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Urko M. replied to Joel Garcia's discussion 'Why Go Through the Trouble, Dell's SX260' in the group Ubuntu
Good job!!! You are making a significant difference in your students, and therefore, in the world.   If I ever can help, I'll be happy!
Jan 17, 2011
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Urko M. replied to Joel Garcia's discussion 'The Next Challenge, that Brute, Dell's Little Optiplex SX260' in the group Ubuntu
Good to know you got it to work! I usually use Clonezilla Live CD once I have a computer that works. That should save you all the hassle of installing it all over again for the rest of the donated SX260s.   The updates that you get are for all…
Jan 17, 2011
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Why Go Through the Trouble, Dell's SX260

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Dell's SX260 is a nifty little computer that works great with LTSP, Linux Terminal Server Project. Our school has received a bunch of these little critters which originally came loaded with Windows XP. Now, I like XP, but I didn't want to deal with purchasing software and the problems concerning virus protection, etc. Ubuntu has been great and I have been running it in my classroom on 16 computers using LTSP and have upgraded that lab to the SX260s. Great improvement from the floppy disk PXE…See More
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Joel Garcia replied to Joel Garcia's discussion 'The Next Challenge, that Brute, Dell's Little Optiplex SX260' in the group Ubuntu
Hello Urko, I had a bit of free time today and decided to tackle the challenge of installing 10.04 again. To my surprise I was successful to a point. After 6 minutes of going online. my screen turned black and then began flashing on and off…
Jan 16, 2011
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Urko M. replied to Joel Garcia's discussion 'The Next Challenge, that Brute, Dell's Little Optiplex SX260' in the group Ubuntu
That is really weird... But you are not the only one with troubles: http://getsatisfaction.com/jolicloud/topics/help_app_windows_and_menus_wont_close_after_i_close_them It seems this Dell in particular is quite tricky, at least with Ubuntu. Have you…
Jan 7, 2011
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Joel Garcia replied to Joel Garcia's discussion 'The Next Challenge, that Brute, Dell's Little Optiplex SX260' in the group Ubuntu
I did try 10.4. It did not work. These computers only worked with the Ubuntu images available on the Linux Dell site. I tried Ubuntu 8.04, 9.04, 9.10, 10.04, Linux Mint 9 LXDE, 9XFCE, and different Knoppix versions which actually worked. The problem…
Jan 7, 2011
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Urko M. replied to Joel Garcia's discussion 'The Next Challenge, that Brute, Dell's Little Optiplex SX260' in the group Ubuntu
How come you haven't tried Ubuntu 10.04.1 or Ubuntu 10.10?
Jan 3, 2011
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Joel Garcia added 2 discussions to the group Ubuntu Jan 2, 2011
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Joel Garcia replied to Joel Garcia's discussion 'The Next Challenge, that Brute, Dell's Little Optiplex SX260' in the group Ubuntu
The little SX260 threw one last small curve. There was no sound. I looked everywhere again and found a hint of a solution. Someone mentioned that when the kernel was updated his sound disappeared. When I installed all my updates, I thought for…
Jan 2, 2011
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Joel Garcia replied to Geoff St. Pierre's discussion 'music; midi; ubuntu?' in the group Ubuntu
A Thought and Experience This is what I am thinking the issue is, your computer might have an issue with the live kernel, maybe your sound card. The computer that I am working with is a Dell Gx270, a small compact desktop with no frills. I tried…
Nov 28, 2010
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Joel Garcia replied to Chris Fritz's discussion 'How to Run an Ubuntu Lab' in the group Ubuntu
Urco, not quite off topic: Python has its place in the Ubuntu lab. I have a book titled "Hello World! Computer Programming for Kids and Other Beginners." It uses the application "Idle" as a vehicle to teach programming in Python…
Nov 28, 2010
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Joel Garcia replied to Chris Fritz's discussion 'How to Run an Ubuntu Lab' in the group Ubuntu
I have been running Ubuntu LTSP for two years now in my classroom with virtually no administrative tasks other than running updates, specifically Edubuntu 8.04 LTSP. I tried to update to the latest Edubuntu 10.04, but my server hardware is…
Nov 27, 2010
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Joel Garcia replied to Geoff St. Pierre's discussion 'music; midi; ubuntu?' in the group Ubuntu
To answer your question directly, check out Ardour. If you have been doing this awhile, you probably know about this application already. It will most likely work with M-Audio stations. Another thought, if you are interested in using music…
Nov 27, 2010
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Joel Garcia replied to Geoff St. Pierre's discussion 'music; midi; ubuntu?' in the group Ubuntu
I have not had much success with Ubuntu in regards to using Midi and music applications. The problem that I have come up with is that Ubuntu is too big, quirky, and does not easily work right out of the box. I noticed a lot of background noise using…
Nov 27, 2010
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Joel Garcia replied to Dan Veltri's discussion 'What would you like to see in the new version of Weebly for Education?'
Hello Dan, I currently have a Weebly Pro account with you. http://hawaiianfifthgrade.weebly.com/index.html I have a few questions and suggestions. 1. Is it possible to add the teacher account features such as sub accounts and assignment dropbox? 2.…
Aug 6, 2010
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Joel Garcia replied to charles herzog's discussion 'Operating Systems: How Painful To Switch?'
Speaking of a couple of options for the little ones, I was at the SoCal Linux convention in Los Angeles last year and had a chance to experiment with OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) , a portable laptop geared specifically for young learners everywhere…
Dec 29, 2009

