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Re: [school-discuss] Press Release for Last Comments/Changes/Additions
Sorry, Michael! Will add now.
David
Quoting Michael Viron <mviron@findaschool.org>:
> David,
>
> You forgot to mention General Education Online's accomplishment of over
> 200% growth for Jan 2002.
>
> -- Begin original posting --
> (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
> -- End Original posting --
>
> At 05:27 AM 02/11/2002 +0000, you wrote:
> >Thanks to those who sent changes and suggestions. I think I used them _all_!
>
> >I suggest that by this time tomorrow, we try to ship it to the translators
> and
> >get it out by ... whenever you think you can do it ;-)
> >
> >David
> >==
> >
> >
> >***SCHOOLFORGE PRESS RELEASE***
> >
> >[http://schoolforge.net February, 2002]
> >
> >SchoolForge, a coalition of organizations supporting free and open resources
>
> >in education has nearly fifty members (48).
> >
> >SCHOOLFORGE NEWS:
> >*Coalition Grows; Begins Work on Open Standard for Educational Resources
> >
> >In its first month of operation, Schoolforge's membership grew from 31
> >organizations at its January 8 launch to 47 organizations by month's end.
> >Located in Asia, Africa, The Americas and Europe, these new members share
> our
> >common vision of free and open resources in education.
> >
> >Members have begun work on Schoolforge's first project, EduML, an
> XML-based open
> >standard for educational software and content development. Although an
> attempt
> >at an EduML standard was initiated in 1998-1999 as a standard for
> >intercommunication between educational applications, Schoolforge is
> picking it
> >up and moving forward with revisions and improvements. Those interested in
> >collaborating on EduML are invited to join the schoolforge-discuss mailing
> list
> >via http://schoolforge.net/sfdiscuss.php.
> >
> >In addition to a description of Schoolforge's mission and methods,
> visitors to
> >http://www.schoolforge.net 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.
> >
> >Media and candidate organizations wishing to learn more about Schoolforge
> are
> >welcome to contact us at info@schoolforge.net.
> >
> >
> >RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS BY MEMBERS:
> >
> >* Blue Linux Beta Release 1.0
> >Jan 22, 2002 - Hillsborough, NC, US
> >"With this release we bring a easy to install and configure Linux
> operating
> >system for Intel based systems, we hope to have a release for the
> Macintosh
> >systems shortly. This release is avaliable on our ftp servers." Full
> story:
> >http://www.bluelinux.org/news/012202.php
> >
> >* K12LTSP 2.0 (K12 Linux Terminal Server Project) released on February 10
> > February 10, 2002 - Portland, Oregon, US
> >"K12LTSP is free software with the potential to save schools, public
> agencies
> >and businesses millions of dollars." Full story:
> http://k12ltsp.org/press.html
> >
> >* MimerDesk 1.5.0pre released
> >January 10, 2002 - Finland
> >"MimerDesk is an open-source group environment designed for a wide variety
> of
> >uses such as web-based eLearning, carrying out projects and setting up
> >communities." Full story:
> http://www.mimerdesk.org/community/engine.html?page=31
> >
> >LATEST MEMBERS
> >
> >These groups joined us in January of 2002:
> >
> >*OpenSchooling [US]: The OpenSchooling project has the goal of providing
> >FDL'd (released under the Free Documentation License) curriculum that
> meets the
> >standards set out by each country, state, province, etc. for all subjects
> and
> >electives. Both Web browser-based and
> >printable versions of the curriculum will be made available. Schools and
> >publishers can make books for sale and use. (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]: This organization's purpose is to help
> teachers
> >create open resource teaching materials that offer them the same
> advantages that
> >open source software has
> >provided IT professionals. (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, this project aims to help bridge the digital divide by means of free
> and
> >open resources. (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]: RISE is a group of
> Illinois
> >alternative schools charged with providing standards-based curricula and a
>
> >structured educational environment for 6th through 12th grade students who
> have
> >been released from other schools. (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
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> >
> >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
> >
> >***
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> >
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