Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Free software K-12 schools and colleges

[Will Hill]

In the US, Charlie Reisinger has made some progress in the Penn Manor School 
District.  I think there s some non free software in the mix but his program 
is a step in the right direction.  Here are some notes and links I have kept 
about it.  Best of luck, wherever you are.

Set up a one GNU/Laptop per child program at Penn Manor High School

http://opensource.com/education/14/9/open-source-high-school  
https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4709855 

Program might be thwarted by CIPA  the Children’s Online Protection Act  which 
requires censorship software on every student laptop.   

http://www.pennmanor.net/techblog/?p=1847

This page has policy documents that conform with that nasty law.  The titles 
look just like my daughter's in Alabama.

http://www.pennmanor.net/techblog/?page_id=1561 

Actually CIPA  Children's Internet Protection Act  not COPA.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Internet_Protection_Act 

Open Source Evangelist, Lancaster PA

http://www.pennmanor.net/techblog/ 

A K12 EdTech veteran, Charlie is the IT Director for Penn Manor School 
District in beautiful Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Follow his antics on 
Twitter and his adventures in open source education on the PM Techblog.  

http://opensource.com/users/charlie
https://twitter.com/charlie3    

Google Plus

https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CharlieReisinger/posts 

9/9/2014  you attempted contact 

https://plus.google.com/u/0/117532217272229481825/posts/6rm2ni9hjP3  
https://plus.google.com/u/0/113579520393333767984/posts/ZcZLj2HHEmY 

Asked him about high school filter that blocked fsf.org 

https://plus.google.com/u/0/111911369296187064340/posts/SynTtVuDDcT

History of project:  Started with gradebook and LAMP.  "Our first big bet on 
open source as a virtual classroom platform was Moodle. We deployed WordPress 
or classroom blogging and school web pages  brought in Koha to modernize our 
library system  selected sipXecs for our phone system and ownCloud became our 
private cloud platform and teacher backup system."  Replaced macbooks with 
Ubuntu.

http://opensource.com/education/14/9/interview-charlie-reisinger-penn-manor

Other news about this program 
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/827998_Penn-Manor-outlines-laptop-plans.html
  
http://lancasteronline.com/news/penn-manor-students-help-classmates-get-tech-savvy/article_87e46ad2-0553-55bd-a49b-3b86cbf888e2.html
  
Linux Action Show 
http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/49842/hdr-photography-on-linux-las-s30e06/  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mpM3izXpFg#t=11m01s   
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/14/01/25/0134246/high-school-students-develop-linux-imaging-and-help-desk-software
 
http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/200-libby-clark/761499-pennsylvania-high-school-rolls-out-1700-linux-laptops-to-students
    
https://www.edsurge.com/n/2014-02-12-the-largest-non-ipad-rollout-you-ve-never-heard-of
   
http://itsfoss.com/pennsylvania-high-school-ubuntu/       
http://insights.ubuntu.com/case-study/an-ubuntu-pc-for-everyone-in-penn-manor-school-district-pennsylvania-usa/
    
http://www.phoenixts.com/blog/cutting-high-school-it-budget-linux   
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/06/why-arent-more-schools-using-free-open-education-resources/
 
http://opensource.com/education/14/9/interview-charlie-reisinger-penn-manor 
http://allthingsopen.org/talks/lessons-from-the-open-source-schoolhouse/ 



On Friday 27 January 2017, Ineiev wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 05:55:25AM -0500, Vito Torleone wrote:
> > Can anyone provide a list of K-12 schools or colleges that use only free
> > software in their work with students?
>
> Just a guess:
> https://www.gnu.org/education/edu-cases.html