofitt: I thought about trying to get a booth at the Orlando expo, but good god are they expensive | 21:58 |
| * sbalneav goes back to working on bugs... | 21:58 | |
| cprofitt | mhall119|work: yeah... NYSCATE was $750 | 21:58 |
| sbalneav | If we don't get the next release out the door, there won't BE an edubuntu :) | 21:58 |
| mhall119|work | cprofitt: this was like $3500 | 21:58 |
| cprofitt | I got a free one at EdTech Day... and I think that it is possible due to many educators being in to FOSS to arrange deals to reduce the cost. | 21:59 |
| cprofitt | I think I have a shot of getting a booth for free at next years NYSCATE | 22:00 |
| cprofitt | ... good talking to you both... I gotta run... | 22:03 |
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