Re: [school-discuss] Electronic Education Report newsletter discuss-list-interview

["Les R" <openadmin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Justin,

I'm interested in chatting. Open Source can provide control of their
computing environment to schools, if desired.

Les Richardson
Open Admin for Schools



2008/6/17 Justin <jriddiough@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi all,
>
> Karen Meaney at www.simbainformation.com
> <blocked::http://www.simbainformation.com/>  is looking to gather
> information for the Electronic Education Report newsletter, and I offered to
> help facilitate the dialog by posting this and forwarding the responses to
> her.  If anyone would be available to speak to Karen in more detail on one
> or more of these topics, email me your contact info off list and I'll
> forward it to her.  It sounds like she would be happy to speak in person and
> gather as much information as she can.
>
> The questions cover a very diverse set of topics that are usually discussed
> at length individually on this list, so it might be good to just summarize
> the key points on each of these subjects.  Karen also mentioned that she
> would like to start reviewing responses next Monday if possible.
>
> Thanks,
> justin
>
> Karen Meaney wrote:
>>
>> Electronic Education Report, a business-to-business newsletter from
>> Simba Information would like to hear the thoughts of the community on
>> how the open source movement is impacting US K-12 education and the
>> vendors who provide materials to schools.
>> Please share some brief thoughts, for publication in the subscription
>> newsletter, on the following:
>>
>> What advantages does open source bring to K-12 schools?
>> What do material providers have to do differently in an open source
>> environment?
>> What is the impact on one-to-one computing initiatives?
>> How will open communities, like Curriki, change K-12 education?
>> How will open course management systems, like Moodle, change education?
>> What can we learn from states like Indiana that are leading the way?
>> Will there be a tipping point where open source software becomes more
>> widely used than proprietary? When might we expect that?
>>
>>
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