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| ||<tablestyle="float:right; font-size: 0.9em; width:40%; background:#F1F1ED; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" style="padding:0.5em;"> '''Launchpad ID''': || [[https://launchpad.net/~alkisg|alkisg]] || | ||<tablestyle="float:right; font-size: 0.9em; width:40%; background:#F1F1ED; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" style="padding:0.5em;"> '''Launchpad ID''': || [[https://launchpad.net/~alkisg|alkisg]] ||<rowspan=5> {{attachment:alkisg.jpg}} || |
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| I am a computer engineer, appointed since 2000 as a secondary school teacher in Ioannina, Greece. I've been teaching a broad range of subjects, from educational software and simple office applications to system administration, networking and programming. I got a Pedagogic Degree in 2000, an MSc in Informatics in 2004 and I'm currently a [[http://www.ecedu.upatras.gr/|Ph.D. candidate]]. I've been a speaker in a lot of conferences and attended many informatics and education-related courses and seminars. I'm the developer of some Greek educational applications and the co-author of a secondary school educational activities package. Lately I've been focused to spreading FLOSS to Greek schools. | I am a [[http://www.ceid.upatras.gr/|computer engineer]], [[http://www.cs.uoi.gr/|MSc]], [[http://www.ecedu.upatras.gr/|PhD candidate]], appointed since 2000 as a secondary school teacher in Ioannina, Greece. I've been developing open source software for 2 decades, although I've only been involved with Linux for the last 4 years. Since meeting Ubuntu/LTSP I've been trying to spread it to Greek schools, and successfully helped migrating about [[http://goo.gl/maps/nOoQ|250 schools]] so far. |
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| == Interest in Open Source == Unfortunately I've "wasted" more than fifteen years in being involved with proprietary frameworks; from making TSR programs in assembly back in the DOS days to creating educational apps with Delphi, Visual C++ and WinAPI. Also, in the first years I've been using proprietary software in my classrooms almost exclusively; with little reason other than the "I'm using this program because all teachers are using this program". As time passed I got sick of having to pay for programs that I wouldn't use except for teaching them; and having my students resort to piracy because they couldn't afford them. Fortunately, I was given the chance to completely switch to open source by a ministry pilot program: I got selected to be among the first teachers to try out LTSP in our school labs. The first months were hard, but interesting; now, two years later, me and my students are much more productive using 100% free software than we were before switching to FLOSS.<<BR>> So I'm currently interested in finding the best methods to setup, administer and of course use Ubuntu in school classrooms (both with and without LTSP), and improving it however I can. |
== Contributions == * I've been an [[https://launchpad.net/~edubuntu-council|Edubuntu Council member]] since 2009-12-21, and an [[https://launchpad.net/~ltsp-upstream|upstream LTSP developer]] since 2009-12-03. * I've opened sourced all of my [[http://alkisg.mysch.gr|educational]] [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/activityspace/|software]] and [[http://www.ecedu.upatras.gr/algorithmics/|activities packages]]. * I've set up and been maintaining a [[http://alkisg.mysch.gr/steki|forum]] where Greek IT teachers exchange concerns and ideas, with more than 5 million page hits in the last 9 years. * I'm the lead developer of a [[https://launchpad.net/sch-scripts|classroom administration tool]] that helps teachers set up and maintain Ubuntu/LTSP based computer labs. I'll try to get it ready for inclusion to the Debian/Ubuntu archives in the future. * I'm the main author of 3 [[http://ts.sch.gr/docs/kanonismoi-diadikasies/doc_download/318-odhgies-egkatastashs-ubuntu-810|Ubuntu/LTSP]] [[http://ts.sch.gr/docs/kanonismoi-diadikasies/doc_download/320-odhgies-egkatastashs-ubuntu-904|installation]] [[http://ts.sch.gr/docs/kanonismoi-diadikasies/doc_download/328-odhgies-egkatastashs-ubuntu-1004-lts|manuals]] that specifically target Greek schools. * I've converted about 5 Gb of Windows-based Greek education software so that they run under Linux, packaged them in .debs and put them in [[http://ts.sch.gr/repo-pages/pi-logismiko|repositories]] so that now installing all the necessary packages for e.g. a high school is as simple as ~-apt-get install gymnasio-~. * I hang around in #ltsp, #edubuntu and #ubuntu-gr IRC channels, helping as much as I can, e.g.:<<BR>> ~-$ grep alkisg .purple/logs/irc/alkisg@``irc.freenode.net/#ltsp.chat/* | wc -l<<BR>> 61156-~ ;) * I've been submitting [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/~alkisg|bug reports]], uploading some patches, and generally helping out with bug squashing. My [[https://launchpad.net/~alkisg|launchpad page]] has more details on those. * I've been writing some Ubuntu community wiki pages, mainly under [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP|UbuntuLTSP]]. * I'm the owner of the [[https://launchpad.net/~linux.sch.gr|Linux Greek teachers launchpad team]], an administrator of the [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-l10n-el|Ubuntu Greek Translators team]], and a member of the [[http://l10n.gnome.org/teams/el|Gnome Greek Translation team]]. |
