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Interactive whiteboard software comparison

07.04.2011 1 comment

The past days have been spent on test preparations. We have been doing first test installations and finding out how the accompanying software works for each of the interactive whiteboards. The installations have been done on stock Ubuntu 10.04 LTS setup. We have been focusing at this point on installation and first-time use experiences. This [...]

Smartboard software on LTSP fat clients

01.10.2010 Comment

Interactive whiteboards like Smartboards are becoming more and more common in classrooms and there are also quite a few linux users using them. As we do a lot of work with Ubuntu LTSP based fat clients, I needed to find a way to get the Smartboard software installed in the chroot image. SMART Technologies provides [...]

User management rethought

22.01.2010 1 comment

All the schools function pretty much the same way. And this opens a huge potential to simplify the user management tools. One does not need to support every possible environment, but the user management flow used in the schools. I’m becoming certain, that the whole user management concept for schools can be rethought to make the whole process intuitive and take the pain away.All the schools function pretty much the same way. And this opens a huge potential to simplify the user management tools. One does not need to support every possible environment, but the user management flow used in the schools. I’m becoming certain, that the whole user management concept for schools can be rethought to make the whole process intuitive and take the pain away.All the schools function pretty much the same way. And this opens a huge potential to simplify the user management tools. One does not need to support every possible environment, but the user management flow used in the schools. I’m becoming certain, that the whole user management concept for schools can be rethought to make the whole process intuitive and take the pain away.