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Re: [DotGNU]OT: File formats schools
From: |
James Michael DuPont |
Subject: |
Re: [DotGNU]OT: File formats schools |
Date: |
Wed, 29 Jan 2003 23:43:29 -0800 (PST) |
Adam,
I have been in contact with Les from
address@hidden
I would love to help organize a local Student chapter,
and one in NJ were i am doing my distance learning.
There are some great possibilities for dotgnu and schoolforge to work
togeather.
> We also should start some type of weekly meeting
> on
> Freenode to discuss plans between all chapters(a name for each
> localized
> grouP?)
Yes, let us do that. I think the schooolforge.net looks very promising,
maybe they would like to take part :
We need a plan for a real worldwide organization.
Lets setup a chat-a-thon in one month, and invite everyone to come in!
mike
--- minddog <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Wednesday 29 January 2003 02:25, James Michael DuPont wrote:
> > I have gotten my first installment of a e-learning package from my
> > university, in Power Point format. I requested that they provide me
> the
> > files in Standard HTML and PNG format or PDF.
>
> All if most of my class's presentations are stored in powerpoint on
> each
> teacher's class website. It's required to have powerpoint to print
> them out,
> and it costs money to print at our school.
>
> > It turns out that my school is sponsored by Microsoft, and they
> have
> > these funky student licenses the "give" the students Office for $10
> and
> > require the school to monitor their usage, prevent them from using
> the
> > software commercially, and delete it when they are done with
> school.
>
> I figure mine isn't, but I've already seen amounts of donated
> licenses to the
> school. I can check out a copy of .net ide to use for educational
> purposes
> only. This a quite a nasty tactic for them to pull off, when
> institutions
> already have problems with funding.
>
> > After many letters to the directors and professors of the school I
> > agreed to start converting the materials for them into standard
> format.
>
> It took only one email to a CSE professor, but I was in luck because
> the
> teacher seemed well rounded and very okay with the idea at first.
>
> > Also they are pushing .NET at that school, and would be a great
> place
> > for DOT.GNU.
>
> They are pushing it here, and I am in the windows interest group here
> pushing
> dotgnu solo. I'd like to have an organization like this to push a
> software
> platform like dotgnu into the students hands.
>
> > My question is to you, have you had similar problems? Are you
> > interested in creating a Student group that is active in promoting
> free
> > software in schools and distance learning?
>
> Very much, I'm interested in a full organization inside my university
> to
> control, monitor, and defend the students rights of free software in
> the
> classroom and outside. I guess we should start gathering interested
> folks in
> our immediate areas and those who work on GNU projects. Students,
> professors, and non-educational people can all be involved. Who's to
> say we
> should bar anyone. We also should start some type of weekly meeting
> on
> Freenode to discuss plans between all chapters(a name for each
> localized
> grouP?) . Good luck to all, let's start revolutionizing software in
> the
> classroom for the benefit of freedom for us.
>
> regards,
> --
> --minddog( Adam Ballai )
=====
James Michael DuPont
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/
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