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implications of the use of technology. This fundamental aspect was
maintained and underlined during the whole process and put into practice
by the gradual substitution of existing proprietary programs with Free
-Libre Software programs</p>
+Libre Software programs.</p>
<p>During the first year we introduced some theoretical courses, namely
"Computer Science History" and "Introduction to Computer Architecture".
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@
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political autonomous states called provinces. These provinces develop
their own educational policy, attending just to certain basic guidelines
from the National Government. This allows educational institutions to
-adapt their curricula to their local needs.</p>
+adapt their curricula to their local needs. Learn more about the
+<a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina#Education";>education
+system of Argentina</a> in Wikipedia.</p>
<p>Below are listed some of the educational institutions in Argentina
who are using Free Software.</p>
@@ -107,12 +109,12 @@
<!-- Add new entries of educational institutions in this country in
alphabetical order by the name of the institution -->
<a href= "edu-cases-argentina-ecen.html">
-Escuela Cristiana Evangélica de Neuquén ECEN)</a>
+Escuela Cristiana Evangélica de Neuquén (ECEN)</a>
<p>An elementary teacher with little technical skills manages to get her
school to completely migrate to Free Software on the grounds that
-proprietary software is against the moral and ethical values of the
-school.</p>
+proprietary software is against the moral and ethical values promoted by
+the school.</p>
<a href=" /education/edu-cases.html">Back to Case Studies</a>
@@ -244,7 +246,7 @@
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<h3>Location</h3>
<p>The Center is located in the Sudharshan Layout off Bannerghatta Road
-in Bangalore, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka";>State of
-Karnataka</a>, India.</p>
+in Bangalore, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka#Education";>
+State of Karnataka</a>, India.</p>
<h3>About</h3>
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@
<p>We are informed that the outstanding effort of Free Software
volunteers is expanding in these deprived areas of the city, with
remarkable results. If you would like to contribute or donate laptops to
-this group, please contact us at address@hidden</p>
-
+this group, please contact us at
+<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>.</p>
<a href="/education/edu-cases-india.html">More Case Studies
in India</a> <br />
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
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@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@
of the philosophy of the GNU Project, such as the freedom to share
knowledge and the freedom to cooperate with our community by
contributing improvements to computer programs. This awareness about
-Swathantra Software <a href="#swathantra">(1)</a> was largely the result
-of what we learned at the meetings organized by the
+Swathanthra Software <a href="#swathanthra">(1)</a> was largely the
+result of what we learned at the meetings organized by the
<a href="http://www.ilug-cochin.org/";> Indian Libre User Group
(ILUG-Cochin)</a> in the nearby city of Kochi. Attending those meetings
also helped us to work in close connection with the Free Software
@@ -134,29 +134,33 @@
started in 2001, involved several thousand schools in Kerala and in 2006
it switched completely to Free Software.</p>
-<a href=" /education/misc/irimpanam-school.jpg">
-<img src="/education/misc/irimpanam-school-sm.jpg" style="float: right"
-width="300" height="255" alt="Students at a Free Software event
-organized by SSK VHSS Irimpanam. "/></a>
+<div style="width: 300px; height: 260px; margin: 30px; float: right;">
+
+<p><a href=" /education/misc/irimpanam-school.jpg">
+<img src=" /education/misc/irimpanam-school-sm.jpg"alt="Image of students at a
Free Software event."/></a></p>
+
+<p>Students at a Free Software event organized by SSK VHSS Irimpanam.</p>
+
+</div> <!-- style="width: 300px; height: 260px..." -->
<p>Training courses for teachers were implemented by the government to
teach us the basics of the new Free Operating System and how to
install it. The new system was customized for the first time by
<a href="http://space-kerala.org/node/10/";>SPACE</a>, an agency based in
Kerala that promotes the use of Free Software in the private and public
-sectors. SPACE, as well as local Swathantra Software users groups,
+sectors. SPACE, as well as local Swathanthra Software users groups,
played a fundamental role during the process by providing constant
support to teachers. One of the workshops organized by SPACE helped us
to build the website of our school using Free Software.</p>
<p>Training was not limited to software, it also included teaching the
-basics of harware maintenance to teachers and students. In our school,
+basics of hardware maintenance to teachers and students. In our school,
10 years old students know how to assemble a PC.</p>
-<p>The use of Free programs in the classroom is facilitated by the
+<p>The use of Free programs in the classroom was facilitated by the
implementation of training modules aimed at instructing teachers on the
use of specific programs for teaching various subjects.
