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Re: [school-discuss] FW: OpenOffice in education



Jan,

I am sorry.  You already sent me info.  It is great stuff

Walter
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hildy9" <hildy9@comcast.net>
To: <schoolforge-discuss@schoolforge.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: [school-discuss] FW: OpenOffice in education


> Jan,
>
> I have recently started a website www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org  Please
> send me information on your program so we can cooperate.
>
>
> Walter Hildebrandt
> Denver CO
> hildy9@comcast.net
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeffrey Elkner" <jeff@elkner.net>
> To: "ian" <ian.lynch2@ntlworld.com>
> Cc: "Jeffrey Coupe" <jeff@cicinternationale.org>; "Phil Shapiro"
> <pshapiro@his.com>; "Kay A. Pentecost" <tranzpupy@ix.netcom.com>; "Paul
> Flint" <flint@flint.com>; <schoolforge-discuss@schoolforge.net>
> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 10:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [school-discuss] FW: OpenOffice in education
>
>
> > Hi Ian,
> >
> > I was very excited to receive this email.  I fully agree with you that
> > the opportunity to participate and make a different is by far the most
> > important educational aspect of using Free Software.
> >
> > In Arlington, VA, just across the river from the nation's capitol, a
> > group of us are in the process of setting up community computing centers
> > using Free Software at several locations within the county.
> >
> > The office suite is the application for which most users run a computer
> > in the first place, so I was delighted to see the beginnings of an
> > OpenOffice.org educational project.  A few quick questions:
> >
> > 1. How can folks get involved in the OpenOffice.org educational project
> > (are you the one they should contact, if not, whom?)
> >
> > 2. Is there and OpenOffice.org educational project website? (if not,
> > would you like help setting that up?)
> >
> > We will of necessity be developing teaching/learning materials for the
> > users of the computing centers we are setting up.  It would be great if
> > we could work with other interested folks to do this.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > On Sat, 2004-02-28 at 05:43, ian wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2004-02-27 at 23:45, Jacqueline McNally wrote:
> > >
> > > <SNIP>
> > > > One of the most interesting discussions is free as in beer vs free
as
> in
> > > > freedom, particularly in an educational setting.
> > > >
> > > > With Free/OSS, students and teachers are empowered. They have the
> > > > opportunity to participate and make a difference.
> > > <SNIP>
> > >
> > > This is by far the most important educational aspect of using Free
> > > Software. Its early days yet but the OpenOffice.org education project
is
> > > aimed at involving schools in the community so that children learn by
> > > being an active part of that community. There are many spin-offs from
> > > citizenship to internationalism. If we could mobilise even 1% of the
> > > young people in schools to contribute to the OpenOffice.org community,
> > > the effect would be huge. Imagine 1% of all the school age children
> > > around the world contributing one item of clip art for them and their
> > > friends to use.
> > >
> > > We are currently running a competition for schools to design the
Mascot
> > > for the Openoffice.org education project and we have enteries from
> > > schools in several countries. We have a school in the UK burning
> > > OpenOffice.org discs and sending them to Malaysia where there isn't
> > > access to broadband as part of a vocational course. We have a group
> > > meeting on the 8th April to plan improvements to the database
facilities
> > > in OpenOffice.org to make them more suitable for schools. So small
> > > beginnings but a lot of potential.
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > Jeffrey Elkner <jeff@elkner.net>
> > Open Book Project <http://ibiblio.org/obp>
> >
>