Reproducing here my note to colleagues in Southeast Asia:
Please be informed that I will be in Singapore this coming week (June 12-19) and will be pleased to work with you in these exciting new areas made possible by Puppy Linux:
1. Multisession DVD - Puppy Linux has revolutionary multisession DVD-saving technology that can enable educators to equip both teachers and students with session-saving DVD for playing online/interactive content. No hard disk is required, only DVD burner drive and a large amount of RAM (512 MB and up). A scorm player that I prepared with RELOAD Player ( www.reload.ac.uk )and Puppy Linux (LodPup, see www.mypep.net ) lives up to this idea, although I still have to test it on DVD burner. While in Singapore, I will update and test it for DVD multisession.
2. Multisession CD with Puppy2 - While DVD saving offers a large storage space (4 GB) and 2000 saves, CD saving can offer only about 600 MB and limited saves. Nevertheless, for important digital work by students, this offers a hassle-free way of tracking student progress, as only a CD burner drive on existing PCs will be required. An example is giving every student a personal Puppy CD-R for examinations (useful for 3 or 4 times), where s/he saves creative work like sketches/essays, or backs up his/her online exams (just in case something goes wrong with the server).
A website, onepc.org, is expected to be up soon as resource for teachers/administrators preparing themselves/their institutions for the use of low-cost but modern computers in teaching. Your suggestions for and participation in this resource will be welcome. Thanks and see you.
Links: www.puppylinux.org | http://puppylinux.com/multi-puppy.htm
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