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| == Giving back to the community == * I've opened sourced all of my [[http://alkisg.mysch.gr|educational]] [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/activityspace/|software]] and [[http://www.ecedu.upatras.gr/algorithmics/|activities packages]]. * I've set up and been maintaining a [[http://alkisg.mysch.gr/steki|forum]] where Greek teachers exchange concerns and ideas. * I'm the main author of 2 Ubuntu/LTSP [[http://ts.sch.gr/ts/downloadsDetails.do?action=downloadsDetails&itemId=295362|installation]] [[http://ts.sch.gr/ts/downloadsDetails.do?action=downloadsDetails&itemId=238811|manuals]] that specifically target Greek schools. Also, I've developed a [[https://launchpad.net/sch-scripts|set of scripts]] that automate the installation. * I've been a member of the [[https://launchpad.net/~edubuntu-council|Edubuntu Council]] since 2009-12-21, and an upstream [[https://launchpad.net/~ltsp-upstream|LTSP developer]] since 2009-12-03. * I'm the owner of the [[https://launchpad.net/~linux.sch.gr|Linux Greek teachers launchpad team]], an administrator in the [[https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-l10n-el|Ubuntu Greek Translators team]], and a member of the [[http://l10n.gnome.org/teams/el|Gnome Greek Translation team]]. * I hang around in #ltsp, #edubuntu and #ubuntu-gr irc channels, helping as much as I can, e.g.:<<BR>> ~-$ grep alkisg .purple/logs/irc/alkisg@``irc.freenode.net/#ltsp.chat/* | wc -l<<BR>> 59440-~ ;) * I've been submiting [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/~alkisg|bug reports]], some patches, and generally helping out with bug squashing. * I've been writing some Ubuntu community wiki pages, mainly under [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuLTSP|UbuntuLTSP]]. |
== Future plans == I'll be using open source applications in my classrooms until my retirement in 25 years, so I plan on constantly trying to make them better and easier to use. |
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| == Plans == As much as my current experience permits, I'd like to shift my focus a little towards upstream development. * I'm writing a set of [[http://manpages.ubuntu.com/ltsp-build-client|ltsp-build-client]] plugins to be used for automated installation of fat client chroots in school labs. Basically this means that the teacher should be able to run a script, return after a few hours, and find the computer lab ready for use. (edit: done) * I'd like to develop a class manager, with which the teacher would be able to select a student or the members of a class, and invoke an action for them: send or collect files, set/reset some gnome or firefox settings (e.g. add a panel applet or a firefox bookmark) etc. (edit: done) * I'd like to develop a program that projects the teacher screen or a specific window to all students, using multicasting so that even video could be broadcasted on 100mbps networks. |
About Me
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alkisg on irc.freenode.net |
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http://alkisg.mysch.gr (in Greek) |
I am a computer engineer, MSc, PhD candidate, appointed since 2000 as a secondary school teacher in Ioannina, Greece. I've been developing open source software for 2 decades, although I've only been involved with Linux for the last 4 years. Since meeting Ubuntu/LTSP I've been trying to spread it to Greek schools, and successfully helped migrating about 250 schools so far.
Contributions
I've been an Edubuntu Council member since 2009-12-21, and an upstream LTSP developer since 2009-12-03.
I've opened sourced all of my educational software and activities packages.
I've set up and been maintaining a forum where Greek IT teachers exchange concerns and ideas, with more than 5 million page hits in the last 9 years.
I'm the lead developer of a classroom administration tool that helps teachers set up and maintain Ubuntu/LTSP based computer labs. I'll try to get it ready for inclusion to the Debian/Ubuntu archives in the future.
I'm the main author of 3 Ubuntu/LTSP installation manuals that specifically target Greek schools.
I've converted about 5 Gb of Windows-based Greek education software so that they run under Linux, packaged them in .debs and put them in repositories so that now installing all the necessary packages for e.g. a high school is as simple as apt-get install gymnasio.
I hang around in #ltsp, #edubuntu and #ubuntu-gr IRC channels, helping as much as I can, e.g.:
$ grep alkisg .purple/logs/irc/alkisg@irc.freenode.net/#ltsp.chat/* | wc -l
61156
I've been submitting bug reports, uploading some patches, and generally helping out with bug squashing. My launchpad page has more details on those.
I've been writing some Ubuntu community wiki pages, mainly under UbuntuLTSP.
I'm the owner of the Linux Greek teachers launchpad team, an administrator of the Ubuntu Greek Translators team, and a member of the Gnome Greek Translation team.
Future plans
I'll be using open source applications in my classrooms until my retirement in 25 years, so I plan on constantly trying to make them better and easier to use.
AlkisGeorgopoulos (last edited 2022-11-15 10:46:24 by alkisg)