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Submission + - High school students develop Linux imaging and help desk software. (pennmanor.net)

An anonymous reader writes: A Pennsylvania school district is going Linux and building an open source high school with the help of student technology apprentices. As part of a 1:1 laptop learning program, 1725 high school students at Penn Manor School District are receiving new laptops running Ubuntu and open source software exclusively. Central to the program is a student help desk where student programmers created a Linux multicast imaging system titled Fast Linux Deployment Toolkit. The district posted pictures of the imaging process in action. Working alongside school IT staff, students also developed help desk software and other programs in support of the 1:1 student laptop program. The student tech apprentices also provide peer support for fellow students.

Comment Re:No, it is not reasonable. (Score 1) 1057

Being a hiring manager who has been burned in exactly that manner- technology competency hoops are now always a part of our IT hiring procedures. My organization gives a computer skills tests to secretarial candidates, why can't I ask a finalist tech candidate to assemble a computer given a box of working components or write a small php page which looks up data from MYSQL? An organization that does not properly vet candidates is simply irresponsible.

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