{"id":267,"date":"2012-06-19T09:09:03","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T13:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ale.org\/?p=267"},"modified":"2012-06-19T09:09:44","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T13:09:44","slug":"ale-central-mtg-for-thurs-june-21st-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ale.org\/?p=267","title":{"rendered":"ALE CENTRAL MTG. for Thurs., June 21st, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe feature presentation for our ALE Central Meeting
\nat 7:30pm on Thursday, June 21st, 2012 will be:<\/p>\n

“Open Source in Education:
\nLiberating Students, Teachers, Schools and Budgets
\nwith Liberated Information Technology”<\/font>
\n with Jim Kinney <\/strong><\/p>\n

Synopsis:
\n– This presentation will be a look at tools, techniques and
\nphilosophies from the communities of Free Liberated Open
\nSource technology that should be integrated RIGHT NOW
\nin K12 schools.
\n– Discussions will include a look at elements of the Open
\nSource universe that are an obvious and natural fit with the
\nfunctions and concerns of K12 education. Some specific
\nsoftware and configuration techniques will be discussed,
\nalong with the benefits of integrating key concepts from
\nOpen Source communities into the daily working process
\nof K12 schools and related IT practices.<\/p>\n

Bio:
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u201c James (Jim) Kinney became a zealous fan of Linux and
\nLiberated Open Source Software the first time he saw a
\ndiscarded Next Cube running Slackware in 1992. In the
\n20 years since his introduction to Linux & FLOSS goodness,
\nJames transformed his obsession into a career. First at Emory
\nUniversity where he taught physics, converted their computer
\nlab to Linux and helped co-found LUGE, the Linux Users Group
\nof Emory. Next followed a 10+ year stint as an entrepreneur
\nLinux & Open Source consultant. Notable projects included
\nthe installation of 40+ Linux servers running 2000+ student
\nstations in Atlanta public schools, server upgrade work at
\nGoogle, systems integration for a travel booking company,
\nand consulting for Cox Communications
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Currently Jim works with the Internet Security Systems
\ngroup of IBM along side some [other] really bright people
\nwho are actively involved in protecting all aspects of
\ncritical path communications (despite any MicroSoft
\nproducts in the pavement).<\/p>\n

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\nThe meeting will be held at Emory Law School in our
\nusual Gambrel Hall, room 1C venue.
\nOur meeting time frame is 7:30pm to ~9:30pm
\nDirections to Emory Law School can be found at
\nhttp:\/\/ale.org\/?page_id=2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The feature presentation for our ALE Central Meeting at 7:30pm on Thursday, June 21st, 2012 will be: “Open Source in Education: Liberating Students, Teachers, Schools and Budgets with Liberated Information Technology” with Jim Kinney Synopsis: – This presentation will be a look at tools, techniques and philosophies from the communities of Free Liberated Open Source […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ale-central","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=267"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281,"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions\/281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}