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Hawaiian Elementary School
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http://edubuntuclassroom.blogspot.com/
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http://hawaiianfifthgrade.weebly.com/
About Me
I teach fifth grade and during this last year I have integrated a computer learning center in my classroom using Edubuntu LTSP. My knowledge in technology has grown exponentially within the past fourteen months. My goal is to target California Academic Content Standards through the use of technology and provide my students with opportunities to work with technology that is not available at home. My students love their lab and are engaged in learning.

I have a variety of interests. I enjoy hiking and fly fishing. I play the saxophone, flute and currently teaching myself how to play guitar and bass. I love jazz, soul, classic rock, and flamenco guitar music.

I love Linux and I think I am becoming a computer geek. I am a scrounge, finding computers in alleys, taking dead computers from friends and rebuilding them. Since Linux runs on virtually anything, I have been pretty successful this year. Lately it seems like people just give computers to me because they know that I will recycle them and use them at my school. In fact, I have introduced to ABC Unified School District its first Open Source Linux Terminal Server lab. We now have three LTSP classroom computer labs at my school. It seems as though our movement is beginning to grow.

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Reflections Upon Using the Ubuntu LTSP Lab in the Fifth Grade Classroom

Posted on December 23, 2009 at 10:49am 2 Comments

The 2008-2009 school year has ended and we are now in December, two days before Christmas 2009. I have been incorporating Open Source technology into my classroom for some time now and find the results quite rewarding. If I were to categorize how I have used technology thus far I would include mainly four areas of concentration: writing, research, reference support, and enrichment. The main issue in using technology in a fifth grade classroom is finding time and utilizing time in a meaningful… Continue
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Building Computers in Fifth Grade: Foundation for the next Linus Torvalds or Andy Hertzfeld

Posted on August 15, 2009 at 10:05am 0 Comments

This year I am going to create a class for our after school program that shows students how to build computers from scratch using spare parts from other computers. I think working with the computer today is like rebuilding old cars of the past. Find parts for that Chevy and make it run better than it did before. No need for for new parts, go to the junk yard. Anyhow, I have been experimenting this year building thin clients and servers from computers that people throw away and thought this… Continue

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At 2:16pm on November 30, 2010, Geoff St. PierreGeoff St. Pierre said…
AV Linux 4 installed, but I could not get any sound from CD's, youtube, etc. I also could not get the midi keyboard working; admittedly I do not understand MIDI or JACK or those things. I tried ubuntustudio and the sound worked on that out of the box, and the M-Audio worked in LMMS which I thought was pretty cool.

I still do not know how to change from different types of keyboard sounds, currently i'm stuck on organ, but at least it works and my kids and I can mess around.

thanks for the help, if I make any great progess I will keep you posted.

~ Geoff
At 6:35pm on October 27, 2009, charles herzogcharles herzog said…
Hey Joel,

Hope you're well. If it's okay with you, I'd like to use your website in a presentation I'll be giving the board and tech committee. Do you have any thoughts regarding nComputing?
At 4:44am on July 14, 2009, Anne MirtschinAnne Mirtschin said…
Hello Joel and welcome. I loved reading about your achievements in your introduction. Your enthausiasm will continue with membership on this site.
 
 
 

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