On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 11:39 PM, കേരളീയന് ഭാരതീയന് <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 25/12/2008, Sameer Mohamed Thahir <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Can you cite examples of any schools doing this. > > You may please approach, some high school students and ask them about > what is software and then how free software is different. If they > could say some thing about software then many of them will surely hint > the philosophy of free software. > > One confusion here is created by free software community itself by > insisting on use of ambiguous words like 'free'. A better usage might > have conveyed more philosophy on software freedom to our students. Swathanthra is the better word. Is it using in schools? > By > insisting on use certain words, many watch us (the so called free > software community) as mere preachers and not as practitioners. So > many of them tries to be keep away from us, even if they agree with > the philosophy of software freedom. Instead of realizing and > correcting ourself, we are giving wrong feedback about state of free > software teaching in schools. I think we cant make general statements against state of Free Softwares in schools. Because some are doing Good. AFAIK Eranakulam district is No. 1 in ree Software awreness & usage in schools. But Districts other than TVM is too poor in teaching philosophy . Even we cant make general statements on district too... There are good and bad. But Govt (i...@school project )have a mistake . They are not trying to teach philosophy to teachers (some committed resoce persons used to bridge this gap)as a mandate and not asking them to spread it. > > > > Yes exactly, but do they really care about this while teaching > > anything ?? > > Yes they care it. I feel such doubt arises mainly from our own ego, > which makes us to think that only the so called free software > community really care about philosophy of freedom, culture of sharing > and collaborative development. > I know surely this is not the case. I am familier with a lot of teachers who teaches philosophy too. But I also know teachers/schools bad in that. This is a a problem because The spreading concepts of Freedom in software is not endorsed in Teachers trainings. Those who already aware about it is already spreading it. I feel on the interview too RMS tried to point on this gap > Through out the human history, struggle to achieve freedom, and > collective actions for social good are increasingly understood and > practiced. The scenario in software sector after 1980 are not a break > out, rather it is a continuation of earlier history. > Yes. I totally agree. I find the free software movement is just extensing freedom struggles to digital space. Teachers can easily undertanda that. But for students specific awareness about Freedoms in softwrae (I prefer to call it as rights on software) is essential. > > > Our meeting for this month is aimed at discussing about this. > > Hope you can Join us at the meeting. :) > > We can also have it here in this list, so that I can ensure my > participation. > > - കേരളീയന് > _______________________________________________ > Mailinglist mailing list > [email protected] > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > -- Any responsible politician should be encouraging a home grown Free Software industry because it creates the basis for future jobs. Learning Windows is like learning to eat every meal at McDonalds.
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