-For example, there is a training module for teachers of Mathematics on
+For example, there was a training module for teachers of Mathematics on
how to use <a href="http://directory.fsf.org/project/drgeo/";>Dr Geo</a>
for teaching geometry, another one for teachers of Chemistry on how to
draw organic molecules using
@@ -165,7 +169,7 @@
<p>Other training activities were conducted jointly by the school and
ILUG-Cochin to teach us the use of different Free Software applications
-such as Blender, Inkscape, and the use of the command line interface.</p>
+such as Blender, Inkscape, and the command line interface.</p>
<p>The school has also opened an
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat";>IRC</a>
@@ -180,13 +184,27 @@
proprietary programs are being used. Only Free Software is being used in
the classroom and in the administration offices.</p>
-<p>We use a wide range of free programs in the classroom, such as GIMP,
-Audacity, LibreOffice, TuxPaint and Gperiodic, but there are many
-others.</p>
+<p>We use a wide range of free programs in the classroom, such as
+<a href= "/education/edu-software-gimp.html">GIMP</a>,
+<a href= "/education/edu-software-tuxpaint.html">TuxPaint</a>,
+<a href="http://directory.fsf.org/project/audacity/";>Audacity</a>,
+<a href="http://directory.fsf.org/project/gperiodic/";>GPeriodic</a> and
+<a href="http://directory.fsf.org/project/openoffice/";>LibreOffice</a>,
+but there are many others.</p>
-<p>Students are also introduced to the programming language Phyton as
+<p>Students are also introduced to the programming language Python as
from grade 8 (13 years old).</p>
+<div style="width: 320px; height: 280px; padding: 15px; margin: 15px; float:
right;">
+
+<a href=" /education/misc/tuxpaint.jpg"><img src="
education/misc/tuxpaint-sm.jpg"
+alt="Image of the TuxPaint interface in Malayalam showing the stamp for the
Adeenia flower." /></a>
+
+<p><a href="/education/misc/adeenia.ogg">Listen</a> to a student
+pronounce the name of the Adeenia flower in Malayalam.</p>
+
+</div> <!-- style="width: 320px; height: 280px..." -->
+
<h3>Results</h3>
<p>Education in the State of Kerala has become "IT-enabled", meaning
@@ -195,7 +213,6 @@
the large number of high quality educational applications available in
GNU/Linux.</p>
-
<p>The transparency and the cooperative method of Free Software helped
students and teachers to dive deep into technology and made them capable
of contributing to the community in various ways. One important
@@ -203,22 +220,16 @@
<a href="http://directory.fsf.org/project/TuxPaint/";>TuxPaint</a> in
Malayalam, our mother tongue.</p>
-<a href=" /education/misc/tuxpaint.jpg">
-<img src="/education/misc/tuxpaint-sm.jpg" style="float: right"
-width="300" height="255" alt="The TuxPaint interface in Malayalam
-showing the stamp for the Adeenia flower."/></a>
-
<p>Another contribution was the addition of new stamps in TuxPaint.
Native flowers were photographed and the pictures edited by 6th and 7th
-grade students using the image editing program
-<a href="http://directory.fsf.org/project/gimp/";>GIMP</a>.
