[UKids] StarTech USB2VGA discontinued--XO laptop to Smart Board ideas?

[Adam Holt]

On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 7:26 PM, Tony Anderson <tony_anderson at usa.net> wrote:

> Hi, Adam
>
> With help from Gerri Light, the students at ggast are going out to
> neighboring schools to support the introduction of computing. Naturally, it
> is
> unlikely that they would transport a projector or a whiteboard as part of
> the kit. (I imagine something like Nathan Riddle's deployment in a bag).
>
> As I recall, the XO-4 has an hdmi port. That should be a practical
> alternative to access a projector (and, likely, a white board). However,
> for some reason,
> Rwanda is deploying XO-1.75 and not the XO-4. However, if helpful, perhaps
> Gerri Light could bring an XO-4 on her trip in March.
>

Great thoughts.
I also got thoughtful feedback from Jeff http://Elkner.net in DC:

"We have Smart Boards in our classrooms where I work, and I've avoided
using them as anything but large projection screens due to the lack of
solid support for GNU/Linux systems.  There are supposed to be drivers
available for 32 bit Ubuntu systems, but I found the obstacles to
setting up the software and (even more importantly) finding the
license information required to use it to be not worth my effort."

Tony
>
>
> On 02/06/2016 08:15 AM, Adam Holt wrote:
>
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 7:09 PM, Tony Anderson <tony_anderson at usa.net>
> wrote:
>
>> The problem with projectors and white boards is $. The schools in Rwanda,
>> for example, do not have funds to acquire them.
>>
>
> For sure.  http://www.rwandagirlsinitiative.org/ggast/ is one exception,
> where Smart Boards seem to pre-installed in this one "magnet" school for
> Rwanda girls.
>
> We have several Sugar Activities which are designed to enable the laptop
>> screen of connected laptops to show what is on the teacher's screen. This
>> is a cost-free alternative to a projector. Unfortunately due to changes in
>> the underlying software, these activities do not work. I would appreciate
>> anyone who could take on the effort to get these running with the
>> collab-wrapper. Specifically, there are Watch Me, ShowNTell, and the pair
>> Classroom Broadcast and Classroom Viewer.
>>
>
> Great reminder, Thanks!
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