tuxmath-devel

[Tuxmath-devel] testers

[William K. <nb...@so...>]

I'd like to add info. on the playtesters to the credits screen.
I know some folks (Greg and Calvin) are having teachers/students test
it.  At the very least, it'd be nice to include the school names.

Please send 'em as you get 'em, and I'll add them to src/credits.c

Thanks!

-bill!

Re: [Tuxmath-devel] testers

[Calvin A. <cal...@ya...>]

St. Catherine
Westwood Elementary
Both of Cincinnati, Oh

Bill have we dedicated this work to anything?


--- William Kendrick <nb...@so...> wrote:
> I'd like to add info. on the playtesters to the credits screen.
> I know some folks (Greg and Calvin) are having teachers/students test
> it.  At the very least, it'd be nice to include the school names.
> 
> Please send 'em as you get 'em, and I'll add them to src/credits.c
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -bill!
> 
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Re: [Tuxmath-devel] testers

[Samuel H. <cri...@ge...>]

On Thursday 13 September 2001  6:22pm, William Kendrick wrote:
> I'd like to add info. on the playtesters to the credits screen.
> I know some folks (Greg and Calvin) are having teachers/students test
> it.  At the very least, it'd be nice to include the school names.
>
> Please send 'em as you get 'em, and I'll add them to src/credits.c

Actually, from a legal standpoint, we may want to verify with the 
administration of these schools that we can include their names in the 
credits.

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Re: [Tuxmath-devel] testers

[William K. <nb...@so...>]

On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 07:49:00AM -0700, Samuel Hart wrote:
> On Thursday 13 September 2001  6:22pm, William Kendrick wrote:
> > I'd like to add info. on the playtesters to the credits screen.
> > I know some folks (Greg and Calvin) are having teachers/students test
> > it.  At the very least, it'd be nice to include the school names.
> >
> > Please send 'em as you get 'em, and I'll add them to src/credits.c
> 
> Actually, from a legal standpoint, we may want to verify with the 
> administration of these schools that we can include their names in the 
> credits.

Ahh... Good point.  :)  Ok, can someone check for me? :)

Thanks!

-bill!

Re: [Tuxmath-devel] testers

[Calvin A. <cal...@ya...>]

> 
> Ahh... Good point.  :)  Ok, can someone check for me? :)

All I can do is to add that to my agenda (they are at this point
scheduling a meeting with the math depts for me)

However I don't see a problem...

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Re: [Tuxmath-devel] testers

[Samuel H. <cri...@ge...>]

On Friday 14 September 2001 11:44am, Calvin Arndt wrote:
> > Ahh... Good point.  :)  Ok, can someone check for me? :)
>
> All I can do is to add that to my agenda (they are at this point
> scheduling a meeting with the math depts for me)
>
> However I don't see a problem...

Just a quick FYI (from my experience):

Public Schools may have a problem (the paper-work involved in getting 
permission for "non-preapproved" software installed is usually a nightmare in 
school districts) simply because if an individual administrator (or teacher, 
or even simple tech-head) is using the software on a testing basis, they may 
not necessarily have permission to do do.

Private, charter, religious, etc. schools may or may not have problems 
depending on their circumstances (private and charter schools will likely not 
have many problems, rather they'd like the PR.... religious schools may have 
a problem simply because they might not want to be affiliated with 
non-corportate groups [this is a very if-y area... some may have problems, 
other may not...] )

(These things being said, I'd just like to add that I think the first places 
where we would see wide-spread Linux/Open-Source software use in the 
classroom will most likely be in the private, charter, religious, etc. 
schools, simply because they usually have less overhead technology 
infrastructure to deal with. ;-)

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Re: [Tuxmath-devel] testers

[Samuel H. <cri...@ge...>]

On Friday 14 September 2001  1:39pm, Samuel Hart wrote:
> Just a quick FYI (from my experience):
>
> Public Schools may have a problem (the paper-work involved in getting
> permission for "non-preapproved" software installed is usually a nightmare
> in school districts) simply because if an individual administrator (or
> teacher, or even simple tech-head) is using the software on a testing
> basis, they may not necessarily have permission to do do.

Also, to add to what I've already said, because there have been soooo many 
legal and financial attacks on schools in the last five years, public schools 
in particular are very paranoid (and rightly so) about installing software 
that isn't "approved" simply because they dont understand the licenses 
involved.

(PS: we have some massive work ahead of ourselves to convince schools that 
not only can they find quality software in the Open-Source/Free-Software 
worlds... but that they can trust the licenses will give them more freedoms 
and less legal worry than the licenses they are familier with ;-)

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Re: [Tuxmath-devel] testers

[Calvin A. <cal...@ya...>]

> (These things being said, I'd just like to add that I think the first
> places 
> where we would see wide-spread Linux/Open-Source software use in the 
> classroom will most likely be in the private, charter, religious,
> etc. 
> schools, simply because they usually have less overhead technology 
> infrastructure to deal with. ;-)

That being said Sam, I was extremely suprised to hear from the
parochial school, of their lack of trouble getting funding for PC's.
I'm used to the public schools situation which is exactly the opposite!



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