[FLOSS-Desktops] Starting up at North Colonie Schools

[Patrick Masson]

Stuart,
Hmm, we had not thought about that. We do send out quite a few tweets,
the last one had a video.
https://twitter.com/OpenSourceOrg/status/852247381286498304https://twit
ter.com/OpenSourceOrg/status/852235742638202881https://twitter.com/Open
SourceOrg/status/852221659721351168
Maybe we'll have to do something a bit more sophisticated!
Patrick

On Wed, 2017-04-12 at 11:54 -0500, Stuart Keroff wrote:
> Sounds great. Will there be a blog post, video, or some other
> information about what they're doing. I want to show it to my
> students in St. Paul.
> 
> On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 10:21 AM, Patrick Masson <masson at opensource.o
> rg> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I just wanted share some great news: FLOSS Desktops for Kids will
> > be starting up at Loudonville Elementary, in Colonie, New York on
> > April 27th.
> > 
> > I'd like to offer a BIG THANK YOU to the entire crew at the
> > Schodack Central School District who hosted the North Colonie
> > schools staff for a bit of show and tell, to help them understand
> > the program and see if it would be a fit.
> > 
> > Also a BIG THANK YOU to the Siena College program who sent three
> > student mentors to Loundonville Elementary for a walk through of
> > the program and materials. I think hearing first hand from those
> > who have already complete the program really helped.
> > 
> > This is exactly how we hope to grow the program--peer to peer
> > --where ideas and inspiration are shared to help improve the
> > program, and spread adoption.
> > 
> > It is just so inspiring to see the engagement from teachers and
> > schools.
> > 
> > Thanks so much,
> > Patrick
> > 
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Patrick Masson
General Manager & Director, Open Source Initiative
855 El Camino Real, Ste 13A, #270
Palo Alto, CA 94301
United States
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