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Re: [school-discuss] [Fwd: How could we be part of this]hello
Great stuff, Mike. I am not ready to make cd's unfortunately (no burner or
time), but I think your concept is great. I will look on your site to see if
there's a list of what's in each cd and I will check it out on gutenberg. Maybe
I can make use of the same content in some places. Seems to me a lit course at
the high school level would be able to use that authors' cd.
David
Quoting mikee <meschman@engima.com>:
> hello,
>
> wow - 100 schools.
> we are doing cd-rom distributions of gutenberg books
> as iso images. these "collections" are intended for areas
> of the world that don't have easy broadband connectivity.
>
> so far we have a
>
> children's collection
> science fiction
> english-american authors
>
> each collection has 100+ books.
>
> and are working on :
>
> historical
> "French connection" - jules verne, balzac and victor hugo.
> horror
>
> we can burn about 100 disks a month.
> with the .iso images, would anyone on the list help burn cds for these 100
> schools ?
>
> postage costs on the cds are also a problem - can anyone help ?
>
> can anyone print the .txt isos for use by these schools ?
>
> is this useful to the 100 schools?
>
> we are open to suggestions for new collections.
> we will burn to the 100 schoold requirements.
>
> labor is free to the limit of our abilities,
> but blank cds, postage, etc... these are tough.
>
> donations of blank cd-rws, paper, ink carts, and so on, are welcome.
>
> we also have math and science textbooks, if these help.
>
> mike eschman, etc...
> "Not just an afterthought ...
> http://www.engima.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sunday 02 June 2002 04:19 am, you wrote:
> > Wow! 100 schools. I'm interested.
> >
> > This is very exciting to me. I'm working on a such a curriculum for a
> > school here in Thailand over the summer and will gladly make it
> available,
> > such as it is, to these schools. I plan to use abiword, The Gimp, Mozilla
> > and Amaya heavily as well as downloadable free Web reference sources such
> > as Gutenberg. I also plan to arrange it all so that skills will be
> learned
> > within the context of projects, not in isolation. (This is in keeping
> with
> > current educational trends.) I Would love to work with others who are
> > interested and if this group or any other is interested in using and
> > hopefully contributing and enriching and improving what I start, then
> that
> > might be a good open source-style project.
> >
> > Seems like we should hook up as advisors to an NGO. Which ones deal in
> tech
> > -- that mention of the Grameen Bank the other day on this list was
> > definitely on track.
> >
> > David
> > ==
> >
> > Quoting Philip Immoos <immoos@mac.com>:
> > > I am in a similar boat. At present we have set up a server to run LTSP
> > > but have to get application that are usefull for the students. It is a
> > > primary school K1-K7. Will help if I can.
> > >
> > > On Wednesday, May 29, 2002, at 04:05 AM, Doug Loss wrote:
> > > > I just received this from Mr. Kaberia:
> > > >
> > > > Kirimi Kaberia wrote:
> > > >> Dear Doug,
> > > >>
> > > >> I am the president of ATCnet in Africa and would like to get help
> > > >> developing a school network in a rural district in East Africa. I
> > > >> am looking at about 100 schools all of which are in a highly
> > > >> mountainous region and quite rural. They have telephone
> > > >> and electricity, some have computers others are in our list to
> > > >> provide computers. We would like to set up a network that is not
> > > >> necessarily linked to the ISPN except for the phone connection.
> > > >> Our biggest handle is the servers to use and the software. Could
> > > >> your group help us. Let me know what we need to do to actually get
> > > >> the teaching materials for the various classes in math, computer,
> > > >> biology, chemistry for mostly high school level students. Also in
> > > >> high need is the curriculum for computer literacy for both kids
> > > >> and adults. I would like to discuss the possibilities here. I
> > > >> think there is a lot that we can do to make it happen together but
> > > >> I do not have the final solution. How can I reach you. I can be
> > > >> reached at 703 658 6333 or by replying to this email directly.
> > > >> Keep up the good work.
> > > >>
> > > >> Kirimi Kaberia
> > > >>
> > > >> President
> > > >>
> > > >> ATCnet
> > > >>
> > > >> 703 658 6333
> > > >
> > > > What do you all think we can do to help him in this venture?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Doug Loss All I want is a warm bed
> > > > Data Network Coordinator and a kind word and
> > > > Bloomsburg University unlimited power.
> > > > dloss@bloomu.edu Ashleigh Brilliant
> > >
> > > Philip Immoos
> > > 21 Somerset Close
> > > Gladstone Queensland
> > > Australia
> > > 07 49784120 Home
> > > 0427755971 Anne
> > > 0419766619 Philip
>
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