+grade students using the image editing program GIMP.</p>
-The resulting images were then integrated in TuxPaint with the name of
-the flowers written in Malayalam. As a plus, students recorded with
+<p>The resulting images were then integrated in TuxPaint with the name
+of the flowers written in Malayalam. As a plus, students recorded with
their own voices the name of the flowers, so when the user selects one
-of the stamps, he will see and hear the name of the flower in Malayalam.</p>
+of the stamps, she will hear the name of the flower in Malayalam.</p>
-<p>Both activities were promoted by Swathantra Software Koottayma of
+<p>Both activities were promoted by Swathanthra Software Koottayma of
VHSS Irimpanam <a href="http://sskvhssirimpanam.wordpress.com/";>
(SSK VHSS Irimpanam)</a>, a Free Software group of teachers and students
based on the school. Its aim is to build awareness on the philosophy of
@@ -228,31 +239,27 @@
experiment and explore Free Software so as to put into practice the
freedoms that it grants.</p>
-<div align= "right">
-<p><a href="/education/misc/adeenia.ogg">Listen</a> to a student
-pronounce the name <br /> of the Adeenia flower in Malayalam.</p>
-</div>
-
-<p>As a way of keeping in touch and sharing experiences with other schools
-and with the Free Software community, teachers and students each year
-participate in events such as the National Free Software Conference and
-the Cyber Safe Day.</p>
+<p>As a way of keeping in touch and sharing experiences with other
+schools and with the Free Software community, teachers and students each
+year participate in events such as the National Free Software Conference
+and the Cyber Safe Day.</p>
</div> <!-- class="edu-cases" -->
-<p>The involvement, the commitment and the collaboration of teachers,
-students and local groups was essential to the success of this large
-scale government project.</p>
+<p>The commitment and the collaboration of teachers, students and local
+groups was essential to the success of this large scale government
+project.</p>
-<p>(1) <a id="swathantra"></a>Swathantra is the Sanskrit word for "free"
+<p>(1) <a id="swathanthra"></a>Swathanthra is the Sanskrit word for "free"
as in freedom.</p>
<h4>Credits</h4>
+
<p>Credits for both immages shown on this page, as well as for the audio
-file go to Swathantra Software Koottayma of VHSS Irimpanam, who released
-them under a
+file, go to Swathanthra Software Koottayma of VHSS Irimpanam, who
+released them under a
<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/";>
-Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License</a></p>
+Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported</a> License.</p>
<p> <a href="/edu-cases-india.html">More Case Studies in India</a> <br />
<a href="/education/edu-cases.html">Back to Case
Studies</a></p>
@@ -386,7 +393,7 @@
notice, and the copyright notice, are preserved.</p>
<p>Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
- $Date: 2011/06/05 14:13:21 $
+ $Date: 2011/06/12 09:00:20 $
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- <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/layout.css" media="screen" />
- <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/mini.css" media="handheld" />
- <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/print.css" media="print" />
+ <link rel="stylesheet" href="/combo.css" media="screen" />
+ <link rel="stylesheet" href="/layout.css" media="screen" />
+ <link rel="stylesheet" href="/mini.css" media="handheld" />
+ <link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" media="print" />
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@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@
<p>Below are listed some of the educational institutions in India who
are using Free Software.</p>
+<p>Some notions on the
+<a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_India";>education
+system of India</a> can be found in Wikipedia.</p>
+
<!-- Add new entries of educational institutions in this
country in alphabetical order by the name of the institution -->
<a href= "/education/edu-cases-india-ambedkar.html">Ambedkar Community
@@ -237,7 +241,7 @@
<p>Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
<p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article are
permitted worldwide, without royalty, in any medium, provided this notice, and
the copyright notice, are preserved.</p>
<p>Updated:
- <!-- timestamp start -->$Date: 2011/06/05 14:13:21 $<!-- timestamp end
-->
+ <!-- timestamp start -->$Date: 2011/06/12 09:00:20 $<!-- timestamp end
