This is a post from a teacher in a rural school in Maine. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Laura Johns</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:laurajohns@myfairpoint.net">laurajohns@myfairpoint.net</a>></span><br>
Date: Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 9:57 AM<br>Subject: Re: Continued Success<br>To: Caroline Meeks <<a href="mailto:caroline@solutiongrove.com">caroline@solutiongrove.com</a>><br><br><br><div style="">Yes, <div>I wrote this up to keep track of what I am doing:</div>
<div><br><div><div style="margin: 0px;">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</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">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 <a href="http://jabber.sugar.org" target="_blank">jabber.sugar.org</a>) settings, SoaS seems to look around locally. I look forward to trying this with a class of 20 laptops.</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">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 <a href="http://developer.apple.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">http://developer.apple.com/</span></a> 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.</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">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...</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Goal 4 – More on this later.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"> 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.</div>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><div><br></div><div><div>On Jul 20, 2009, at 9:33 AM, Caroline Meeks wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite">This is great! Can we forward to the mailing list?<br><br>Thanks,<br>Caroline<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Laura Johns <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:laurajohns@myfairpoint.net" target="_blank">laurajohns@myfairpoint.net</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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.<br>
<br> The packages seem to work. Here is the proof. Notice the Sugar Icon sitting proudly on the dock. Thanks for all your help, Laura</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Caroline Meeks<br>Solution Grove<br>
<a href="mailto:Caroline@SolutionGrove.com" target="_blank">Caroline@SolutionGrove.com</a><br> <br>617-500-3488 - Office<br>505-213-3268 - Fax<br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>Caroline Meeks<br>Solution Grove<br>Caroline@SolutionGrove.com<br><br>617-500-3488 - Office<br>505-213-3268 - Fax<br>