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21	21	**Community: **
22	22	//Please note: the names and organizations listed here are provided for reference only, and include those who have engaged with the program at very different levels. These are provided here for reference only, and should not be assumed to support the FLOSS Desktops program, or the Open Source Initiative.//
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	24	+* Aspen Academy - Penguin Corps
	25	+** [[Stu Keroff>>mailto:[email protected]]], Director
24	24	* Boys & Girls Club of Orange County (?)
25	25	** [[Ben Hall>>mailto:[email protected]]], Volunteer Community Organizer
26	26	* [[Community School of Excellence, Asian Penguins>>http://www.asianpenguins.org]]
27		-** [[Stu Keroff>>mailto:stuart[email protected]]], Technology Coordinator
	29	+** [[Luke Burris>>mailto:lukeb@csemn.org]], Director
28	28	* Greenville High School
29	29	** [[Tadhg Russell>>mailto:[email protected]]], Computer Club Advisor
30	30	* [[Ferguson Youth Initiative>>http://fyifergyouth.org]]
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72	72	= Description =
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74		-[[image:SchodackKidsUbunutuScreens.jpg||style="float: right;" width="400"]]Each year school districts across the United States discard thousands of computers as the hardware moves off of commercial service warranties (typically after three or four years) or are no longer capable of running the latest proprietary operating systems and desktop applications. The majority of these computers are still functional (i.e. not broken or damaged). At the same time, many schools are looking for opportunities to increase STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) within their curricula. The availability of surplus equipment and FLOSS software provides a unique opportunity for schools, teachers and students to learn about computer hardware and software.
	76	+[[image:SchodackKidsUbunutuScreens.jpg||style="float:right" width="400"]]Each year school districts across the United States discard thousands of computers as the hardware moves off of commercial service warranties (typically after three or four years) or are no longer capable of running the latest proprietary operating systems and desktop applications. The majority of these computers are still functional (i.e. not broken or damaged). At the same time, many schools are looking for opportunities to increase STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) within their curricula. The availability of surplus equipment and FLOSS software provides a unique opportunity for schools, teachers and students to learn about computer hardware and software.
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76	76	The FLOSS Desktop Refurbishment and Distribution working group will develop a program and resource guideline for creating student workshops (school clubs, groups, etc.) serving K-12 and potentially the broader community (senior citizens, libraries, community groups, etc.). These workshops will be open to school children and run by their faculty and/or community mentors in cooperation with their schools, providing access to a variety of project-based learning activities, including:
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174	174	(% class="sortHeader" %)|=School Name|=Contact|=Reference Source|=FLOSS Used|=Notes
175	175	|Maple Hill Middle School|[[Kristopher Navratil>>path:mailto:[email protected]]], Technology Faculty, Maple Hill Middle School|[[Middle School Students Present at University at Albany>>url:http://www.schodack.k12.ny.us/stories/2014-15/Open-Source-Computer-Club.php]]|Linux (Ubuntu), LibreOffice, GIMP, OpenShot|FLOSS only used in the School's Open Source Computer Club as part of the FLOSS Desktops for Kids program.
176	176	|Mirman School|[[Michael Taggart>>url:https://theforeverstudent.com/]], Education technologist and writer.| via a [[Tweet>>url:https://twitter.com/mttaggart/status/859503381198454784]] from [[@mttaggart>>url:https://twitter.com/mttaggart]].|Linux|Linux in the Library (rPi kiosks) supporting digital signage, for VMs in CS classes, as a desktop for one faculty member.
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179	179	== Photos ==
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181		-**[[image:oscc03.png||style="float: right;" width="400"]]General 2015**
	183	+**[[image:oscc03.png||style="float:right" width="400"]]General 2015**
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183	183	* [[Box of discarded computer equipment>>attach:box.jpg]], typical of where the hardware supporting the FLOSS Desktops for Kids is acquired from (2015).
184	184	* [[Members of the Open Source Computer Club>>attach:club.jpeg]] from Maple Hill Middle School (Schodack CSD) working on their computers (2015).
