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| === About me === ||http://gri.gallaudet.edu/~kjcole/Professional/kjc75x100.jpg||Hi. Although I've been programming computers since 1973, and using GNU/Linux since 1993, I consider myself to be more of a "publicity" guy and "social network facilitator" (though I hate that word "facilitator"). I promote the use of Free/Open Source Software, particularly in educational environments, with [http://yhslug.tux.org/ YHSLUG] being my favorite example and am now advertising Ubuntu around the Brain-Washington, DC area, when I should be doing useful work for my office, the [http://gri.gallaudet.edu/ Gallaudet Research Institute]. || |
=== Contact Info === See my [https://launchpad.net/people/kjcole Launchpad Profile]. |
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| I'm now the Team Leader/Team Contact for the [:DCTeam:Washington, DC] [:LoCoTeams:LoCo]. For contact details see my [https://launchpad.net/people/kjcole Launchpad Profile]. === Edubuntu === My connection to [:EdubuntuWiki:Edubuntu] is through the [:DCTeam:Washington, DC] [:LoCoTeams:LoCo]. I am also one of the core members of the "Computers for Social Justice" project, which is still in the planning phase. This project is part of a growing effort world-wide to refurbish and reuse old computers in the community. Our target distribution falls somewhere between Edubuntu and [http://ubuntulite.org/ Ubuntu Lite], as we hope to distribute these older computers in the K-12 school system in northeast DC first. (We've decided not to establish a web site until we're a bit further along.) I've also written some [http://gri.gallaudet.edu/Tutorials/ tutorials] (primarily for students, staff and faculty at Gallaudet) and am the creator and sporadic maintainer of the [http://pchb1f.gallaudet.edu/tricki/LegUp LEG-UP CD]. The CD has been superceded by [http://www.theopencd.org/ the Open CD] Project. Speaking of Gallaudet... There is an issue of addressing SpecialNeeds in Edubuntu. |
* [:DCTeam:Washington, DC] [:LoCoTeams:LoCo Team] - Contact / Lead * [:EdubuntuWiki:Edubuntu] |
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| * [http://gri.gallaudet.edu/Tutorials/ubuntu.php Ubuntu 5.04 Live CD for Newbies] * [http://pchb1f.gallaudet.edu/tricki Tricki] * [http://pchb1f.gallaudet.edu/tricki/LegUp LEG-UP CD] (sort of Open CD Lite) * [http://pchb1f.gallaudet.edu/tricki/NextStep The Next Step: Beyond Microsoft] * [http://pchb1f.gallaudet.edu/tricki/ByteBack Byte Back Curriculum] * [http://gri.gallaudet.edu/Tutorials/linux_tips.php Linux Tips] * [http://www.digitaldivide.net/community/Ubuntu/ Digital Divide Network (DDN) Ubuntu Community] |
* Ubuntu 5.04 Live CD for Newbies^1^ * Linux Tips^2^ * LEG-UP CD^3^ (sort of Open CD Lite) * The Next Step: Beyond Microsoft^4^ * Byte Back Curriculum^5^ * Digital Divide Network (DDN) Ubuntu Community^6^ === About me === ||http://gri.gallaudet.edu/~kjcole/Professional/kjc75x100.jpg||Hi. Although I've been programming computers since 1973, and using GNU/Linux since 1993, I consider myself to be more of a "publicity" guy and "social network facilitator" (though I hate that word "facilitator"). I promote the use of Free/Open Source Software, particularly in educational environments, with YHSLUG^7^ being my favorite example and am now advertising Ubuntu around the Brain-Washington, DC area, when I should be doing useful work for my office, the Gallaudet Research Institute^8^. || === Edubuntu === My connection to is through the [:DCTeam:Washington, DC] [:LoCoTeams:LoCo]. I am also one of the core members of the "Computers for Social Justice" project, which is still in the planning phase. This project is part of a growing effort world-wide to refurbish and reuse old computers in the community. Our target distribution falls somewhere between Edubuntu and