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#Prajna : Cognizant FLOSS Corps | #Prajna : Cognizant FLOSS Corps ([mailto:a.premkumar@gmail.com A.Prem Kumar], [http://scorpfromhell.blogspot.com/2007/08/praja-cognizant-floss-corps.html Prajna Mind Map], [http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=37632815 Orkut Community for Prajna]) | ||
#Union Christian College FOSS CELL | #Union Christian College FOSS CELL | ||
== Resources == | |||
Source: http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsug-bangalore/2007-August/001312.html | |||
Some links you might find useful (FLOSS in education): | |||
* FOSS Education (Wikibooks) | |||
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Education | |||
* Comics... to teach FLOSS? | |||
http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/82/Hai_Ti_Comics_SchoolNet_Namibia.pdf | |||
* Skolelinux 3.0 Terra available for free | |||
http://www.skolelinux.no | |||
* Roadmap for next merging of LinEx and Debian-Edu: | |||
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/LinEx2DebianEdu-Roadmap | |||
* Tech to the aid of autistic children: Recent research has | |||
shown that computer/digital technologies can help children | |||
with autism (and other disabilities) learn and communicate | |||
better. A computer training workshop for parents and | |||
children was held recently at Bangalore. Shuchi Grover | |||
reports. Mehta and colleagues shared various software and | |||
hardware by which children could communicate with the | |||
computer through non-traditional means. Also shared were | |||
several other software tools such as a 3-D and role-play | |||
software developed by C-DAC, simple visual programming | |||
environments such as Scratch (recently released by MIT | |||
Media Lab), simple image and audio manipulation using | |||
everyday Windows software, and Edubuntu â?? a free and open | |||
source Linux-based operating system designed specially for | |||
children that comes packaged with several child-friendly | |||
games and educational software. | |||
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa/message/16049 | |||
* TELECENTRES IN THE MADRASA: The school based telecenter | |||
project of RI SOL has launched internet-enabled telecenters | |||
in two Bangladeshi madrasas (Islamic religious schools), in | |||
Khulna and Dhaka. See Khulna Alia Madrasa Advocates for an | |||
Inclusive Information Society on World Information Society | |||
Day Link to the news story and photos of the celebration: | |||
http://www.connect-bangladesh.org/content/view/418/101/ | |||
Source: Nazrul Islam <nazrul07 at gmail.com> | |||
* Richard D'Souza is based at St Paul's in Belgaum, with the | |||
mandate to extend the school's computer centre there. This | |||
educator is very pro-GNU/Linux.... | |||
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa/message/15830 | |||
* Create a comprehesive set of education tools customised for | |||
Indian environment. This include localization, improving | |||
features, adding new features, developing new tools... The | |||
project is co ordinated by FOSS Community India | |||
(http://fci.wikia.com) | |||
http://sarovar.org/projects/foss-edu-in/ | |||
* Reclaiming ICT education: why free software is a necessity | |||
in schools? Tim Cowlishaw talks about education and free | |||
software?and why IT education shouldn't be a how-to for | |||
using the Microsoft suite. Read more... | |||
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/reclaiming_ICT_education_why_free_software_is_a_necessity_in_schools | |||
* "K12OS.org is all about open source news in education. | |||
You'll find news, links, resources and discussion here to | |||
help promote the use of open source software in schools." | |||
http://k12os.org/ | |||
* Speaker Name, K. K. Subramaniam. Company. Type, Talk. | |||
Scope, General. Slides, Click to download. FOSS tools in | |||
primary schools. This talk is aimed at FOSS enthusiasts | |||
promoting its adoption in their local community, | |||
particularly in primary education. It presents the | |||
experience of deploying a FOSS desktop in a small public | |||
primary school in Bangalore. It presents the initial | |||
approach for FOSS deployment, the steps which worked and | |||
those that didnt in getting the teachers in the school to | |||
use FOSS desktop and tools like KDE, Kile and LaTeX to | |||
enhance the quality of teaching and integrate a PC into | |||
daily sessions in the school. | |||
In India, most deployments of computers in primary schools | |||
use canned 'games' software on PCs to teach students or | |||
expect teachers to use office automation software. For | |||
already overburdened primary class teachers, PCs became | |||
just another distraction. In a grassroots experiment, a | |||
FOSS desktop was offered to a small public school in | |||
Bangalore to use it for any task of their choice. The | |||
teachers had no prior experience with computers or software | |||
