KevinCole

Revision 20 as of 2006-01-13 18:27:44

Clear message

[Since I detest the fancy link icons, and cannot seem to turn them off, I've turned all external links into footnotes. Less intrusive.]

Contact Info

See my [#0 Launchpad Profile]0.

Teams and Projects

  • [:DCTeam:Washington, DC] [:LoCoTeams:LoCo Team] - Contact / Lead

  • [:EdubuntuWiki:Edubuntu]

  • [:DocumentationTeam:Documentation Team]

  • [:AccessibilityTeam:Accessibility Team]

  • [:UbuntuInLibraries:Ubuntu In Libraries]

Contributed resources

  • [:MOTU/School:MOTU School introduction] and [:MOTU/School/2005-12-10: 2005-12-10 Class]

  • [:FreeNxHowto:FreeNX HOWTO]

  • [:SpecialNeeds:Special Needs in Educational Software]

  • [:EdubuntuHowto:Edubuntu HOWTO]1

  • [#2 Ubuntu 5.04 Live CD for Newbies]2

  • [#3 Linux Tips]3

  • [#4 LEG-UP CD]4 (sort of Open CD Lite)

  • [#5 The Next Step: Beyond Microsoft]5

  • [#6 Byte Back Curriculum]6

  • [#7 Digital Divide Network (DDN) Ubuntu Community]7

  • [#8 Software Freedom Day 2005 Report]8

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 [#9 YHSLUG]9 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 [#10 Gallaudet Research Institute]10.

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 [#11 Ubuntu Lite]11, 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 [#12 tutorials]12 (primarily for students, staff and faculty at Gallaudet) and am the creator and sporadic maintainer of the [#3 LEG-UP CD]3. The CD has been superceded by [#13 Open CD Project]13.

Speaking of Gallaudet... There is an issue of addressing SpecialNeeds in Edubuntu.

External References

CategoryHomepage