SUSE ® Linux Enterprise Desktop in a One-To-One 21st Century Classroom Alex Inman Director of Technology Whitfield School

© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 2 21 st Century Skills

© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 3 Project Design

© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 4 Core Subjects and Interdisciplinary Themes English, reading or language arts Foreign languages Arts Mathematics Economics Science Geography History Government and Civics

© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 5 Core Subjects and Interdisciplinary Themes (Classroom Examples) History classes and English classes combining historical novels to place characters or historical figures on trial in a mock trial project (OpenOffice Writer and Calc, Firefox) Economics classes and foreign language classes working together on international micro and macro economics projects (Liferea, Evolution ™, iFolder, Ning)

© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 6 Learning and Innovation Skills Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Creativity and Innovation Communication and Collaboration

© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 7 Learning and Innovation Skills (Classroom Examples) Challenge 20/20 – International collaborative project to solve global challenges – Students worked with peers in Germany to solve water scarcity in Indonesian and African villages – OpenOffice, Evolution ™, iFolder, web portal, Firefox, GIMP, Audacity Rube Goldberg project – Elaborate simple machines – Firefox, Kino, OpenOffice Calc

© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 8 Information Media and Technology Skills Information Literacy Media Literacy Information communication and technology literacy

© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 9 Information Media and Technology Skills (Classroom Examples) Advertising Competition – Students create Ad campaigns for real or fictitious products and pitch campaigns to jury of industry professionals – Audacity, GIMP, Firefox, OpenOffice, Inkscape, iFolder, Planner Stamp Project – Students create a stamp to depict a seminal event to represent a decade – GIMP, iFolder, OpenOffice

© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 1010 Life and Career Skills Flexibility & Adaptability Initiative & Self-Direction Social & Cross-Cultural Skills Productivity & Accountability Leadership & Responsibility

© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 1 Life and Career Skills (Classroom Examples) Grant proposal – Students write science grants to create research projects to develop new uses of fringe scientific findings – OpenOffice, Firefox, iFolder, GIMP Senior Quest – Linux laptops brought out into the work field. Students use their computers in their “jobs.” Students also use laptops to report their experience – OpenOffice, Evolution ™, iFolder

© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 1212 Linux Likes and Gripes Top Likes Ease of Use (51) Open Office (17) Customization (16) Desktop Effects (15) Panel (10) Stability (8) Top Gripes Open Office (29) Intuitive install (15) Network Manager (11) Ease of Use (10) Samba (9) DVD (7) Power management (7) Evolution (7)

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© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 1414 Learn more and do more LinuxLaptops Blog – – Periodic blog on our project – Links to White Paper research – Links to raw data on our project Educational Collaborators – – Real educators available to help you with your initiatives

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