Comment Been there, done that (Score 1) 553
As a technical writer turned English teacher I couldn't imagine pushing papers all day long. I built an LTSP network in my HS lit. class, with the support of my administration, and loved it. The tools available for evaluating papers and providing speedy feedback to students is nothing compared to my new environment. I'm a computer teacher now in a Windows environment. I've never had so many problems doing what was easy under Linux. A few simple scripts under Linux to gather up students work takes hours to do under Windows, not to mention the cost of every little bit of software I need to make my job easier under Linux is very expensive under Windows. Go LTSP. Learn a little scripting and you'll be golden.
If I may add right now, one of the reasons Linux is not getting the play it so rightly deserves in schools is that most teachers are not trained on how to use computers or software. More screencasts of software training, I feel, is definitely needed. Teachers are chronically overworked, definitely under appreciated, and they don't want to sit and read a manual online or offline. Let's help out and publish screencasts for them. Let's show them how technology can take the secretarial tasks out of teaching and promote them to the knowledge managers they should be.
If I may add right now, one of the reasons Linux is not getting the play it so rightly deserves in schools is that most teachers are not trained on how to use computers or software. More screencasts of software training, I feel, is definitely needed. Teachers are chronically overworked, definitely under appreciated, and they don't want to sit and read a manual online or offline. Let's help out and publish screencasts for them. Let's show them how technology can take the secretarial tasks out of teaching and promote them to the knowledge managers they should be.
