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Subject: [school-discuss] Meanwhile, a PR would be good
From: David Bucknell <david@members.iteachnet.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 07:16:47 +0000
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Dear Schoolforgers,

I suggest we all pitch in and add some news items below. We can work on an
article, but we should meanwhile put out an April 2nd news release (can't be
fools) -- we've got a lot of great new members.

What do you think? Here's a thinly-veiled possible rewrite of the last press
release. Suggestions welcomed. Corrections required. Momentum needed.

David
--
SCHOOLFORGE UPDATE, April 2, 2002
<P>
 Schoolforge is a new coalition of schools and organizations supporting free and
open 
resources, including software and courseware, in and for education around the 
world. 
<P>
<B>SCHOOLFORGE NEWS</B>
<UL>
<LI><B>Coalition Grows;</B>  
 Schoolforge membership grew to 67 strong by March 24th, 2002, having begun life
in January 2002 with just 31. They are located on every continent but Antarctica
and represent 21 countries. An unanticipated but promising trend is for schools
themselves, or whole districts, to join schoolforge.  A list of our newest
members is included below, but a full list is available on the Schoolforge site.
</LI>

<LI><B>More Information</B>.
In addition to a description of Schoolforge's mission and methods, visitors to 
 <a href="http://www.schoolforge.net";>http://www.schoolforge.net</a>
 will find news, software, and curricular resources made available by our member
organizations, as well as a full membership list and 
 instructions for joining us. 
<P>
 Media and candidate organizations wishing to learn more about Schoolforge are 
 welcome to contact us at 
<a href="mailto:info@schoolforge.net";>info@schoolforge.net</a>. 
</LI>
</UL>

<B>RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS BY MEMBERS:</B>
<UL>

 <LI> Schoolmation Improves Web Accessibility<BR> 
 Australia -- DATE<BR>
 Story of rewriting app to meet open access standards
 </LI>

 <LI> Manhattan Leads Local School to Open Source<BR> 
 Massachusetts, US, DATE<BR>
 Story of working with local school/library.
 </LI>

 <LI>LTSP Broadens Utility: Features First Mac Version<BR> 
 Somewhere, US, DATE<BR> 
 Story of New Mac LTSP Howto
 </LI>

<LI>MimerDesk Releases New Version; Plans new product<BR>
Story of Schoolmation update</LI>
<LI>

<LI>Shadow

<LI>RULE

<LI>Jeff Nelsen's open computing curriuclum on a wiki

<LI>What's yours?

<LI>Where's the EduML progress?
</UL>

NEWEST MEMBERS

 These groups joined Schoolforge in March of 2002: 
 
* Opifex Consutoria e treinamento Ltda. 

 Empresa voltada a consultoria e implantação de softwares livres (FreeBSD,
Linux), busca orientar escolas e entidades de ensino no uso destes softwares e
suas possibilidades. 
(http://200.180.4.160)
Contact Edilson Prudencio edilsonep@ig.com.br 

* South West (UK) Linux User Group 

We are a Linux User group covering the South West of the UK. We have a section
of the site devoted to Linux @ School and several experienced members of our
mailing list who are involved in Linux in school.
(http://www.southwest.lug.org.uk)
Contact David Johnson dj@david-web.co.uk 

*Bangrakyai School

Bangrakyai School is a primary school in Thailand. 
(http://BangrakyaiSchool.com)
Contact Mr.Amorn Anantarak amorna@canada.com 

*SprachCaffe Languages PLUS 

The congregation of language schools in US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Spain,
Italy, Malta and Cuba which  are providing language courses for English, French,
German, Spanish and Italian language in the countries of
 their origin. 
 (http://www.sprachcaffe.com)
 Contact Marcus Schaetzle info@sprachcaffe.com 
 
*Gnuduc 

 Swedish consultant-firm for helping schools to deploy free software, based on
Debian GNU/Linux.
 (http://fredrik.liljegren.org/gnuduc/)
 Contact Fredrik Liljegren fredrik@liljegren.org 
 
 *OpenUmbrella 

Open Umbrella (OU) is a non-profit organization created to promote the adoption
and use of open source software and related technologies. The programs of OU
target public education and technical support of open source software with
special emphasis on use in the public schools, small enterprises and other
non-profit organizations. 

OU is a catalyst for change, pushing for the support and acceptance of open
source in all aspects of mainstream society by enchancing life-long career
development, quality content and training, technical support and local community
infrastructure. 

Our Mission is to promote the adoption and use of open software and related
technologies and to provide a model for the global development of similar
organizations. 
(http://www.openumbrella.org)
Contact Wendy Chambers wchambers@openumbrella.org 

*User Friendly Developers Association 

We are a network of developers who have taken a pledge to make the world a
better place with technology that is easy to use, secure, reasonably priced and
bug free. 
(http://ufda.net)
Contact Chris Calise chris@oip.net 
 
*I.D.E.A.L. Technology Corporation 

I.D.E.A.L. stands for Integration Development Education All Linux. We are a
Linux and Open Source-focused consulting services company. The company is three
years old, profitable and the fifth fastest growing high tech company in Central
Florida according to the Orlando Business Journal. Customers include the U.S.
Army STRICOM, Lockheed Martin, Intersil, SGI, IBM and Toshiba plus many smaller,
regional companies. The relevent area of focus for SchoolForge is in using Linux
thin client technologies to assist in lowering the computer costs in education. 
(http://www.idealcorp.com/)
Contact Anthony Awtrey tony@idealcorp.com 

*Melbourne Linux Users Group, Inc. 

