Using Ubuntu Linux at the American International School Kevin Miller, Jr. American International School http://www.ais.edu.vn

About American International School AIS is a private college-preparatory school providing an American education to students in Saigon Offers American curriculum in English Student makeup includes Vietnamese and International Students I currently teach 8th, 11 th and 12 th graders as a part-time ICT teacher

AIS is a private college-preparatory school providing an American education to students in Saigon

Offers American curriculum in English

Student makeup includes Vietnamese and International Students

I currently teach 8th, 11 th and 12 th graders as a part-time ICT teacher

Why Linux at AIS? Gives AIS students an opportunity to use another operating system Makes students less dependent on Windows Prepares them for US overseas study Many US universities use Linux Personal bias I want my students to learn Linux

Gives AIS students an opportunity to use another operating system

Makes students less dependent on Windows

Prepares them for US overseas study

Many US universities use Linux

Personal bias

I want my students to learn Linux

History of Linux at AIS In the 2007-2008 school year, my 10 th and 11 th Graders used PCLinuxOS with VMWare Player Students learned to SSH'd my PC-BSD Apache server for a couple web projects Virtualbox (Linux Mint) (Ken using PCLinuxOS)

In the 2007-2008 school year, my 10 th and 11 th Graders used PCLinuxOS with VMWare Player

Students learned to SSH'd my PC-BSD Apache server for a couple web projects

Virtualbox (Linux Mint)

All in Command Line Students not allowed to use the GUI All tasks must be completed in the Command Line All images were edited with Imagemagick (My students got used to Konsole)

Students not allowed to use the GUI

All tasks must be completed in the Command Line

All images were edited with Imagemagick

How I got then interested in Linux? iPhone released at beginning of school year Convinced students that they could unlock iPhone on their own They succeeded!!! Got them hooked when I explain iPhone (BSD) and Linux similar

iPhone released at beginning of school year

Convinced students that they could unlock iPhone on their own

They succeeded!!!

Got them hooked when I explain iPhone (BSD) and Linux similar

Initial Problems VMWare Player was slow on the laptops Not allowed to install Linux on school laptops Virtualbox slow on shared school server at new campus 20 minute bootups Students forced to use Putty SSH to PC-BSD server

VMWare Player was slow on the laptops

Not allowed to install Linux on school laptops

Virtualbox slow on shared school server at new campus

20 minute bootups

Students forced to use Putty

SSH to PC-BSD server

2008-2009 School Year 11 th and 12 th Graders required to use laptops or netbooks at AIS Asus promotion for students Eee PC 1000 discounted at $450 US Not popular with faculty, students, and parents Nobody knew how to use Linux EXCEPT ME!!! 2 nd Quarter return to Linux With Ubuntu

11 th and 12 th Graders required to use laptops or netbooks at AIS

Asus promotion for students

Eee PC 1000 discounted at $450 US

Not popular with faculty, students, and parents

Nobody knew how to use Linux

EXCEPT ME!!!

2 nd Quarter return to Linux

With Ubuntu

My Class Requirements 11 th and 12 th Graders must bring laptops or netbooks to class Students must install Ubuntu Linux 8.10: Inside Virtualbox (with Window systems), As a dual partition with Windows, or As a dual partition in their Netbooks Ubuntu eee 8.04.1 Students must keep Window partitions Other AIS teachers use Microsoft applications

11 th and 12 th Graders must bring laptops or netbooks to class

Students must install Ubuntu Linux 8.10:

Inside Virtualbox (with Window systems),

As a dual partition with Windows, or

As a dual partition in their Netbooks

Ubuntu eee 8.04.1

Students must keep Window partitions

Other AIS teachers use Microsoft applications

Why Ubuntu Linux? They already know about Ubuntu Easy to install Great Disk Partitioner Nice eye candy Compiz really sells Easy to use Can use it at home to work on class projects

They already know about Ubuntu

Easy to install

Great Disk Partitioner

Nice eye candy

Compiz really sells

Easy to use

Can use it at home to work on class projects

Students Installing Ubuntu (I) Ubuntu 8.10 install on laptop with LiveCD Ubuntu eee 8.04.1 install on EeePC 1000 with unetbootin LiveUSB

Students Installing Ubuntu (II) Will need two full weeks to install Ubuntu on all laptops

What will they use Ubuntu for? Command Line Install LAMP Web development with XHTML and CSS GIMP Python Popular last school year Django Students working on Python projects

Command Line

Install LAMP

Web development with XHTML and CSS

GIMP

Python

Popular last school year

Django

Conclusion 11 th and 12 th Graders will have two full school years of Linux experience Hope to introduce Linux to 8 th Graders Use web development and netbooks as carrot Kids love to make websites Other AIS ICT teachers interested in using Linux in the classroom

11 th and 12 th Graders will have two full school years of Linux experience

Hope to introduce Linux to 8 th Graders

Use web development and netbooks as carrot

Kids love to make websites

Other AIS ICT teachers interested in using Linux in the classroom

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