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



Thanks, Michael! Will include it.

David
Quoting Michael Viron <mviron@findaschool.org>:

> (Terminology used explained below January 2002)
> January 2001
> ------------
> Non-Unique Hits - 65,974
> Unique Hits - 17,748
> Files - 52,750
> Total KB - 976,649
> 
> January 2002
> ------------
> Non-Unique Hits - 209,993
> Unique Hits - 44,558
> Files - 177,500
> Total KB - 2,971,412
> 
> Terminology
> -----------
> Non-Unique Hits:  These count multiple web hits from the same IP address
> during the same day -- Therefore if someone hits the website 100 times
> during the same day, all 100 hits count for this category.  This is roughly
> equivalent to the total number of lines in the access_log file for the
> month.
> 
> Unique Hits:  These count a single web hit from a single IP address per
> day.  These totals are closer to the actual number of visitors for the
> month.  The same IP can visit multiple times during the month (ie, they
> could visit all 31 days of the month, and all 31 visits would count).
> 
> Files:  The total number of files downloaded for the month.
> 
> Total KB:  The bandwidth utilized by visitors to the website.
> 
> Michael
> 
> At 07:49 AM 02/05/2002 +0700, you wrote:
> >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.
> >> >***
> >> >
> >> >Copyright schoolforge.net, February 2002. Permission to repost with
> >> >attribution to schoolforge.net is granted.
> >
> >
> 
> 




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