The MLUG is committed to advocating Linux and other Open Source software in and
around Melbourne, Florida (U.S.A). Our group's mission is to support Linux's use
by individuals, organizations, schools and businesses.
(http://www.mlinux.org/)
Contact Anthony Awtrey aawtrey@mlinux.org 

*Gimnasium 4 

Gimnasium 4 is the school of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. One of the strongest
dicipliens is IT. 
(http://?)
Contact Ilya Zaitsev zilya@mail.ru 

*etc... 

etc... (Engima Technologies Corp.) is an R & D firm specialing in open source
multimedia applications for the research, engineering and education communities.
We are competent Computer Scientists, bringing capable technology to the places
we live and work. 
(http://www.engima.com)
Contact mike eschman meschman@engima.com 
 
*St. Mary's English School, Pasrur 

Pasrur is a remote area of Pakistan. We have just taken a step ahead to educate
the people of Pasrur. We are working on two areas, 1. to educate the parents, 2.
to educate the children 
(http://)
Contact Fr. Tariq Iscca kentariq@yahoo.com 

*Association For Free Software 

The AFFS is an organisation setup in the UK to promote Free Software to users,
business and Government We are a new organisation, but already planning to lobby
on behalf of Free Software in education. 
(http://www.affs.org.uk)
Contact Richard Smedley richard.smedley@futurenet.co.uk 
 
*Beechwood Schools Ltd 

We are an independent primary school situated in South London (UK). The school
is committed to the use of open source software and runs Linux workstations and
servers throughout the organisation.
(http://www.beechwoodschool.com)
Contact Phil Marshall pm@beechwoodschool.com 
 
*Global Learning Outreach 

open source knowledge about the world, for the world 
(http://www.glo.org)
Contact scott gruber scott@glo.org 

*Colegio Varela 

Educational non profit institution. 
(http://www.reu.edu.uy)
Contact Prof. Marcelo Kruk webmaster@reu.edu.uy 
 
Berkeley County Schools 

Berkeley County School District 401 South Queen Street Martinsburg, WV 25401 
(http://boe.berk.k12.wv.us)
Contact David L. Kenney boe_berk@access.k12.wv.us 
 
*Philadelphia Academy Charter School 

K-8 Charter school in Philadelphia PA with 680 students 
(http://?)
Contact Tim Beaver tb72264@aol.com 
 
*Edgecombe County Schools 

14 Schools, 7 elementary, 4 middle schools, 3 high schools, and 1 Center for
Educational Achievement(Alternative School) 
(http://schools.eastnet.ecu.edu/edgecomb)
Contact Patsy Vickers pvickers@coastalnet.com 

*Tutor-web 

The tutor-web is a web-based system for presentation of teaching material,
whether by a teacher in a class-room or a student for self-study. The system
includes concepts of electronic slides, with pointers to additional material
which can generate texbooks and on-line quizzes. The tutor-web only exists as a
web-based entity. All programs and content are publicly available. In addition,
any student is welcome to use the existing system without registration into any
physical school system. 
(http://tutor-web.net)
Contact Gunnar Stefansson gunnar@hi.is 

 
 <B>WORLD-WIDE DISTRIBUTION</B>
 <P>
 Schoolforge Member (projects) are located in these (21) countries so far: 
 <P>
 Australia, Belize, Canada, China, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, India,
Italy,     
 Greece, Mexico,  Norway, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, UK,
Uraguay, US 
 <P>
 <I>TRANSLATIONS of this announcement are available on
 <A HREF="http://schoolforge.net";>http://schoolforge.net</A></I>. 
 <P>

<B>CONTACTS</B>:
<P>
General: <A HREF="mailto:info@schoolforge.net";>info@schoolforge.net</A>
<P>
And:
<P>
Doug Loss<BR> 
<A HREF="mailto:dloss@seul.org";>dloss@seul.org</A><BR>
(570) 326-3987 (US) 
<P>
or 
<P>
David Bucknell<BR>
<A HREF="mailto:david@members.iteachnet.org";>david@members.iteachnet.org</A><BR>
66-2 583-5874 (Thailand)<BR>
US Fax: 775-244-0803 <BR>
<P>
or 
<P>
Harry McGregor<BR> 
<A HREF="mailto:schoolforge@osef.org";>schoolforge@osef.org</A><BR>
 (520) 661-7875 (US) <BR>
<P>
 <I>Copyright schoolforge.net, February 2002. Reposting with 
 attribution to schoolforge.net is encouraged. </I>



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