Hey everyone, I'm starting a wiki for Libre Learn Lab, a volunteer community which addresses freely licensed tools and resources in learning environments (K12 schools, universities, after school programs, etc). As soon as it's ready (next couple of days), I'll send a link to the list.
This is a bit dense. I apologize to anyone not (yet hopefully) familiar with all of this, just trying to cover all of the specific bases. I hope it's clear! One of the goals is to make a list of learning environments using mostly, or even more awesomely all, free software with contact information, so we can then document best practices in getting free software used more widely in these specific environments. Other current goals are to: 1. Create resources for caretakers to advocate on behalf of their children 2. Create guides on how to switch from proprietary software x to free software y (installing, getting started projects with screenshots, video with narration etc) 3. Create a guide on how to create portfolios of learners work with free software 4. Document learners experiences using/making/changing/distributing free software. 5. Recruit education/learning/school community members like caretakers, teachers/facilitators, students/learners, IT admins, school admins, after school admins, etc. Let me know if you're interested in helping out! - Mariah Noelle Libre Learn Lab Director www.librelearnlab.org On Apr 7, 2017 6:24 PM, "Will Hill" <[email protected]> wrote: > In the US, Charlie Reisinger has made some progress in the Penn Manor > School > District. I think there s some non free software in the mix but his > program > is a step in the right direction. Here are some notes and links I have > kept > about it. Best of luck, wherever you are. > > Set up a one GNU/Laptop per child program at Penn Manor High School > > http://opensource.com/education/14/9/open-source-high-school > https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4709855 > > Program might be thwarted by CIPA the Children’s Online Protection Act > which > requires censorship software on every student laptop. > > http://www.pennmanor.net/techblog/?p=1847 > > This page has policy documents that conform with that nasty law. The > titles > look just like my daughter's in Alabama. > > http://www.pennmanor.net/techblog/?page_id=1561 > > Actually CIPA Children's Internet Protection Act not COPA. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Internet_Protection_Act > > Open Source Evangelist, Lancaster PA > > http://www.pennmanor.net/techblog/ > > A K12 EdTech veteran, Charlie is the IT Director for Penn Manor School > District in beautiful Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Follow his antics on > Twitter and his adventures in open source education on the PM Techblog. > > http://opensource.com/users/charlie > https://twitter.com/charlie3 > > Google Plus > > https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CharlieReisinger/posts > > 9/9/2014 you attempted contact > > https://plus.google.com/u/0/117532217272229481825/posts/6rm2ni9hjP3 > https://plus.google.com/u/0/113579520393333767984/posts/ZcZLj2HHEmY > > Asked him about high school filter that blocked fsf.org > > https://plus.google.com/u/0/111911369296187064340/posts/SynTtVuDDcT > > History of project: Started with gradebook and LAMP. "Our first big bet > on > open source as a virtual classroom platform was Moodle. We deployed > WordPress > or classroom blogging and school web pages brought in Koha to modernize > our > library system selected sipXecs for our phone system and ownCloud became > our > private cloud platform and teacher backup system." Replaced macbooks with > Ubuntu. > > http://opensource.com/education/14/9/interview- > charlie-reisinger-penn-manor > > Other news about this program > http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/827998_Penn- > Manor-outlines-laptop-plans.html > http://lancasteronline.com/news/penn-manor-students-help- > classmates-get-tech-savvy/article_87e46ad2-0553-55bd- > a49b-3b86cbf888e2.html > Linux Action Show > http://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/49842/hdr-photography-on-linux-las- > s30e06/ > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mpM3izXpFg#t=11m01s > http://linux.slashdot.org/story/14/01/25/0134246/high- > school-students-develop-linux-imaging-and-help-desk-software > http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/200-libby- > clark/761499-pennsylvania-high-school-rolls-out-1700- > linux-laptops-to-students > https://www.edsurge.com/n/2014-02-12-the-largest-non- > ipad-rollout-you-ve-never-heard-of > http://itsfoss.com/pennsylvania-high-school-ubuntu/ > http://insights.ubuntu.com/case-study/an-ubuntu-pc-for- > everyone-in-penn-manor-school-district-pennsylvania-usa/ > http://www.phoenixts.com/blog/cutting-high-school-it-budget-linux > http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/06/why-arent- > more-schools-using-free-open-education-resources/ > http://opensource.com/education/14/9/interview- > charlie-reisinger-penn-manor > http://allthingsopen.org/talks/lessons-from-the-open-source-schoolhouse/ > > > > On Friday 27 January 2017, Ineiev wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 05:55:25AM -0500, Vito Torleone wrote: > > > Can anyone provide a list of K-12 schools or colleges that use only > free > > > software in their work with students? > > > > Just a guess: > > https://www.gnu.org/education/edu-cases.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
