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The Open Schoolhouse: Building a Technology Program to Transform Learning and Empower Students
Schools struggle with budget-breaking software bills while students endure locked-down computers and closed technology policies. Thankfully, there's a better way to empower and inspire students: the open source model.
The Open Schoolhouse is a candid story and practical guidebook for school administrators and educators seeking affordable and powerful technology programs. Follow Penn Manor School District's open technology journey from the server room to the classroom. Learn how open source software and values helped the district cut costs, design a one-to-one laptop program, and create an internationally recognized student help desk. You'll discover:
The secrets behind free and open source software and how open source principles ignite classroom collaboration, design thinking, and communities of practice
How LibreOffice, Linux, Moodle, WordPress, and other open source programs can save schools hundreds of thousands of dollars
How open source culture and software tools can help school technology teams improve infrastructure and support systems
The step-by-step story of dreaming, planning, and launching an open high school one-to-one laptop program and student-led technology help desk
How a remarkable team of high school technology apprentices created innovative software for thousands of students and teachers
If you like clear examples, abundant anecdotes, and inspiring student success stories, you'll love this behind the scenes look at how one school district rebooted classroom technology and empowered students to rewire their world.
Read The Open Schoolhouse and be inspired to upgrade your school to open source!
The Open Schoolhouse is a candid story and practical guidebook for school administrators and educators seeking affordable and powerful technology programs. Follow Penn Manor School District's open technology journey from the server room to the classroom. Learn how open source software and values helped the district cut costs, design a one-to-one laptop program, and create an internationally recognized student help desk. You'll discover:
The secrets behind free and open source software and how open source principles ignite classroom collaboration, design thinking, and communities of practice
How LibreOffice, Linux, Moodle, WordPress, and other open source programs can save schools hundreds of thousands of dollars
How open source culture and software tools can help school technology teams improve infrastructure and support systems
The step-by-step story of dreaming, planning, and launching an open high school one-to-one laptop program and student-led technology help desk
How a remarkable team of high school technology apprentices created innovative software for thousands of students and teachers
If you like clear examples, abundant anecdotes, and inspiring student success stories, you'll love this behind the scenes look at how one school district rebooted classroom technology and empowered students to rewire their world.
Read The Open Schoolhouse and be inspired to upgrade your school to open source!
160 pages, Paperback
Published October 6, 2016
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October 30, 2016
Inspiring read for anyone who has heard of "Open" anything
Student centered narratives drive this story of how a school district took back their technology through open source software! Fast read with enough technical information to make this long time Linux user happy but explained in a way that anyone could understand! Should be required reading for school IT people!
Student centered narratives drive this story of how a school district took back their technology through open source software! Fast read with enough technical information to make this long time Linux user happy but explained in a way that anyone could understand! Should be required reading for school IT people!
September 7, 2017
A must read for any school teacher or leader!
Whilst this book reflects much of what Charlie and the Penn Manor teamnhave made available via video, it consolidates all the learning into a concise and easy to digest book.
An easy read, yet full of insight and real world experiences.
I wonder, where is the Charlie Reisinger in your school?
Whilst this book reflects much of what Charlie and the Penn Manor teamnhave made available via video, it consolidates all the learning into a concise and easy to digest book.
An easy read, yet full of insight and real world experiences.
I wonder, where is the Charlie Reisinger in your school?
November 11, 2016
This book is a must read for everyone in education who has anything to do with computers, either as an educator or as a policy maker.
Knowing there is a world beyond the big commercial companies is necessary to be able to make good policy decisions.
Charlie's book gives very good real life examples of the possibilities of Open Source software in education. It's written in a very accessible style and is a good read for both technical and non-technical readers.
Knowing there is a world beyond the big commercial companies is necessary to be able to make good policy decisions.
Charlie's book gives very good real life examples of the possibilities of Open Source software in education. It's written in a very accessible style and is a good read for both technical and non-technical readers.
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