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[school-discuss] Another NECC proposal
Title of proposal: Scratching an Itch--The Variety of Educational
Software for Linux
Category of submission: Web Poster
Description: You have 22 words in your description
Linux has many more educational applications than many educators
realize. We'll show you some of them, and how to locate many others.
Keywords: Linux, Open Source, alternative, free
Audience: P–12 Teachers Technology Coordinators Staff Developers
Library/Media Specialists Administrators
Theme: Framework
Strands: Technology Planning
Summary:
Overview and Objectives--As a result of
attending this
session, participants will have an
overview of the
educational applications that are
available for the
Linux operating system and the knowledge
of how to
locate specific applications they are
interested in.
They will further recognize the
development
methodology common to most Linux
applications
and how it's applicable to a P12
environment.
Outline--We will present a web tour of the
SEUL/edu
Educational Applications Index
[http://richtech.ca/seul/], showing its
organization
and use. We will then focus on a few
selected
applications that are pre-installed on the
computer
used for the demo, showing their
operation. While
doing so we will explain the general
development
methodology common in the Linux community
and
how taking part in that methodology can
benefit the
P12 educational community.
NETS--This session addresses the ISTE NETS
sections
mentioned earlier in that knowledge of the
range of
choices available to teachers and
administrators in
integrating technology into education can
help them
make the best decision on what and how to
use
various technical resources in their
schools.
Presenter Background--Four years ago I
started a
project (SEUL/edu) within the Linux
community to
develop educational applications (meaning
both
software and implementation procedures)
that took
advantage of Linux. The mailing list
associated with
that project rapidly grew to over 400
members from
around the world. It includes teachers,
administrators, and educational
technicians in
addition to general Linux fans with an
interest in
education. As the years passed, other
projects
started with similar goals. For that
reason, we formed
the Schoolforge coalition last in January
2002. It
consists of roughly 100 member
organizations, from
many countries, that are dedicated to
fostering the
use of open resources in education.
Referenced Web Links--SEUL/edu
[http://www.seul.org/edu]; SEUL/edu
Educational
Applications Index
[http://richtech.ca/seul/];
Schoolforge [http://schoolforge.net];
Schoolforge
GNU/Linux CaseStudies
[http://casestudy.seul.org]
Prerequisites--none
Format of
Presentation--lecture-interactive and
conversational
V • NECC Component: Yes
The general discussion mailing list for
Schoolforge is
open to anyone. Just go to
[http://www.schoolforge.net/sfdiscuss.php]
and enter
your email address to subscribe. There's
also a
Schoolforge IRC channel. You just connect
to
irc.freenode.net, port 6667 and join
channel
#schoolforge. SEUL/edu has a separate
mailing list
specifically for it's development
projects, as do many
of the other members of Schoolforge. It's
worth
going to
[http://www.schoolforge.net/members.php]
and browsing through the members websites
to see
the breadth of discussions and work that
are going
on. Another Schoolforge member, Open
Source
Schools [http://opensourceschools.org/],
has a
web-based news site that carries timely
information
(and to which readers can contribute their
own news).
Finally, SEUL/edu publishes bi-weekly
Linux in
education reports, available at
[http://www.seul.org/edu/reports.html].
Primary URL: http://richtech.ca/seul/
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