{"id":10,"date":"2016-03-27T21:36:49","date_gmt":"2016-03-27T21:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theopenschoolhouse.com\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2023-05-07T09:12:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T13:12:40","slug":"open-source-for-schools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theopenschoolhouse.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Open Source!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-150\" src=\"https:\/\/theopenschoolhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/logo-e1475325038113.png\" alt=\"OSH Logo\" width=\"400\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theopenschoolhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/logo-e1475325038113.png 698w, https:\/\/theopenschoolhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/logo-e1475325038113-291x300.png 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Buy the book on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Open-Schoolhouse-Building-Technology-Transform\/dp\/1537484052\">Amazon<\/a>!<\/h2>\n<p>Schools struggle with budget-breaking software bills while students endure locked-down computers and closed technology policies. But there\u2019s a better way to empower and inspire students: the open source model.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Open Schoolhouse<\/strong> is a candid story and practical guidebook for school administrators and educators seeking affordable and powerful technology programs. Follow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennmanor.net\">Penn Manor School District&#8217;s<\/a> open technology journey from the server room to the classroom. Learn how open source software and values helped the district cut costs, design a one-to-one laptop program, and create an internationally recognized student help desk. You\u2019ll discover:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The secrets behind free and open source software and how open source principles ignite classroom collaboration, design thinking, and communities of practice<\/li>\n<li>How LibreOffice, Linux, Moodle, WordPress, and other open source programs can save schools hundreds of thousands of dollars<\/li>\n<li>How open source culture and software tools can help school technology teams improve infrastructure and support systems<\/li>\n<li>The step-by-step story of planning and launching a high school one-to-one laptop program and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redhat.com\/en\/open-source\/stories\/penn-manor\">student technology help desk<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How a remarkable team of high school technology apprentices created innovative software for thousands of students and teachers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you like clear examples, abundant anecdotes, and inspiring student success stories, you&#8217;ll love this behind the scenes look at how one school district rebooted classroom technology and empowered students to rewire their world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Open-Schoolhouse-Building-Technology-Transform\/dp\/1537484052\/\">Read The Open Schoolhouse<\/a> and be inspired to upgrade your school to open source!<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Reisinger<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/charlie3\">@charlie3<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/openschoolhouse\">@OpenSchoolhouse<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buy the book on\u00a0Amazon! Schools struggle with budget-breaking software bills while students endure locked-down computers and closed technology policies. But there\u2019s a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page_fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theopenschoolhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theopenschoolhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theopenschoolhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theopenschoolhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theopenschoolhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theopenschoolhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3400,"href":"https:\/\/theopenschoolhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/3400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theopenschoolhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}