olpc-uk list: anybody already going to this event? I'm in London so could go if anyone thought it'd be useful.
Martin On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 12:17:06PM +0100, Sascha Silbe wrote: > Hi! > > There are a lot of projects listed we cooperate with (GCompris, > Scratch, Ooo4Kids, ...), but I can't see Sugar mentioned anywhere on > their page. Maybe someone should tell them about us? > > CU Sascha > Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 13:19:38 -0800 > From: Bill Kendrick <[email protected]> > To: Tux Paint <[email protected]>, > Schoolforge Discuss <[email protected]>, > Tux Math <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: [Tuxpaint-devel] Fwd: Open Source Schools Think Tank [March, > in the UK] > > > Caroline Ford of Tux Paint received this, and I suggested passing > it along to the T4K lists to see if anyone in the neighborhood > would be interested in attending. (Also including Schoolforge). > > Miles -- I hope that's ok! Thanks for contacting us & good luck! > > -bill! > (in California) > > ----- Forwarded message from Caroline Ford ----- > > From: Miles Berry <[email protected]> > > Date: 28 February 2010 16:33:30 GMT > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Open Source Schools Think Tank > > > > Dear Caroline, > > The Open Source Schools team would be delighted if you could join us > > for a cross-sector 'think tank' event on open source in schools on > > Friday 26th March. We would like to bring together a few of the key > > members > > of our own community, including both teachers, technical staff and > > those with more strategic roles together with representatives of the > > wider open source world to explore a few common concerns from a range > > of perspectives, and would be very pleased if you were able to > > participate in this meeting. > > We'd like your input on what could and should be done now to support > > and extend the use of open source applications in education, at a > > range of scales from handheld devices and open source on Windows, to > > region wide web-based services. We'd also appreciate some input on the > > future direction of the Open Source Schools community, in particular > > addressing why you chose to become involved and what could be done to > > increase participation amongst those in a similar role to yourselves. > > Our intention is that the day will result in a set of practical > > recommendations to Becta for how to strengthen the position of open > > source in the schools technology ecosystem, together with some idea of > > the role that the Open Source Schools community might play in this. > > The 'think tank' will meet at the British Academy, Carlton House > > Terrace, in their Council Room. We're confident that venue will be > > conducive to convivial conversations. We have in mind running the > > meeting > > from 10 am to 4:30 pm. > > I do hope you'll be able to attend. > > Best wishes, > > Miles. > > PS - we've been using TuxPaint with our undergraduate and PGCE teacher > > training students at Roehampton - it's been universally popular, and I > > suspect more than a few will be taking it into school with them. Many > > thanks! > > -- > > Miles Berry > > Senior Lecturer, ICT | Roehampton University | roehampton.ac.uk | 0208 392 > > 3241 > > Community Manager | Open Source Schools | opensourceschools.org.uk | 07779 > > 628656 > > Blogger | milesberry.net > > Twit | twitter.com/mberrys, > > Miles. > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
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