On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 15:24:59 +0200, Knut Yrvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -------- English ---------- > > Joint statement by debian edu and Skolelinux together with PSL-Brasil, > gnu/LinEx and other participiant from the GNOME community > > In a meeting held tuesday 29 june 2004 we aggread to advance the > international cooperation of Free and Open Source Software in > education: through the sharing of architecture and applications. > > The intention is to eliminate the duplication of work and to > facilitate communication of ideas between the participants. In this > way we hope to improve the competence of our digital skills and to > ensure universal access to technology for youth and adults. Open > minds and Open Source means that we can learn from each other and to > create for oneself. In order to make this happen each generation must > posess the right to form, change and adapt the technology. > > This cooperation is of mutual benefit and will take place through > traditional Free and Open Source development channels, for example the > [email protected] mailinglist. > > - LinEx in Spain, Jose Angel Diaz Diaz Chief Manager of Digital Literacy Plan > - PSL-Brasil in Brazil, Paulino Michelazzo > - Skolelinux in Norway, Knut Yrvin Project manager > Hi all. This seems like a good opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Tom Hoffman, I'm a teacher and Python programmer in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, and I've just taken on the role of project manager on SchoolTool.
I want to congratulate everyone involved in taking this step towards greater cooperation and coordination for free and open source software in education. I am committed, and the SchoolTool project is committed to supporting these goals as well. We have already invested considerable effort in attempting do design SchoolTool as an open-ended platform, including a component architecture and comprehensive REST web services API. I also have some experience with the School's Interoperability Framework, and I've done some extensive work representing assessment data with RDF. I'm looking forward to a fruitful collaboration. --Tom Hoffman
