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Re: [edu-eu] RFC - FSFE activity "education"
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gerhard . oettl |
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Re: [edu-eu] RFC - FSFE activity "education" |
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Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:57:24 +0200 |
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Hello everybody
Guido Arnold schrieb:
Hello,
here are some more thoughts:
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 01:23:28PM +0200, Thomas Jensch wrote:
4) European network of "Free Software in education" projects and initiatives
Does anybody have a list of projects and initiatives? Maybe we can
start a collection in a wiki. Since wiki.fsfe.org is restricted to
Fellows, it might not be the perfect place for it. Any suggestions?
Such a network would be highly desirable. When I was joining a local initiative
I did a quick web research focused only on school distributions (german and live
distributions in particular) I was astonished about how much distributions are
out there. To be a little odd one could say: There are not too less distros,
there are too much. I know there never can be too much, but without network I
fear the forces are spit instead of added.
So a wiki for collecting is a very good idea.
By the way, if you want to have a look at my distro-collection go to
<http://wiki.linuxadvanced.at/index.php/Fossielinks#Distributionen>
3.2. schoolbook publishers
- by now publishers just provide proprietory software
- publishers depend on the curriculum
Publishers can only sell what schools will buy. If the political
policy demands cross-platform software, that will be a huge step
forward. It's important to note though, that cross-platform does not mean
free.
- probably weird contracts with MS (?)
Never heard of that one. Anybody else?
Not for school books, but for software: Yes here in austria exists such a
contract.
4) European network of "Free Software in education" projects and initiatives
4.1. powerful edu-eu@ ML
- define tasks for edu-eu@
I think edu-eu@ is a list where people are connected who are already
involved in certain edu projects. I guess, it's a nice place to start
with the international network.
But the projects should be listed somewhere.
There exists something for that
<http://www.ofset.org>
(Organization for Free Software in Education and Teaching).
And there are more of them out there (I would say about 10 at least). Most of
them having "latest news" dated in 2003/2004 and look passed away.
As mentioned above, without a central entry point much of the power gets lost.
So cooperating and featuring one of them may be would be better than building a
new one.
And not to forget, the european union itself sponsors a project building
communities and source forges around open source and free software. Have a look
at <http://www.osor.eu>.
I could not evaluate how serious they are in their intentions and how dangerous
it would be depending on such (more or less political) stuctures.
Does anybody know more on this subject?
gerhard
- Re: [edu-eu] RFC - FSFE activity "education", Michael Kappes, 2009/08/12
- Re: [edu-eu] RFC - FSFE activity "education", Guido Arnold, 2009/08/13
- Re: [edu-eu] RFC - FSFE activity "education",
gerhard . oettl <=
- Re: [edu-eu] RFC - FSFE activity "education", Guido Arnold, 2009/08/16
- Re: [edu-eu] RFC - FSFE activity "education", gerhard . oettl, 2009/08/17
- Re: [edu-eu] RFC - FSFE activity "education", Guido Arnold, 2009/08/17
- Re: [edu-eu] RFC - FSFE activity "education", gerhard . oettl, 2009/08/21
- Re: [edu-eu] RFC - FSFE activity "education", Guido Arnold, 2009/08/31
Re: [edu-eu] RFC - FSFE activity "education", Guido Arnold, 2009/08/16