Thanks to this industrious student our school does not have to cringe when classes change due to a shrill bell; but we have leisurely and sometimes robust music to indicate the shift in the school day.
Nick's Poster Presentation was entitled "Open Source Technology Replacing School Bell System". He utilized Linux with Ubuntu as his operating system then added Banshee as the music player. To pull the whole operation together he created a shell script in KAlarm which was designed to turn very short music clips off and on as needed during the school day. He then connected everything to our school's PA system and we are now changing classes to the beat.
Music selection is determined by The Most Employable Person (MEP) at The Learning Center which is determined by criteria such as preparedness, on-time actions, respect, positive interactions, appropriate electronic usage and pay-it-forward to name a few. The first person to receive the MEP award was Tiffany, who presented in this years Science Fair which was on the same day at the STEM fair.
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