Re: [seul-edu] [Fwd: Article submission/announcement]

[Steelhead <brk@slip.net>]

can I author it as "Steelhead"?

Bill


Doug Loss wrote:
> 
> Here's something that came to us just this morning.  I'd like to see SEUL/edu have
> a regular column here, but I don't think I'll be able to commit to writing it.
> I'd like someone else in this group to do so.  I promise, we won't leave you by
> yourself to think up things to say.  Please send your offers to write this to me
> directly and/or to the mailing list.  If we get more than one person willing to
> write this, I don't see why it couldn't be a rotating or a collaborative column.
> 
> "David M. Bucknell" wrote:
> 
> > Dear Seul,
> >
> > I'm writing to let you know of a new Webzine project called Open Source
> > Schools -- we're planning to support you and your fine efforts and hope that
> > you might possibly like to contribute a monthly column.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > David Bucknell
> > http://members.iteachnet.org/opensourceschools
> >
> > --snip--
> > New Project for Open Source Education
> >
> > Although there are now quite a few education-oriented open source initiatives
> > -- good ones, they have not yet got a journal/news site just for them. I have
> > decided to remedy this with an open source initiative called Open Source
> > Schools which I hope can be of use in disseminating the good work of others in
> > a more accessible way.  I hope, moreover, that this will be a place newcomers
> > will find the information they need to get started.
> >
> > The goal of the project is to help increase the use of open source technology
> > and open source curricula in education -- around the world.  It seems to me
> > that while schools and teachers in poorer places might be interested, they
> > might need Open Source Schools to help them find the tools and expertise they
> > need to get going.  Those in wealthier areas may, however, be missing the
> > point that open source is for them too -- price isn't the only reason we adopt
> > open source, is it?
> >
> > To get Open Source Schools, itself, going, I'd like to invite any of you
> > interested in the implications of the Open Source initiative for education
> > (software _and_ curricula) to visit the site, make suggestions, post what I've
> > left out, or corrections to what I have done.  More importantly, I'd like to
> > invite project authors to consider writing stories or letting me know that
> > you'll do an e-mail interview about what you are working on. Finally, I'm
> > planning to kick off the site's Webzine (along the lines of
> > http://members.iteachnet.org/webzine/ - International Education Daily) in the
> > near future and would like to talk to those of you willing to:
> >
> > *be monthly columnists
> > *editing
> > *news reporting
> > *general Web admin
> > *improve the layout/appearance of the site
> > *contribute system admin expertise.
> >
> > I myself am an English teacher turned Linux enthusiast as a result of working
> > to get my students' writing online.  That was in Thailand in 1995. I quickly
> > realized that students' teachers needed to understand the potential of the Web
> > as a means of empowering students to write and publish, so I founded
> > iteachnet.  I've been doing that ever since, but now I'd like to take another
> > step toward getting the right tools to the right people; hence, I've decided
> > to put together this little project.  I hope that anyone in education who
> > agrees that this might be a worthwhile effort will visit the site and begin
> > building a new open source community.
> >
> > I'd like to thank Freshmeat, Sourceforge, Slashdot and Seul, among others, for
> > providing the means to find the few tools I've already listed.
> > --snip--
> >
> > --
> > David M. Bucknell
> > http://www.iteachnet.org/~david
> > ITeachNet: http://www.iteachnet.org
> > International Education Daily
> > http://members.iteachnet.org/webzine/
> 
> --
> Doug Loss                 God is a comedian playing
> Data Network Coordinator  to an audience too afraid
> Bloomsburg University     to laugh.
> dloss@bloomu.edu                Voltaire