{"id":516,"date":"2013-12-02T04:36:26","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T04:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.partimus.org\/?p=516"},"modified":"2013-12-02T04:41:24","modified_gmt":"2013-12-02T04:41:24","slug":"more-machines-for-robert-litts-genius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.partimus.org\/?p=516","title":{"rendered":"More machines for Robert Litt&#8217;s genius"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Litt is an elementary teacher who has <a title=\"amazing\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/robertlitteportfolio\/\">done some amazing<\/a> things with computers running free open source software in education.\u00a0 Today, he came to San Francisco with two of his own children to get some more equipment for his students and the students of other teachers also using free open source software in classrooms.\u00a0 Robert and Partimus Board members Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph and Christian Einfeldt packed about 10 flat panel monitors into his van.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_517\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.partimus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Monitor_on_bench.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-517\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-517\" alt=\"A monitor waiting to jump from a school bench into Robert's van\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.partimus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Monitor_on_bench-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.partimus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Monitor_on_bench-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.partimus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Monitor_on_bench-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A monitor waiting to jump from a school bench into Robert&#8217;s van<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>We also got about 10 computers and 10 keyboards into his van.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_518\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.partimus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/machines_in_van.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-518\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-518\" alt=\"Machine packed into the back of Robert's van\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.partimus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/machines_in_van-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.partimus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/machines_in_van-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.partimus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/machines_in_van-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Machine packed into the back of Robert&#8217;s van<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>While we were loading and his children were running around in circles in the warm sunshine, Robert told us that he likes the green aspect of installing free software on older computers.\u00a0 He lighted up when he told us that he loves to see new life breathed into old machines.\u00a0 That is just one aspect of his fascination with free software.\u00a0 You can go to this link a detailed discussion of <a title=\"essay\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1ZI-YJ2qfmb3mWschmbPKGMq9l0KfktJcuQr281LfIuM\/edit?hl=en_US\">why he likes free software on old computers<\/a>.\u00a0 And you can go here to see Robert&#8217;s presentation on <a title=\"easy\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/file\/d\/0B-88McvsAob7WkR3OWdmQS1Rak9FalA0anBBaFpIZw\/edit?pli=1\">how easy it is to put free software on older computers<\/a>. I find Robert&#8217;s enthusiasm to be infectious and inspiring.\u00a0 Working with dedicated givers like Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph and Robert Litt renews my spirits.\u00a0 Thanks to both of you for all you do!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_519\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.partimus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cje_computer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-519\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-519\" alt=\"Partimus board member Christian Einfeldt caught in the computer storage cave\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.partimus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cje_computer-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.partimus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cje_computer-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blog.partimus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cje_computer-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Partimus board member Christian Einfeldt caught in the computer storage cave<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Litt is an elementary teacher who has done some amazing things with computers running free open source software in education.\u00a0 Today, he came to San Francisco with two of his own children to get some more equipment for his students and the students of other teachers also using free open source software in classrooms.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[95,72,84,81],"class_list":["post-516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-christian-einfeldt","tag-elizabeth-krumbach","tag-prescott-elementary","tag-robert-litt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.partimus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.partimus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.partimus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.partimus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.partimus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=516"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/blog.partimus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":521,"href":"http:\/\/blog.partimus.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516\/revisions\/521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.partimus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.partimus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.partimus.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}