and their medium of instruction was Kannada. Two teachers | |||
in the school chose to automate preparation of term | |||
question papers in Kannada and English as this was a | |||
recurring and time-consuming manual process. The desktop | |||
was provisioned with KDE, Kile and LaTeX (with Kannada | |||
types and styles) but not localized in Kannada. Starting | |||
from scratch, the teachers took over 100 hours to learn to | |||
use the tools and complete the first set of | |||
publication-ready term papers for classes I through IV. The | |||
second cycle took them less than 20 hours and they continue | |||
to improve on their time. The FOSS desktop has empowered | |||
the teachers to generate their own content quickly and | |||
easily without compromising quality. The system has worked | |||
without a single crash/breakdown over eighteen months of | |||
use by curious young children. | |||
https://foss.in/2006/cfp/speakers/talkdetailspub.php?talkid=183 | |||
* The Family Guide to Digital Freedom will explain, in one | |||
place and in normal language, what everybody should know | |||
about software and other digital technologies, and above | |||
all the real reasons why they should care: in this modern | |||
world, our rights and quality of life heavily depend from | |||
how software is being used around us. The website | |||
associated to the book, http://digifreedom.net, is now open | |||
to visitors: besides sample chapters of the book it will | |||
also host related news, links to existing resources for new | |||
users of Free Software and a database of Digitally Free | |||
Schools. For further information, please read | |||
http://digifreedom.net/node/73 | |||
* ClassroomCoders: Building Analytical Capacity through | |||
Peer-Taught: The goal of this project is to create a | |||
comprehensive curriculum for learners aged 8 to 18, which | |||
develops their analytical skills through the use of | |||
software and software engineering tools. | |||
http://wiki.tsf.org.za/shuttleworthfoundationwiki/ClassroomCoders | |||
* Linux Spreads its Wings in India: Windows is still No. 1, | |||
but open-source software is moving into schools and | |||
government offices. | |||
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa/message/14196 | |||
http://www.businessweek.com/print/globalbiz/content/sep2006/gb20060921_463452.htm | |||
* GOA: BASIL FERNANDES had a long and interesting discussion | |||
on teaching young kids programming, the possibility of | |||
encouraging schools to do the same, and whether schools | |||
could have Computer Clubs that work on a build-them-young | |||
approach. He is keen to get involved with such a programme. | |||
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa/message/14172 | |||
* Kerala logs Microsoft out of schools | |||
http://in.rediff.com/money/2006/sep/02microsoft.htm | |||
* India State to Dump Windows for Linux | |||
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa/message/14060 | |||
* Riza's desktop... it's not just about eye-candy | |||
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa/message/14067 | |||
* OpenKiosk is an open-source multi-platform kiosk system. | |||
OpenKiosk is ideally suited for use in locations where a | |||
controlled computing environment is paramount such as | |||
public access systems, libraries, school computer | |||
laboratories. | |||
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa/message/13846 | |||
* Content Creation competition for school and college | |||
teachers: OSSRC is organising a competition for | |||
school/college teachers in creating content. Details of the | |||
event can be found at http://www.ossrc.org.in/c3t.html | |||
* When Free Software ideas spreads to education... see the | |||
first link | |||
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa/message/13234 | |||
* Site at School is a Content Management System (CMS) to manage | |||
and maintain the website of a primary school. It is Open | |||
Source Software, licensed under the General Public license. | |||
Site at school main features are: * Manage a website without | |||
technical knowledge. * Editors with a high "Word processor | |||
look and feel" rate. * Pupils/teachers can have personal | |||
pages on the website. Teachers can check pupil pages before | |||
publication. * An intranet for teachers (not accessible by | |||
the public). * E-mail alerts can be sent to admins when | |||
pages are updated/created. * Comprehensive manual with over | |||
300 screenshots. * Extensive number of available modules, | |||
see Available Modules * Possible to create your own | |||
template see downloadable example(s). | |||
http://siteatschool.sourceforge.net/ | |||
* Linux in Education: Two Years Later by Peter D. St. Onge | |||
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa/message/12949 | |||
* Education... lessons from South Africa | |||
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa/message/12821 | |||
* Gnu and tux go to primary school.... | |||
http://www.ofset.org/freeduc-ecole |