--- title: Blog posts tagged "Education" description: Canonical makes open source secure, reliable and easy to use, providing support for Ubuntu and a portfolio of enterprise-grade technologies. Founded in 2004, Canonical operates globally with team members in over 80 countries. url: https://canonical.com/blog/tag/education?format=md --- # Blog posts tagged "Education" #### [Meet our EDU team at EDUCAUSE 2024](https://canonical.com/blog/meet-our-edu-team-at-educause-2024) We’re excited to announce our participation in EDUCAUSE 2024. --- Cloud and server #### [Ubuntu in education: A K-12 IT Director’s experience](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-in-education-a-k-12-it-directors-experience) Former IT Director and Systems Administrator Aaron Prisk shares his experiences migrating a Pennsylvanian school district to Ubuntu. --- Desktop #### [Linux for schools: why use Ubuntu for education](https://canonical.com/blog/linux-for-schools-why-use-ubuntu-for-education) How Ubuntu Desktop combines hardware support, administrative and productivity tools to empower students and keep control in the hands of educators. --- Desktop #### [Edge education](https://canonical.com/blog/edge_education) Last year we were working on OOBE redesign with the aim to improve first user experience with Ubuntu phone. Now the Design Team is working on the second part of this project which we call Edge Education. The purpose of Edge Education is to aid discoverability and to educate users into using them naturally. For --- Company #### [History of the Alphabet (Hebrew, Greek, Cyrillic, Latin, Arabic)](https://canonical.com/blog/alphabet-development) The BBC just put up a five-minute audio slideshow “The story of how we got our alphabets” about the development of western writing, starting in 3,000 BC in Mesopotamia with various attempts at proto-writing systems and then Cuneiform script. It shows the history of the alphabet, stemming from the Phoenician alphabet and continuing to the --- Company #### [Open source: an educated decision](https://canonical.com/blog/open-source-an-educated-decision) In this white paper, we de-bunk the myths that proprietary companies have built up to discredit open-source technology, explaining how it can help schools, colleges and universities reduce costs, improve IT performance, and prepare students more effectively for the world of work. --- Desktop #### [Ubuntu helps KnowledgeTree build client base and reduce costs](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-helps-knowledgetree-build-client-base-and-reduce-costs) Innovative cloud solution serves 200 times the clients for a quarter of the cost Summary KnowledgeTree wanted to introduce a Software as a Service (SaaS) version of its popular document management solution. Its new infrastructure needed to be scalable, responsive and easy to manage. KnowledgeTree worked with Canonical partner RightScale t --- Company #### [AMTRON delivers 28,000 Ubuntu-based PCs to students in Assam](https://canonical.com/blog/amtron-delivers-28000-ubuntu-based-pcs-to-students-in-assam) India-based government information and communication technologies (ICT) provider The Assam Electronics Development Corporation (AMTRON) needed to provide every Assam student who achieved 60 per cent or higher in their school leaving exams with a free PC. AMTRON needed to comply with strict budgets to deliver reliable, easy-to-use PCs to t --- Desktop #### [Oakland University replaces UNIX with Ubuntu](https://canonical.com/blog/oakland-university-replaces-unix-with-ubuntu) Company overview Oakland University, a state-supported college in Rochester, Mich., teaches some 18,000 students across its liberal arts, business administration, health sciences, engineering and computer science schools. The 3,000-student School of Engineering and Computer Science (SECS), like many like-minded institutes, has deep roots --- Company #### [Ubuntu supports technology-enabled teaching at The Johns Hopkins University](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-supports-technology-enabled-teaching-at-the-johns-hopkins-university) Cost-effective, easy-to-use and reliable, Ubuntu proved to be the open source platform of choice on which to build a support system for technology-enabled classrooms at The Johns Hopkins University. Background America’s first research university, The Johns Hopkins University is a world leader in research and education. Sean Stanley, Instr --- Desktop #### [Ubuntu delivers significant cost-savings for specialist sports school](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-delivers-significant-cost-savings-for-specialist-sports-school) Stability, reduced maintenance and significant cost-savings – Ubuntu proved an outstanding choice for Skegness Grammar School. Background Skegness Grammar School is a small selective school on the Lincolnshire coast. It acts as a specialist college for sport for nearly 800 pupils, and has a boarding provision for around 60. Alistair Crust --- Desktop #### [Future of eBooks?](https://canonical.com/blog/future-of-ebooks) Video from YouTube of the Element iPad application. --- Company #### [Andalusia deploys 220,000 Ubuntu desktops in schools throughout the region](https://canonical.com/blog/andalusia-deploys-220000-ubuntu-desktops-in-schools-throughout-the-region) Summary The Andalusian Regional Government, Spain, wanted to improve access to IT in schools throughout the region. It asked IT services company infrastructure to connect 2,000 schools in Andalusia. Isotrol implemented 220,000 Ubuntu-based workstations in more than 2,000 schools throughout the region. Now, technology plays an integral rol --- Desktop