[SWLUG] Event organisation meeting/ ? fun

[swlug at paulconnell.fastmail.fm]

I currently have an old laptop in a Cardiff Primary school with Edubuntu
installed (last week),  I'm letting the staff evaluate it to see if they
like it (issue came up in a governor's meeting of lack of computers for
the children). I Am waiting to see if they think it's something they
could see themselves using in which case we may ask parents for old
computers etc. which I'll go over and refurb. cheaply for the school -
but I'm not sure how it impacts with Cardiff IT Services which the
school currently sources its IT from (Secondary schools are apparently a
lot more independent than primaries).

This is the kind of project I think we could pursue, given current
finance squeezes in schools etc.  Thoughts?

Paul Connell

> Regarding the schools idea - there are a number of primary schools throughout Cardiff which are not even using Windows 2000. I'm willing to bet that  
> most arent connected to the internet, so teachers cant as easily get software for use in the class. A Linux install would do some serious favours 
> given the amount of creative software, and even software targeted at kids which would potentially cost the school for a Windows equivalent. A lot of  > the software is even on the distro's installation media, depending on the distro.