The Open Schoolhouse
A story and guidebook for school administrators and educators seeking affordable and powerful technology programs. It documents how open source software and open principles helped Penn Manor School District cut costs, design a one-to-one student laptop program, and create an internationally recognized student help desk.
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What Hacker News says
- The Open Schoolhouse is a memorable book I read this year. http://theopenschoolhouse.com/
- This school district in the USA almost exclusively uses Free Software:
TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8Co37GO2Fc&app=desktop
RedHat Video: https://youtu.be/Nj3dGK3c4nY
The IT Director there has also written a book: https://www.amazon.com/Open-Schoolhouse-Building-Technology-...
[Full Disclosure: He and I are good friends.]
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