Re: [school-discuss] Schoolforge Wiki

[Brian Gershon <briang@ragingweb.com>]

Hi David,

Since I opened my mouth about Zope at the last chat, I'd be willing to help 
since I'm doing Zope/Plone for a living.  (Let's talk more about what you 
need/envision)

Also, since I'm new to the list, here's my instant intro:

I'm interested in curriculum around Ecological (and Community-based) 
Economics, Sustainable Agriculture/Food systems, and GIS.  My core technical 
competencies (through RagingWeb.com) are Open Source Consulting, Web 
Design/Dev, and Training.

Others interested in (or doing) similar curriculum?

Brian Gershon
briang@ragingweb.com
Seattle, WA

PS: If you own the server, and you're running Apache on iteach.org, we can 
setup proxy forwarding to have this blend in better with your current site 
(i.e. getting rid of the :8080)  It'll also ensure your web logs are all in 
one place, etc.

On Sunday 27 April 2003 06:33 pm, David Bucknell wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> On the suggestion of Sean Keane, I have set up a Wiki for Schoolforge-use
> at http://iteachnet.org:8080/sfzwiki
>
> If someone knows Zope well, I'd love to make him or her the admin of the
> site. I have tried also to install plone as that was discussed on the last
> chat, but so far no luck. Any zopers out there willing to help?
>
> While I'm on the subject of tools ...
>
> Also on this site is an FLE installation, thanks to Teemu of Mimerdesk
> fame, so if anyone wants to play with that, a "constructivist" or
> discovery-based course builder, let me know and I'll give you an account.
>
> For that matter, anyone wanting to try out Manhattan, log on to
> http://iteachnet.org/manhat-bin/doorstep?class=tester
> username: jjones
> password: jjones
>
> Additionally, I thought I'd list what I think are the best Web-based tools
> right now to see what others are thinking. Or, rather, here are some other
> tools I use and with which I am happy:
>
> *Content Manager: news.schoolforge.net runs on geeklog which can be found
> at http://www.geeklog.net
> *Portal builder: http://www.iteachnet.org now runs on Metadot
> (http://www.metadot.org) and I've made it open to anyone interested in
> international ed -- I'm sure that includes most of schoolforge, so please
> build your site. You'll see it's a very cool tool
> *Groupware: Mimerdesk is a beautiful piece of work with more groupware
> functionality than you can shake a stick at; soon to have mail integration
> *Mailing lists: Mailman -- I like it.
> *Library OPAC: Koha -- our little library at RMA is using it, but it's big
> enough for a system of libraries
> *School Admin tool: Open Admin for Schools by Les Richardson -- very cool.
> Teachers input grades and attendance; office inputs student addresses,
> etc., I press the print button and OAfS outputs pdfs.  Darn good stuff,
> only getting better. *Course builder: http://manhattan.sf.net by Steve
> Narmontas
>
> I'll install the latest Manhattan (v. 2.0) this summer.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> David