[ale] Notes from Jun 19th meeting

[Daniel Howard]

Thanks Mike for the Inkscape solution, I'll show my teachers that one 
first of next year.  Coupled with the graphics on OpenClipArt, it should 
meet the needs of both teachers and non-profits.

Jim's commentary got me thinking: what I need to do is stop arguing 
about supporting an old application, and focus on what they can do with 
the new system.  With K12LTSP and TeacherTool, teachers have 
unprecedented control over what kids do with the computers, even beyond 
what they're seeing at the Educational Tech conferences to which Jim 
referred.  So, for my next school, I'm going to include a demo of 
TeacherTool and show them why a thin client architecture makes sense and 
what they can do with it is well beyond what they currently do.  I'm 
guessing that a new capability/software application will trump any 
resistance from supporting an old application, especially if I can show 
them they can still do the old stuff if they really want to.

Still learning in Atlanta,
Daniel

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Daniel Howard
President and CEO
Georgia Open Source Education Foundation