[Opensource] Software Freedom Day - support for schools

[Cameron Bell]

Start here:

http://theopendisc.com/

We burnt over a 100 so we had one for every staff member and had 
leftovers for kids and parents. We now need to burn more.
Cheers
Cameron

Clare, Ian J wrote:
> Thanks for your enthusiasm Donna. I would love to do something can you
> please advise where you can get the CD's from.  
>
> Ian Clare
> e-mail clare.ian.j at edumail.vic.gov.au
>  
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: opensource-bounces at edulists.com.au
> [mailto:opensource-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Donna Benjamin
> Sent: Thursday, 8 May 2008 12:01 PM
> To: Open Source Software Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Opensource] Software Freedom Day - support for schools
>
> Hey Peter,
>
> Software Freedom Day is September 20 this year.  
>
> It would be good to co-ordinate plans to celebrate a little... encourage
> more schools to register and run activities.
>
> I was at the education show last year and handed a teacher an OpenCD.
> She looked at it, listened to my spiel, and glanced at the brochure.
> Then she looked me in the eye and said
>  "You're serious?"
>  "yep" I said.
>  "Why don't more people know about this. It's brilliant".
>
> Yep.  SFD is a great way of getting the word out to more people and
> engaging with the community.  But better than that - it really is a
> global event.
>
> Who else is planning on running SFD activities this year?  
>
> What assistance do you need to do it?
>
> What resistance are you facing?
>
> - Donna
>
>
>
> On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 07:22 +0930, Peter Ruwoldt wrote:
>   
>> Hi
>>
>> I am on the SFI board that organises "Software Freedom Day", a global
>> event that supports local communities to celebrate and educate how
>> Free Open Source Software can benefit people in their area.
>>
>> FOSS fits well with the ideal 'Free and Open Education' by being able
>> to give the learning tools to students so that they can use, share and
>> build upon them. Collaboration and sharing fits well with this ideal
>> and FOSS.
>>
>> One of our objectives for 2008 is to better support schools to host
>> Software Freedom Day events. For schools already making use of FOSS,
>> it is a great way to help their community understand what and why they
>> are doing this and to involve their FOSS communities in the process.
>>
>> I would like to start some conversations about this so that we can
>> better understand how to help schools participate and to share
>> stories, resources and experience. If you want, you could put these
>> ideas straight onto the SFD wiki
>>
>> http://softwarefreedomday.org/Resources_to_support_schools
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Free and Open education for all
>>
>> Peter Ruwoldt
>> Grant High School
>> Hosking Avenue
>> MOUNT GAMBIER SA 5290
>>
>> P. 08 87263128
>> F. 08 87250173
>>
>> ruwoldtp at granths.sa.edu.au
>> http://ruwoldtp.googlepages.com/
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