Re: [school-discuss] Schoolforge Journal Pre-Announcement

[Alec Couros <alec.couros@uregina.ca>]

I would also be happy to write articles in this area. Please contact me 
also.

Stephen A Quam wrote:

> I would be more than happy to help write some articles. Please let me 
> know what you need.
>
> Stephen Quam
>
> --On Monday, January 19, 2004 9:47 AM +0700 David Bucknell 
> <david@members.iteachnet.org> wrote:
>
> > Dear Schoolforge Discuss Members,
> >
> > The following is by way of Doug Loss's proposal for Schoolforge. I 
> > know I
> > am not alone in thinking he, Roger, Felipe and Les and the rest of the
> > team have done an incredible job with SEUL/EDU and I am looking forward
> > to working with them on Schoolforge. Doug's messages brought the
> > following from the back to the front of my mind. I hope you will all 
> > join
> > us in this project to make Schoolforge come alive. Here goes.
> >
> > Open Source Schools began as a zine for Open Source in education and 
> > then
> > morphed into a zine for publishing news for Schoolforge members. I have
> > two issues to discuss with you, the Schoolforge Webzine and the
> > Schoolforge Journal.
> >
> > First, the Webzine: I try to post good stuff posted to this list, but
> > would like to request that members also take the initiative to post to
> > http://news.schoolforge.net
> > (http://opensourceschools.org also works.) If everyone participated, it
> > would go a long way toward fulfilling the need for a replacement for
> > Doug's "Linux in Education" report, IMHO.
> >
> > Secondly, I would like to revive the journal for 2004, this time in a
> > slightly different form.
> >
> > I will write up a more detailed how-to for those wishing to post, but
> > here are the initial ideas: There will be two kinds of articles, 1.)
> > unsolicited articles on the writers' chosen topics (welcome any time) 
> > and
> > 2.) articles written in response following (proposed) list. I'd be
> > interested in your comments and suggestions:
> >
> >
> > The Schoolforge Journal 2004
> >
> > Three Sections:
> >
> > I.   *Favorite Apps*
> > II.  *Beyond Software*
> > III. *FEATURES*
> >
> >
> > March: Making the transition to FLOSS: File Sharing, Firewalls and Back
> > Office
> >
> > April: Making the transition to FLOSS: The Web
> >
> > May: Making the transition to FLOSS: The Desktop
> >
> > September: Going all the way: Making the transition to FLOSS: File
> > Sharing, Firewalls
> >
> > October: Going all the Way: The Web
> >
> > November: Going all the Way: The Desktop
> >
> > I wanted to put in a section on Open Source Texts, but, realistically, I
> > think that may have to wait until this time 2005.
> >
> > Comments and Suggestions?
> >
> > I will write specific people whom I know to be writers as well as
> > tinkerers, but I invite you to speak up if you're interested. If you 
> > have
> > experience with free-open source, then you have something worth saying.
> >
> > I look forward to hearing from you.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > David
> > --
> > http://iteachnet.org/~david
> >
> >
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>
> ---------------------------------------------
> Stephen A. Quam
> squam@utdallas.edu
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