K12LTSP in Episd - Other Ideas and Projects

In addition to support and training on K12LTSP (Thin Client) initiatives, Technology Coordinator Alan Hodson also spearheads the following projects:

Open Source software deployment for Macs, PCs and Linux.

Swiki Boards - an interactive web page that acts like an electronic bulletin board.

E-Smith (SME) Servers - the ideal intranet server solution.

Squeak - Cross Platform Computer Language development tool for multimedia and Open Source programming deployments in elementary and middle schools.

Moodle - a course management system (CMS) - software designed to help educators create quality online courses. Outstanding system with a strong grounding in social constructionist pedagogy. 

Dual-Boot systems - give your PCs a new lease on life by partitioning the hard drive and sharing it with Linux. No original OS loss/change.