Ubuntu Lite, as we hope to distribute these older computers in the K-12 school system in northeast DC first. (We've decided not to establish a web site until we're a bit further along.) I've also written some tutorials^10^ (primarily for students, staff and faculty at Gallaudet) and am the creator and sporadic maintainer of the LEG-UP CD^3^. The CD has been superceded by Open CD Project^11^. Speaking of Gallaudet... There is an issue of addressing SpecialNeeds in Edubuntu. === External References === * ^1^[http://gri.gallaudet.edu/Tutorials/ubuntu.php Ubuntu 5.04 Live CD for Newbies] * ^2^[http://gri.gallaudet.edu/Tutorials/linux_tips.php Linux Tips] * ^3^[http://pchb1f.gallaudet.edu/tricki/LegUp LEG-UP CD] * ^4^[http://pchb1f.gallaudet.edu/tricki/NextStep The Next Step: Beyond Microsoft] * ^5^[http://pchb1f.gallaudet.edu/tricki/ByteBack Byte Back Curriculum] * ^6^[http://www.digitaldivide.net/community/Ubuntu/ Digital Divide Network (DDN) Ubuntu Community] * ^7^[http://yhslug.tux.org/ YHSLUG] * ^8^[http://gri.gallaudet.edu/ Gallaudet Research Institute] * ^9^[http://ubuntulite.org/ Ubuntu Lite] * ^10^[http://gri.gallaudet.edu/Tutorials/ Other tutorials] * ^11^[http://www.theopencd.org/ Open CD Project] |
Contact Info
See my [https://launchpad.net/people/kjcole Launchpad Profile].
DC Team LoCo
[:DCTeam:Washington, DC] [:LoCoTeams:LoCo Team] - Contact / Lead
[:EdubuntuWiki:Edubuntu]
Contributed resources
[:FreeNxHowto:FreeNX HOWTO]
[:SpecialNeeds:Special Needs in Educational Software]
Ubuntu 5.04 Live CD for Newbies1
Linux Tips2
LEG-UP CD3 (sort of Open CD Lite)
The Next Step: Beyond Microsoft4
Byte Back Curriculum5
Digital Divide Network (DDN) Ubuntu Community6
About me
http://gri.gallaudet.edu/~kjcole/Professional/kjc75x100.jpg||Hi. Although I've been programming computers since 1973, and using GNU/Linux since 1993, I consider myself to be more of a "publicity" guy and "social network facilitator" (though I hate that word "facilitator"). I promote the use of Free/Open Source Software, particularly in educational environments, with YHSLUG7 being my favorite example and am now advertising Ubuntu around the Brain-Washington, DC area, when I should be doing useful work for my office, the Gallaudet Research Institute8. |
Edubuntu
My connection to is through the [:DCTeam:Washington, DC] [:LoCoTeams:LoCo]. I am also one of the core members of the "Computers for Social Justice" project, which is still in the planning phase. This project is part of a growing effort world-wide to refurbish and reuse old computers in the community. Our target distribution falls somewhere between Edubuntu and Ubuntu Lite, as we hope to distribute these older computers in the K-12 school system in northeast DC first. (We've decided not to establish a web site until we're a bit further along.) I've also written some tutorials10 (primarily for students, staff and faculty at Gallaudet) and am the creator and sporadic maintainer of the LEG-UP CD3. The CD has been superceded by Open CD Project11.
Speaking of Gallaudet... There is an issue of addressing SpecialNeeds in Edubuntu.
External References
1[http://gri.gallaudet.edu/Tutorials/ubuntu.php Ubuntu 5.04 Live CD for Newbies]
2[http://gri.gallaudet.edu/Tutorials/linux_tips.php Linux Tips]
3[http://pchb1f.gallaudet.edu/tricki/LegUp LEG-UP CD]
4[http://pchb1f.gallaudet.edu/tricki/NextStep The Next Step: Beyond Microsoft]
5[http://pchb1f.gallaudet.edu/tricki/ByteBack Byte Back Curriculum]
6[http://www.digitaldivide.net/community/Ubuntu/ Digital Divide Network (DDN) Ubuntu Community]
7[http://yhslug.tux.org/ YHSLUG]
8[http://gri.gallaudet.edu/ Gallaudet Research Institute]
9[http://ubuntulite.org/ Ubuntu Lite]
10[http://gri.gallaudet.edu/Tutorials/ Other tutorials]
11[http://www.theopencd.org/ Open CD Project]
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