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@@ -92,31 +92,30 @@
<p>We perform worldwide research to examine cases of private and public
educational institutions as well as informal educational environments
-that have successfully implemented the use of Free Software. In these
-pages we present some of those success stories, in the belief that
-testimony will be inspiring to anyone considering first time
-installation or migration to Free Software.</p>
+that have successfully implemented the use of Free Software. We do not
+attempt to build a comprehensive database here. Instead, we present
+specific cases of success, in the belief that testimony will be
+inspiring to anyone considering first time installation or migration to
+Free Software.</p>
-<p>If you know of a case to be included here, please contact us
+<p>If you know of a case that could be included here, please contact us
<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>
to let us know.</p>
- <!-- Index: Country-wise -->
+ <!-- Begin country-wise Index. Add countries in aphabetical
order -->
<ul class="inline-list">
- <li><a href="edu-cases-argentina.html">Argentina</a></li>
+ <li><a href="edu-cases-argentina.html">Argentina</a></li> |
<li><a href="edu-cases-india.html">India</a></li>
</ul>
- <!-- Country-wise section -->
- <!-- When adding an entry for a new country, remember to first
start by putting the following title -->
- <!-- <h3 id="contryname">CountryName</h3> -->
- <!-- Add new countries in alphabetical order -->
+ <!-- End of Country-wise Index -->
+
+ <!-- Begin country-wise Section. Add new countries in
alphabetical order -->
<h3 id="Argentina">Argentina</h3>
- <!-- Format for adding new Case Study entries -->
- <!-- Add entry under coresponding country in alphabetical order
by the name of the school -->
+ <!-- Add entries under coresponding country in alphabetical
order by the name of the school -->
<p><a href="/education/edu-cases-argentina-ecen.html">Escuela
Cristiana Evangélica de Neuquén (ECEN)</a> <br />
@@ -255,7 +254,7 @@
<p>Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
<p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article are
permitted worldwide, without royalty, in any medium, provided this notice, and
the copyright notice, are preserved.</p>
<p>Updated:
- <!-- timestamp start -->$Date: 2011/06/05 14:13:21 $<!-- timestamp end
-->
+ <!-- timestamp start -->$Date: 2011/06/12 09:00:20 $<!-- timestamp end
-->
</p>
</div>
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";>
<html xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; lang="en">
-<head><!-- Parent-Version: $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<head><!-- Parent-Version: $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
<p>Many Free Software advocates encounter difficulties when talking to
the administrators of educational institutions about the advantages of
using and teaching Free Software. Often school administrators have never
-heard of Free Software or have heard only about Open source, so they
+heard of Free Software or have heard only about Open Source, so they
raise many doubts. Here we put together some of the most common
questions and the best possible answers to eliminate uncertainties.</p>
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@
<dd>
<p>While it is true that proprietary software
corporations have
managed to impose their products on society by
using schools as
- propaganda agents, it is also true rthat many
schools aroung the
+ propaganda agents, it is also true that many
schools around the
world have adopted Free Software with excellent
results. See our
- <a href="/education/edu-case-studies.html">Case
Studies</a> section
+ <a href="/education/edu-cases.html">Case
Studies</a> section
for some examples.</p>
<p>When we started the GNU Project back in
1983, the situation was
@@ -134,21 +134,20 @@
programs.</dt>
<dd>
- <p>You can start by telling your students about
Free Software and
- its ethical values, as they might never have
heard of it. With your
- endorsement and support, this may lead to the
formation of a Free
- Software Group in your school. Then the group
can make its voice
- heard by writing letters to the Ministry,
holding events to promote
- Free Software, and other similar activities.</p>
-
<p>We must not forget that schools have a great
influence on
society, so making our students aware of the
advantages of Free
- Software is a way of putting pressure on
decision makers. When
- computer users will start demanding their
rights, Governments