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193	193	**Albany Open Source Festival, 2015**
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195		-* [[image:oscc05.png||style="float: right;" width="400"]]Kris Navratil, Maple Hill Middle School Technology Teacher & Open Source Computer Club advisor, with students [[at the University at Albany's Open Source Festival>>attach:oscc03.png]] (2015).
	197	+* [[image:oscc05.png||style="float:right" width="400"]]Kris Navratil, Maple Hill Middle School Technology Teacher & Open Source Computer Club advisor, with students [[at the University at Albany's Open Source Festival>>attach:oscc03.png]] (2015).
196	196	* Students from Maple Hill Middle School's Open Source Computer Club [[explain their work to Raymond Blum>>attach:oscc04.png]], Site Reliability Engineer at Google, during the University at Albany's Open Source Festival (2015).
197	197	* Students from Maple Hill Middle School's Open Source Computer Club [[talk with UAlbany professor Norman Gervais>>attach:oscc05.png]] during the University at Albany's Open Source Festival (2015).
198	198	* Kris Navratil, Maple Hill Middle School Technology Teacher & Open Source Computer Club advisor, with [[students at the University at Albany's Open Source Festival>>attach:oscc07.png]] (2015).
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205	205	**General 2016**
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207		-* [[image:20160303_135109.jpg||style="float: right;" width="400"]]Students from Maple Hill Middle School's Open Source Computer Club [[working in their meeting / club space>>attach:20160303_135051.jpg]] (2016).
	209	+* [[image:20160303_135109.jpg||style="float:right" width="400"]]Students from Maple Hill Middle School's Open Source Computer Club [[working in their meeting / club space>>attach:20160303_135051.jpg]] (2016).
208	208	* Student from Maple Hill Middle School's Open Source Computer Club [[cleaning his computer chassis>>attach:20160303_135101.jpg]] (2016).
209	209	* Student from Maple Hill Middle School's Open Source Computer Club [[assembles her computer>>attach:20160303_135109.jpg]] (2016).
210	210	* Kris Navratil, Maple Hill Middle School Technology Teacher & Matthew Purificato, Schodack CSD's Computer Network Administrator, [[work with students>>attach:20160309_134534.jpg]] from Maple Hill Middle School's Open Source Computer Club (2016).
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232	232	**General 2017**
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234		-* [[[[image:ScodackKids03.jpg||style="float: right;" width="400"]]Decommissioned & discarded computers>>attach:ComputersOnPallet2017.jpg]] arrive on a pallet to Maple Hill Middle School ready for the Open Source Computer Club (2017).
	236	+* [[[[image:ScodackKids03.jpg||style="float:right" width="400"]]Decommissioned & discarded computers>>attach:ComputersOnPallet2017.jpg]] arrive on a pallet to Maple Hill Middle School ready for the Open Source Computer Club (2017).
235	235	* [[First meeting of 2017 for the students>>attach:FisrtDay2017.jpg]] of the Maple Hill Middle School Open Source Computer Club (2017).
236	236	* [[Students with discard computers and components>>attach:StudentsSetUpMachines.jpg]] during meeting of the Maple Hill Middle School Open Source Computer Club (2017).
237	237	* Maple Hill Middle School Open Source Computer Club students [["visualizing" the internal components of their computers>>attach:StudentsVIsualizing.jpg]], "Make 0: Theorize and Illustrate" (2017).
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251	251	* Jim Yox, IT Director at Schodack Central Schools [[helps students>>attach:ShakerHighStudentsYox.jpg]] from North Colonie's Shaker High unpack discarded computers at Maple Hill Middle School (2017).
252	252	* Students from North Colonie's Shaker High School [[prepare discarded computers>>attach:ShakerHighStudents.jpg]] for use at Siena College's Urban Scholars program (2017).
253	253	* Students from North Colonie's Shaker High School [[assemble and test computers>>attach:ShakerHighStudents02.jpg]] for use at Siena College's Urban Scholars program (2017).
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256	256	== Press ==
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