Thats well said. Lets do the mailing part. That would be really great. http://www.kenneyjacob.com Kenney Jacob
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 11:10 PM, Sameer Mohamed Thahir < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello All, > > > On Friday 19 December 2008 12:46 PM, .Kenney Jacob wrote: > >> Every large scale change starts with awareness. >> > I agree > >> Students should be aware of their freedom to choose their own topics. >> > It is not only about topics, freedom in a broader sense is being lost in > academics on the whole, > Of course, there needs to be a starting point which is this. > >> If this issue gets noticed by the academic community, we can push for a >> circular from the university. For that to happen, this needs to be discussed >> throughout the community. >> > What I feel can be done > - Create a pool of project ideas ( there are a lot of Free Software > Projects on the > Internet at different stages of development, we need to create a sort of > legend for > students , > - Create a page on the Internet that will serve as a reference to teachers, > so that they are convinced of the scope of the project and how it can do > good > to the student, college and most important the "Community". > - Once projects are completed they are uploaded to the website and also > are presented and spoken of at events and Community group meetings > (like ILUG Cochin), and the project will develop wings. > - This will serve as an example and lesson for the other students as well > and then we have a whole lot of useful software created by the students > for the community. > > - The Web page also needs information from the normal users and business > people, so that they can put in their requirements into the page so that > it becomes " a self sustaining community". > > - Finally let us begin upon, and reiterate on what is the aim of an > academic project in our society and again " the free software community". > Many times students do not know what path they need to take to create > something useful for the society. > > We need to draft an open letter to all educational institutions > which states what an academic projects means to the society and how > important is the freedom for students to pursue their own interests and how > they can guide them to the right path. > > There are lot of teachers and academicians in the Mailing List. I believe > we can get lot of information from them. :) > > > > Thank You > > Regards > Sameer Mohamed Thahir > >> >> http://www.kenneyjacob.com >> Kenney Jacob >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Mahesh Aravind <[email protected]<mailto: >> [email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> >> Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. >> ----- >> http://maravind.blogspot.com/ >> >> >> --- On Tue, 12/16/08, .Kenney Jacob <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> > Wanna join the fighting force ? >> > >> >> Would like to. >> >> What do I have to do? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailinglist mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailinglist mailing list > [email protected] > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org >
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