[suse-schools-usa] The reason I joined.

[tom poe]

On Friday 12 April 2002 18:10, Lance Lane wrote:
> I think that before we decide on a charter that we should discuss:
>
>
> 1. Our reason for joining.
> 2. What do we do in education?
> 3. What do we want out of this list?
> 4. More importantly, how can we help our students get a good education
> using linux?  School is about kids and educating them better is our main
> goal.
>
> 1. My reason for joining.
>
> I am a social studies teacher on the Navajo Reservation.  Each classroom
> has a least one computer.  Our labs have about a total of 30 computers for
> about 700 kids.  (We currently are on a Novell server and Windows)  I
> joined because I am looking for a better way to help educate my kids and to
> help my life a bit easier.  If you are a teacher, you know that it is a
> 7-day a week job.
>
> I am interested in:
> 1. Programming (Hobbiest)
> 2. Discussing matters that address such topics as the "digital divide."
> 3. Getting ideas, and giving ideas that will help developers better serve
> the educational community. (We need all the help we can get).
> 4. How can I improve to better suit the  needs of my students?
> 5. Applications that are cost efficient and helpful in the classroom?
>
>
> I am a Linux "newbie" and I am running SuSe 7.3 (I have 8.0 on order).  One
> day I would like to develop a Linux package directed at just educators and
> students.
>
> Lance Lane

Hi, Lance:  My reason is found here:
http://renotahoe.pm.org/

Thanks,
Tom Poe
Reno, NV
http://www.studioforrecording.org/
http://www.ibiblio.org/studioforrecording/
http://renotahoe.pm.org/