- will have to issue their laws accordingly. That
is why political and
- social awareness are fundamental aspects which
cannot be left aside
- when talking about Free
- Software.</p>
+ Software is a way of putting pressure on
decision makers. You can
+ start by telling your students about Free Software and its ethical
+ values, as they might never have heard of it. With your endorsement
+ and support, this may lead to the formation of a Free Software Group
+ in your school. Then the group can make its voice heard by writing
+ letters to the Ministry, holding events to promote Free Software,
+ and other similar activities.</p>
+
+ <p>When computer users will start demanding
their rights,
+ Governments will have to issue their laws accordingly. That is why
+ political and social awareness are fundamental aspects which cannot
+ be left aside when talking about Free Software.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
@@ -271,7 +270,7 @@
<p>Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
<p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article are
permitted worldwide, without royalty, in any medium, provided this notice, and
the copyright notice, are preserved.</p>
<p>Updated:
- <!-- timestamp start -->$Date: 2011/06/05 14:13:21 $<!-- timestamp end
-->
+ <!-- timestamp start -->$Date: 2011/06/12 09:00:20 $<!-- timestamp end
-->
</p>
</div>
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
<meta name="ICBM" content="42.256233,-71.006581" />
<meta name="DC.title" content="gnu.org" />
-<title>Education Groups and Projects - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation
(FSF)</title>
+<title>Other Education Groups and Projects - GNU Project - Free Software
Foundation (FSF)</title>
<!-- start of banner.html -->
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@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
</ul>
</div><!-- /inner -->
</div><!-- /navigation -->
- <!-- end of body-include-2 -->
+ <!-- end of body-include-2 -->
<div id="content" class="inner">
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
<div id="education-content">
-<h2>Education Groups and Projects</h2>
+<h2>Other Education Groups and Projects</h2>
<ul id="edu-navigation">
<li><a href="edu-contents.html">Education
Contents</a></li>
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@
please contact us at <a href="mailto:address@hidden";>
<address@hidden></a> to let us know.</p>
- <!-- Add new entries in alphabetical order except for projects
- directly related to GNU who should be listed first -->
+<!-- Add new entries in alphabetical order except for projects directly
related to GNU who should be listed first -->
<dl>
<dt><a href="http://fsfeurope.org/projects/education/education.en.html";>
@@ -109,11 +108,10 @@
for a legal framework that prohibits discrimination against Free
Software and its users."</dd>
-
<dt><a href="http://guri.hipatia.net/";>GURI</a></dt>
<dd>Guri is a group which was born inside an Italian
High School as
- the result of a program carried out by NGO Hipatia to
raise awareness
+ the result of a program carried out by GO Spatial to
raise awareness
about the role of Free Software in the education field.
Guri opposes
the growing practice of treating knowledge as if it
were a tangible
object subject to ownership. It fights to change the
mainstream
@@ -136,6 +134,22 @@
promote awareness about the ethical principles of Free Software.</p>
</dd>
+ <dt><a href="http://hipatia.net/";>Hipatia</a></dt>
+
+ <dd>Hipatia is an international NGO (non-governmental organization)
+ that upholds the right of all human beings to access, use, create,
+ modify and distribute knowledge. It is formed by people from all
+ around the world who advocate the ideals of the Free Software
+ movement and work towards putting those principles into practice.
+ Hipatia emphasizes the importance of using Free Software in education;
+ to that end, its members often conduct workshops in educational
+ institutions, specially in primary and secondary level schools.
+
+ <p>The name of the group refers to the Greek philosopher
+ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia";>Hypatia.</a></p>
+ </dd>
+
+
<dt><a href="https://www.itschool.gov.in";>address@hidden</a></dt>
<dd>address@hidden is a project of the government of Kerala, India,
@@ -144,12 +158,7 @@
GNU/Linux operating system was developed, which is now being used in
more than 2,600 schools in the State. Training in the use of Free
Software was imparted to thousands of teachers, school coordinators
- and students.
