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Subject: Re: Software - msg#00031List: linux.suse.schools.usa> On Thursday 11 April 2002 01:30 am, Lance Lane wrote: > > I am a teacher on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. We have the same > > story in that most of our teachers are scared of computers and can't work > > Desktop Apps on Linux > This seems to go back to the old line of Linux makes a great server, but > what else can it do? KDE and GNOME have made some pretty impressive > strides, but both lack the apps you're talking about(specifically school > oriented. KDE's Edutainment stuff is pretty darned nifty though. I don't > believe GNOME has an equivalent (I could be wrong, please don't flame me! > :-) The page www.edu.kde.org has the info from the world according to K. > Andrew I will answer your questions line by line: > Questions > 1. What would Standards based grading be exactly? Are you referring to a > standardized method for calculating grades? We could address this with > templates for KOffice and Open Office. What would these standards be? AN: I am referring to Academic State Standards per Subject. The ability to import your state standards into the gradebook and produce a rubric to be graded for each standard. www.media-x.com produces a gradebook that can transfer information to a palm using a desktop base program (Based in Filemaker Pro) > 2. Lesson Planning. There are some project management tools for GNOME, but > I don't know of any true lesson plan apps. If one is developed it should > be able to output to HTML. > 3. I'm not sure computers will help teachers communicate with parents > unless they have computers and can get e-mail. :-) AN: Actually I am talking about a program that can produce forms from information from the gradebook on whether or not their student is meeting the state standard in a subject. A Progress report. However, some parent's do want e-mail notification on their childs progress. Part of our school is a boarding school and many parents work hundreds of miles away and we can communitcate by e-mail. > > What language would be ideal for use in schools? At Georgia Tech they use > a non-language nicknamed Russ-cal after the guy who "invented" it. > Although, there are a couple of compilers out there now I think. Anywho, > what language should be taught in school. Russ-cal is very simplistic > (read: unlike C). I think an interpreted language like Python on Perl > would be best. But, that's just my opinion. AN: Me too. > > On the edu.kde.org site there are links to topic based programs. What do > you think is missing? I think what I am looking for in particular is "decision making software". I have used AGE OF EMPIRES and Civilization in class. What I would like personally would be a program that puts students into historical situations and roles and let them try to make alternative choices: Example: Decision for Truman - Do we drop the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What alternatives do we have? > > > Oh yeah, if you don't have it, download KDE 3. I finally got around to it > last night and it rocks! > > Peace > --andy -- To unsubscribe, email: suse-schools-usa-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx For additional commands, email: suse-schools-usa-help@xxxxxxxx For help, email: suse-schools-usa-owner@xxxxxxxx Thread at a glance:
Previous Message by Date: click to view message previewRe: Print to win 98 serverOn Thursday 11 April 2002 12:42 pm, tom poe wrote: > > On Thursday 11 April 2002 09:16 am, tom poe wrote: > Hi: Well, let us know. I would think, you're probably in good > shape. If the windoz machines can print, then linux can print, using > Samba. There's a book on the Internet, so you don't have to buy it. > The url is: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba/chapter/book/ thanks for the link, I'll let you know how things work out -- dh -- To unsubscribe, email: suse-schools-usa-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx For additional commands, email: suse-schools-usa-help@xxxxxxxx For help, email: suse-schools-usa-owner@xxxxxxxx Next Message by Date: click to view message previewRe: WhoaOn Wednesday 10 April 2002 22:22, Christopher Mahmood wrote: - - - snip - - - > A no traffic list. There are 216 subscribers but the last and > only thread was a one that got pushed over from SLE in November of > last year. Honestly, I was thinking about removing it but it > looks like people are still interested in the topic. > > Maybe it would help if people had some idea who was subscribed. > Here's a count by top level domain: > > 5 at > 2 au > 1 be > 3 br > 5 ca > 1 ch > 1 co > 71 com > 34 de > 7 edu > 1 es > 1 fr > 1 gr > 1 hr > 1 hu > 2 id > 1 ie > 4 it > 1 lt > 45 net > 1 ni > 3 nl > 6 org > 2 pe > 1 py > 3 ro > 1 sv > 2 tr > 4 uk > 4 us > 1 uy > > Of course, throwaway addresses (e.g., yahoo.com) make this a little > misleading but it still might be useful. A list of all TDL's can be > found here: http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-whois.htm in case you > are familiar with some of these. Hi: Don't discontinue it. Let's get the show on the road. Good to know we're all here. Thanks, tom -- To unsubscribe, email: suse-schools-usa-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx For additional commands, email: suse-schools-usa-help@xxxxxxxx For help, email: suse-schools-usa-owner@xxxxxxxx Previous Message by Thread: click to view message previewRe: Re: SoftwareOn Thursday 11 April 2002 07:53, Andrew Choens wrote: > On Thursday 11 April 2002 01:30 am, Lance Lane wrote: > > I am a teacher on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. We have the same > > story in that most of our teachers are scared of computers and can't work > > them accept to use MS Word and Outlook. - - - snip - - - Hi: I didn't see lance's first message, so thanks, Andy for sending your response to the list. Lance, if I may, how does your school support the computers now? Is there someone that acts as a network administrator, or what? Thanks, Tom Poe Reno, NV http://www.studioforrecording.org/ http://www.ibiblio.org/studioforrecording/ http://renotahoe.pm.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-schools-usa-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: suse-schools-usa-help@xxxxxxxx Next Message by Thread: click to view message previewRe: Re: SoftwareWhat I would like personally would be a program that puts students into historical situations and roles and let them try to make alternative choices: Example: Decision for Truman - Do we drop the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What alternatives do we have? The above quote from a earlier post is regarding "lifeboat" type of ethics games. One of the big reasons I did not want my daughter in government schools. The lifeboat only holds 7 people, so 2 must be thrown overboard....WHO??? Whose ethics are used? What world view? Keith -- To unsubscribe, email: suse-schools-usa-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx For additional commands, email: suse-schools-usa-help@xxxxxxxx For help, email: suse-schools-usa-owner@xxxxxxxx Loading Comments...
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