[Opensource] The Education Show - saddle up

[Donna Benjamin]

On Wed, 2007-07-18 at 16:18 +1000, margaret.lawson at konstantkaos.net
wrote:
> A few ideas
> 
> It might be ideal to put together a "mini-foss" booklet with some key
> applications and directions to download?

Yes - I think this is a great idea.  Does anyone have some time to put
this together and get it printed?  Or a couple of people want to work
together on it?

> Also, there are a bundle of white papers out there with OS case studies,
> collectively we might be able to run off a collection of these at our
> various schools?

Yes - I had a similar thought - it would be good to have copies of key
reports on FOSS in education on the stand.  I was thinking we could also
put together a CD with soft copies of the reports to give to people
who'd be interested - and perhaps put together a page to go on the linux
australia website to point people to...

Here's a few to start with:

* ePrimer on education from the UN's International Open Source Network
http://www.iosn.net/education/foss-education-primer/fossPrimer-Education.pdf

Kathryn Moyle's Reports on FOSS in Ed.
http://www.educationau.edu.au/jahia/webdav/site/myjahiasite/shared/papers/open_source.pdf
there's a couple of others I'm trying to track down links for...

* Free Software for Schools (OSV - NCOSE catalog)
 http://www.cc.com.au/files/FOSSEd_catalog_7.07.pdf
I've ordered a copy of the revised FOSS catalog from lulu.
Is it worth getting some printed locally?

* British Educational Communications and Technology Agency
 http://publications.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=25908



> Regards
> 
> Margaret
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, July 18, 2007 3:18 pm, Donna Benjamin wrote:
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> >
> > The Education Show is less than a month away now.
> > I would like to have a pre-show planning / strategy meeting on Tuesday
> > 31st of July. Who can make that?
> > 7pm - Central melbourne location to be determined.
> >
> >
> > I have set up some working pages at
> > http://www.openeducation.org.au/wiki/index.php/Current_events
> >
> >
> > Opening Hours for visitors are
> > 12noon-7pm on Tues 14 August and Wed 15 August
> >
> >
> > We need people to be on the stand:
> > 3 people at the stand at all times.
> >
> >
> > So we have the following 4 hr shifts for the show,
> > Early 11am-4pm
> > Late 3pm-7pm
> > and will need help for setup and packup.
> >
> > Overlap time allows people to wander around the rest of the show, and
> > handover stories and strategies.
> >
> > We can start setup from 2pm on Monday 13th.
> >
> >
> > Buying internet access from the venue is stupid expensive - so people
> > with their own portable wireless... your assistance would be welcome.
> >
> > We also need handouts....
> > * What is Linux Australia?
> > * Linux Users of Victoria
> > * Introduction to FOSS...
> > etc...
> >
> > I've ordered a copy of the revised FOSS catalog for schools from LULU
> > http://www.lulu.com/content/286873
> > and will see if I can get costs from a local printer, because the shipping
> > cost is a killer
> >
> > cheers Donna

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