[IAEP] Fwd: Continued Success

[Caroline Meeks]

This is a post from a teacher in a rural school in Maine.

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From: Laura Johns <laurajohns at myfairpoint.net>
Date: Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: Continued Success
To: Caroline Meeks <caroline at solutiongrove.com>


Yes, I wrote this up to keep track of what I am doing:

These are my goals: 1) get SoaS collaborating on multiple laptops, 2)
install SoaS on the laptops and 3) make a one step install package and 4)
integrate SoaS into the existing program at school

Goal 1 – My school has Macbooks (PPC, 10.5) so I choose to use Sun's Virtual
Box. The stumbling blocks for me were the VB network settings (Intel
PRO/1000 MT Desktop, Bridged adapter, en1: AirPort) and recognizing that
keys are generated when you first log in from the master copy of the image.
With no server (ie no jabber.sugar.org) settings, SoaS seems to look around
locally. I look forward to trying this with a class of 20 laptops.

Goal 2 – I have figured out to create simple packages using Apple's
application called PackageMaker. Finding PackageMaker is a trick unto
itself, it is part of the Xcode Tools available at
http://developer.apple.com/ or on your Install disks. The first packages I
put together were 3 separate packages for Virtual Box, the master image of
SoaS-Strawberry.vdi, and Sugar.app, the file which launches the whole
thing.  The user is left to install the image into VB. Although I feel
comfortable leading my students through this, many teachers would not.

Goal 3 – Well I am working on this. My approach is to create a metapackage
that includes the VirtualBox package, the playlist in user preferences and
the folder in the User's Library. I am learning as I go...

Goal 4 – More on this later.

 The key to getting SoaS out in my area is the meta-package for OS X 10.5
. Several teachers, in different Unions have expressed interest in this and
at least one of them is capable of setting up a jabber server.  We have had
numerous email conversations and one demonstration for our combined group of
administrators. It was well received.

On Jul 20, 2009, at 9:33 AM, Caroline Meeks wrote:

This is great! Can we forward to the mailing list?

Thanks,
Caroline

On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Laura Johns <laurajohns at myfairpoint.net>wrote:

> I have continued to have success with my project to install SoaS at my
> school. I verified that SoaS will run on the laptops issued by Maine's
> 1-to-1 initiative and developed packages so I can push this software out to
> the 50 or so laptops involved.
>
> The packages seem to work.  Here is the proof. Notice the Sugar Icon
> sitting proudly on the dock.  Thanks for all your help, Laura




-- 
Caroline Meeks
Solution Grove
Caroline at SolutionGrove.com

617-500-3488 - Office
505-213-3268 - Fax





-- 
Caroline Meeks
Solution Grove
Caroline at SolutionGrove.com

617-500-3488 - Office
505-213-3268 - Fax
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