Re: [school-discuss] draft of Feb press release

[David Bucknell <david@iteachnet.com>]

On Tuesday 05 February 2002 06:15, you wrote:
Thanks, Michael. Want to make those numbers specific?

At any rate, I'll be sure to include it.

Best wishes,

David

> Dave,
>
> General Education Online experienced traffic growth of over 200% during
> January 2002, as compared to January 2001.
>
> Michael
>
> At 09:24 AM 01/31/2002 +0700, you wrote:
> >Dear Schoolforge Members,
> >In anticipation of the next monthly press release, I have written a very
> >rough draft. I would appreciate receiving:
> >
> >*more news
> >*specific wording suggestions
> >*corrections
> >*focus suggestions
> >
> >If someone would pen a one or two sentence summary of the current list
> >conversation's purpose, I would use it instead of mine ;-).
> >
> >I would also like to begin lining up:
> >
> >*those willing to translate and
> >*those willing to post
> >
> >Deadline is February 10th.
> >
> >Thank you,
> >
> >David Bucknell
> >opensourceschools.org
> >
> >***SCHOOLFORGE PRESS RELEASE***
> >
> >[http://schoolforg.net February, 2002]
> >
> >SchoolForge, a coalition of organizations supporting free and open
> > resources in education has nearly fifty members (47).
> >
> >SCHOOLFORGE NEWS:
> >*Coalition Grows; Begins Work on Open Standard for Educational Resources
> >
> >In January, SchoolForge coalition members grew in number to 47
> > organizations from eighteen countries dedicated to fostering free and
> > open resources in education, and began working on a set of open standards
> > for the development of software and content for education. Called EduML,
> > the standard was actually begun some time ago, but is now being revised
> > in earnest. Those interested in collaborating on this effort are invited
> > to join the schoolforge-discuss@schoolforge.net mailing list a form for
> > which is available at http://schoolforge.net/sfdiscuss.php.
> >
> >The schoolforge.net site has a full description of the purposes and
> >operational methods of the coalition as well as a form to be completed by
> >those interested in joining. News, software and curricular resources from
> >members are available, as well as a full list of members and their
> >descriptions. Members of the press or organizations wishing
> >to learn more should contact info@schoolforge.net.
> >
> >MEMBER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
> >
> >*BlueEdu Linux, a complete Linux installation for schools, releases
> > version 1.0
> >
> >*k12LTSP, the Linux Terminal Server Project for education, tests 2.0
> >
> >*MimerDesk 1.5 Released
> >
> >
> >LATEST MEMBERS
> >
> >These groups joined us in January of 2002:
> >
> >Open Schooling [UK]: The Open Schooling project has the goal of providing
> >FDL'd curriculum that meets the standards set out by each country, state,
> >province, etc. Printable versions will be made available for schools and
> >publishers to make books. (http://openschooling.org)
> >
> >Northwest Educational Service District 189 [US]: NESD 189 is a regional
> > k-12 service center for regional districts in [ where? ], and which also
> > develops Web-based tools for education using GNU tools.
> > (http://www.esd189.org)
> >
> >TEFL China Teahouse [China]: Purpose is to learn how to do for teachers
> >through an open resource teaching materials movement what IT professionals
> >have done for themselves through the Open Source Software movement.
> >(http://teflchina.com)
> >
> >Lone Jack C-6 Schools [US]: Public k-12 Institution using Linux as its
> >primary server operating system and for terminals in labs and classrooms.
> >[http://blue.ljc6k.k12.mo.us]
> >
> >GnuSkole [Denmark]: Goal is to promote the use of open source software in
>
> the
>
> >Danish primary school system by publishing documentation, finding and
> >translating educational software, and holding a discussion forum for
>
> teachers
>
> >and system administrators at schools. [http://www.gnuskole.dk]
> >
> >Goa Schools Computers Porject [India]: Equipping schools in Goa with
>
> computer
>
> >labs. (http://www.goasudharop.org/gscp)
> >
> >Linuxlab.org.za [South Africa]: Open source schools advocacy group in
> > South Africa. (http://linuxlab.org.za)
> >
> >Globewide Network Academy [US]: Collects information about distance
> > learning from various sources and publishes an open source database.
> >(http://www.gnacademy.org)
> >
> >Regional Institute for Scholastic Excellence [US]: A group of secondary
> >alternative schools, funded by the State of Illinois, to provide
> >"standards-based" curricula, learning and behavior modification for
> > students released from their "home" schools until they are ready to
> > return to
>
> complete
>
> >their high school education programs.
>
> (http://www.s-cook.org/rise/default.htm)
>
> >ENMAC Linux User Group [Mexico]: Promotes the use of Linux for Mexican
> >educational environments.  (http://enmac.seul.org)
> >
> >Greek Research and Technology Network [Greece]: Provides advanced Internet
> >services to the Greek Academic and Research Community.
> > (http://www.grnet.gr)
> >
> >***
> >A FULL LIST OF MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS is available at
> >http://schoolforge.net/members.php
> >***
> >
> >WORLD-WIDE DISTRIBUTION
> >
> >Schoolforge Member (projects) are located in these (18) countries so far:
> >US, Belize, Italy, Mexico, Colombia, Finland, Australia, Denmark, India,
> >Greece, France, Norway, Turkey, Singapore, South Africa, UK, Canada, China
> >
> >***
> >TRANSLATIONS of this announcement are available on http://schoolforge.net.
> >***
> >
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