I agree with Donna, need to put these into the hands of parents. <br><br>Many teachers hold the mistaken belief that operating systems and software is free (we can probably blame the skewed thinking that happens around state-wide select agreements that hide the true costs)<br>
<br>Cameron, what ISO image did you use? CDs are so cheap to make that I might budget some of our school eLearning funding to produce a school open CD that we can give to all parents.<br><br>Regards Roland<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
2008/5/8 Donna Benjamin <<a href="mailto:donna@cc.com.au">donna@cc.com.au</a>>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hey Peter, </blockquote>
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It would be good to co-ordinate plans to celebrate a little... encourage<br>
more schools to register and run activities.<br>
<br>
I was at the education show last year and handed a teacher an OpenCD.<br>
She looked at it, listened to my spiel, and glanced at the brochure.<br>
Then she looked me in the eye and said<br>
"You're serious?"<br>
"yep" I said.<br>
"Why don't more people know about this. It's brilliant".<br>
<br>
Yep. SFD is a great way of getting the word out to more people and<br>
engaging with the community. But better than that - it really is a<br>
global event.<br>
<br>
Who else is planning on running SFD activities this year?<br>
<br>
What assistance do you need to do it?<br>
<br>
What resistance are you facing?<br>
<br>
- Donna<br>
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On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 07:22 +0930, Peter Ruwoldt wrote:<br>
> Hi<br>
><br>
> I am on the SFI board that organises "Software Freedom Day", a global<br>
> event that supports local communities to celebrate and educate how<br>
> Free Open Source Software can benefit people in their area.<br>
><br>
> FOSS fits well with the ideal 'Free and Open Education' by being able<br>
> to give the learning tools to students so that they can use, share and<br>
> build upon them. Collaboration and sharing fits well with this ideal<br>
> and FOSS.<br>
><br>
> One of our objectives for 2008 is to better support schools to host<br>
> Software Freedom Day events. For schools already making use of FOSS,<br>
> it is a great way to help their community understand what and why they<br>
> are doing this and to involve their FOSS communities in the process.<br>
><br>
> I would like to start some conversations about this so that we can<br>
> better understand how to help schools participate and to share<br>
> stories, resources and experience. If you want, you could put these<br>
> ideas straight onto the SFD wiki<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://softwarefreedomday.org/Resources_to_support_schools" target="_blank">http://softwarefreedomday.org/Resources_to_support_schools</a><br>
><br>
> Cheers<br>
><br>
> Peter<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
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><br>
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> Grant High School<br>
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><br>
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