[elearning] The Digital Open - You're Not Too Young For Free and Open Technology

[Roland Gesthuizen]

A cross post by my friend Lindy McKeown at QSITE. Sounds like a fascinating
contest that older students can sign up with with many angles that could
interest them :-)

     http://digitalopen.org/user/register

Regards Roland

The Digital Open - You're Not Too Young For Free and Open
Technology<http://blogs.sun.com/serda/entry/the_digital_open_you_re>
Wednesday
Apr 22, 2009

Here's a contest especially for youth 17 and younger.  Our friends at
theInstitute For
the Future <http://www.iftf.org/> just launched The Digital
Open<http://digitalopen.org/>,
an innovation expo for global youth.  The Digital Open is an online
technology community and competition for youth around the world, to
demonstrate how they are using technology that will change the world - or
just make life a little easier or more fun.

Students can share their experiences, expertise, and projects through photo,
text, or video. There's great prizes <http://digitalopen.org/about/prizes>for
the winners including an PeeCee Mini Laptop running OpenSolaris, a Flip
pocket-sized video camera <http://www.theflip.com/store/Mino.aspx>or other
cool stuff.

The Digital Open is all about Free and Open
Technology<http://digitalopen.org/about/techoverview>.
In this spirit, all submissions must make use of existing free and
openplatforms and/or licensing your project under one of
the Digital Open-approved licenses<http://digitalopen.org/about/techoverview>
.

There is lots of opportunity for creativity.  Submissions can be in one of
the following

   - Open Code <http://digitalopen.org/projects/categories/open-code>
   - Open Community<http://digitalopen.org/projects/categories/open-community>
   - Open Discovery<http://digitalopen.org/projects/categories/open-discovery>
   - Open Earth <http://digitalopen.org/projects/categories/open-earth>
   - Open Entrepreneurs<http://digitalopen.org/projects/categories/open-entrepreneurs>
   - Open Gear <http://digitalopen.org/projects/categories/open-gear>
   - Open Media <http://digitalopen.org/projects/categories/open-media>
   - Open Play <http://digitalopen.org/projects/categories/open-play>

Resources for each category have been posted to allow young students to get
started quickly.

If you're not 17 or younger, please share info on the Digital Open with
youth in your community and encourage them to sign
up<http://digitalopen.org/user/register>and start participating.



--
Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has."
--Margaret Mead



-- 
Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead
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