That is an excellent idea. There are actually a whole number of social-networking tools outthere, that could form the basis of such a platform that is tuned for the ugandan situation.
http://moodle.org/ comes to mind. From their homepage: Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities. Sounds like a good start, doesnt it? On Thursday 17 April 2008 14:44:19 Muhumuza Brian wrote: > I think one of the most practical software applications would be a > kind of groupware that students especially secondary school students, > can use to collaborate on projects. > > To build/adapt an existing tool and make it available for students > and mentors. Something close to Google SOC. You have projects on one > side, mentors on another side, students on the other side and > importantly, project sponsors on the other side. > > So, the software brings the four sides together to do some cool things. > > > On 16 Apr 2008, at 09:14, Reinier Battenberg wrote: > > > > > And here are my initial ideas to that... > > > > > > > > That is wonderfull news, I think there is a lot to do, here is a > > small list > > that I can think off. I hope others can contribute as well: > > > > - Translate. There is a *lot* to translate, here is the shortlist: > > - Firefox. James Wire has a set of files for Netscape, and > > these could > > be the > > basis for a nice Luganda Firefox. (off course, the other 51 ugandan > > languages > > are just as important) > > - Joomla. The most popular CMS around > > - Big task? OpenOffice, or even a linux version. > > > > If translating is not difficult enough, there currently is no web- > > based > > translation tool for Firefox. There is an old project around, but i > > think it > > is defunct. If the aim is to translate FF to 52 languages (and TB) > > then > > reviving this tool might be a nice idea. > > > > Bookkeeping. > > - There are a few very nice bookkeeping packages outthere. > > They come > > with the > > Book of Accounts for wherever they have been written + the USA. > > Defining the > > standard Book of Accounts for Uganda (Requirements Capturing!) and > > then > > adding this BOA to say, FrontAccounting, CompBiz, TinyERP etc would > > be really > > helpfull. > > > > Update OpenKiosk > > - There are a gazilllion Internet Cafe's in Afrika & > > Uganda, and there > > is no > > smooth Internet Cafe Software package around. OpenKiosk is very > > promising, > > but it needs some work done. If you crack this, fame will be your > > reward! (If > > there is someone who can mentor this, i have no clue how to develop > > on linux, > > i never got further than make & make install) > > > > Who else? > > > > reinier > > > >> MB > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > -- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 782 801 749 www.mountbatten.net _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