-
- <p>The project is now moving beyond schools and is approaching the
- average computer user through a wider awareness campaign to introduce
- the general public to the advantanges of using Free Software.</p>
- </dd>
+ and students.</dd>
<dt><a href="http://www.ofset.org";>OFSET</a></dt>
@@ -165,9 +174,17 @@
<a href="http://community.ofset.org/index.php/DrGeo";>Dr. Geo</a>, a
program widely used for teaching geometry. OFSET has also developed
<a href="http://community.ofset.org/index.php/Freeduc-USB";>
- Freeduc-USB</a>, a bootable USB stick that contains usuful
+ Freeduc-USB</a>, a bootable USB stick that contains useful
applications for the classroom.</p>
</dd>
+
+ <dt><a href="http://www.sugarlabs.org/";>Sugar Labs</a></dt>
+
+ <dd>Sugar Labs is a project that provides the
+ <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/What_is_Sugar";>Sugar learning
+ platform</a>, an interface specially designed to facilitate the use
+ of computers by children, with a special focus on its use in
+ educational environments.</dd>
</dl>
</div>
@@ -288,7 +305,7 @@
<p>Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
<p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article are
permitted worldwide, without royalty, in any medium, provided this notice, and
the copyright notice, are preserved.</p>
<p>Updated:
- <!-- timestamp start -->$Date: 2011/06/05 14:13:21 $<!-- timestamp end
-->
+ <!-- timestamp start -->$Date: 2011/06/12 09:00:20 $<!-- timestamp end
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</p>
</div>
<div id="translations">
Index: edu-software.html
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retrieving revision 1.1
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diff -u -b -r1.1 -r1.2
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+++ edu-software.html 12 Jun 2011 09:00:20 -0000 1.2
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
Educational Free Software</p>
<div class="emph-box">
-<p>Before addressing our subject in this section, we would like to
+<p>Before addressing the subject in this section, we would like to
remind our readers that the word "Free" in "Free Software" <strong>does
not refer to price</strong> but to <strong>liberty</strong>. Free
Software is software that grants you <strong>freedom</strong>, namely
@@ -103,46 +103,55 @@
Free Software definition</a>.</p>
</div>
-<p>In these pages we present some examples to illustrate how the
-freedoms that Free Software grants to all users have been put into
-practice and effectively applied to improve the teaching and learning
-processes.</p>
+<h3>What you will find in this section</h3>
-<p>If you know of a Free Software program that is being used by an
-educational institution for specific purposes, or has been modified or
otherwise adapted by its users to meet their own educational needs, please let
us know by sending an email to
-<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>.</p>
-
-<p>This pages do not constitute an exhaustive listing of available Free
-educational programs. People who wish to migrate to Free Software or are
-looking for a Free Libre program to accomplish a particular task, should
-refer to the <a href="http://directory.fsf.org";>Free Software
-Directory</a>, which consists of a catalog of more than 6,700 Free
-programs that run on <a href="http://gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html";>
-free operating systems</a>. In particular, the
+<p>These pages do not constitute an exhaustive listing of available
+educational free programs. Our aim is to present some examples so as to
+illustrate how educational institutions can put into practice and
+effectively apply the freedoms that Free Software grants them. For each
+program described, we will show how those freedoms were actually
+applied. </p>
+
+<p>People who wish to migrate to Free Software or are looking for a free
+libre program to accomplish a particular task, should refer to the
+<a href="http://directory.fsf.org";>Free Software Directory</a>, which
+consists of a catalog of more than 6,000 free programs that run on
+<a href="http://gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html";>free operating
+systems</a>. In particular, the
<a href="http://directory.fsf.org/category/educ/";>Education</a> section
of the Directory lists programs inherent to different levels of
education, from pre-elementary school to highly specialized levels,
including university and research.</p>
-<p>Some of the programs presented here, like Gcompris, are part of the
+<p>Some of the programs presented here, like GCompris, are part of the
GNU Project. This means that developers of these programs agree to pay
attention to making the program work well with the rest of the
-<a href="http://gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html";>GNU system</a>. A GNU
+<a href="http://gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html";>GNU System</a>. A GNU
program uses the latest version of the license that the GNU Project
-recomends in order to protect the users' fundamental freedoms. A GNU
+recommends in order to protect the users' fundamental freedoms. A GNU
program does not recommend the use of any non-free program, and it does
not refer the user to any non-free documentation for Free Software, as
defined in our campaign for
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-doc.html";>
free documentation</a>.</p>
-<p>The following are the cases that we present:</p>
+<p>The following are the examples that we present:</p>
-<!-- add programs in alphabetical order -->
+<!-- begin adding programs in alphabetical order -->
+<p>
<a href="/education/edu-software-gcompris.html">GCompris</a> |
-<a href="/education/edu-software-gimp.html">Gimp</a> |
+<a href="/education/edu-software-gimp.html"></a>
<a href="/education/edu-software-tuxpaint.html">TuxPaint</a> |
+</p>
+
+<!-- end adding programs -->
+
+<p>If you know of a Free Software program that is being used by an
+educational institution for specific purposes, or has been modified or
+otherwise adapted by its users to meet their own educational needs,
+please let us know by sending an email to
+<a href="mailto:address@hidden";><address@hidden></a>.</p>
</div>
</div>
@@ -265,7 +274,7 @@
<p>Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
<p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article are
permitted worldwide, without royalty, in any medium, provided this notice, and
the copyright notice, are preserved.</p>
<p>Updated:
- <!-- timestamp start -->$Date: 2011/06/05 20:06:53 $<!-- timestamp end
-->
+ <!-- timestamp start -->$Date: 2011/06/12 09:00:20 $<!-- timestamp end
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</p>
</div>
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+++ edu-team.html 12 Jun 2011 09:00:20 -0000 1.2
@@ -112,16 +112,26 @@
Raising awareness about these principles is the main goal of our
Team.</p>
-<p>We stand up for the right of teachers and students to use Free Software. We
oppose any measures undertaken by governments and educational institutions to
impose the use of proprietary software and standards in the school.</p>
+<p>We oppose any measures undertaken by governments or educational
+institutions to impose the use of proprietary software and standards
+in the school. We stand up for the right of teachers and students to
+use Free Software at school.</p>
+
+<p>With our work, we also want to provide evidence that the freedoms
+granted by Free Software live not in the realm of abstract theories but
+can be exercised by all users, including educational institutions.
+Universities and schools can and should put those freedoms to good use,
+and our aim is to show how.</p>
-<p>With that in mind, the Team intends to perform the following tasks:</p>
+<p>With those objectives in mind, the Team intends to perform the
+following tasks:</p>
- <ul>
+<ul>
<li>Present cases of educational institutions around
the world who
are successfully using and teaching Free Software.</li>
- <li>Show some examples of Free programs that are being
used to
- improve the learning and teaching processes.</li>
+ <li>Show examples of how free programs are being used by
educational
+ institutions to improve the learning and teaching processes.</li>
<li>Publish articles on the various aspects involved in
the use of
Free Software by educational institutions.</li>
@@ -132,7 +142,7 @@
<li>Keep in contact with other groups around the world
committed to
the promotion of Free Software in education.</li>
- </ul>
+</ul>
<p>If you are interested in our work and wish to help, if you have any
questions or suggestions, or if you know of educational institutions
@@ -261,7 +271,7 @@
<p>Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
<p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article are
permitted worldwide, without royalty, in any medium, provided this notice, and
the copyright notice, are preserved.</p>
<p>Updated:
- <!-- timestamp start -->$Date: 2011/06/05 14:13:21 $<!-- timestamp end
-->
+ <!-- timestamp start -->$Date: 2011/06/12 09:00:20 $<!-- timestamp end
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</p>
</div>
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@@ -103,85 +103,88 @@
<h3>Sharing</h3>
Schools should teach the value of sharing by setting an example. Free
-software supports education by allowing the sharing of knowledge and tools:
+software supports education by allowing the sharing of knowledge and
+tools:
<ul>
-<li>Knowledge. Many young students have a talent for programing; they are
-fascinated with computers and eager to learn how their systems work. With
-proprietary software, this information is a secret so teachers have no way
-of making it available to their students. But if it is free software, the
-teacher can explain the basic subject and then hand out the source code
-for the student to read and learn.</li>
+<li>Knowledge. Many young students have a talent for programing; they
+are fascinated with computers and eager to learn how their systems work.
+With proprietary software, this information is a secret so teachers have
+no way of making it available to their students. But if it is Free
+Software, the teacher can explain the basic subject and then hand out
+the source code for the student to read and learn.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Tools. Teachers can hand out to students copies of the programs they
-use in the classroom so that they can use them at home. With free software,
-coying is not only authorized, it is encouraged.</li>
+use in the classroom so that they can use them at home. With Free
+Software, coying is not only authorized, it is encouraged.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Social Responsibility</h3>
-Computing has become an essential part of everyday life. Digital technology
-is transforming society very quickly, and schools have an influence on the
-future of society. Their mission is to get students ready to participate in
-a free digital society by teaching them the skills to make it easy for them
-to take control of their own lives. Software should not be under the power
-of a software developer who unilaterally makes decisions that nobody else
-can change. Educational institutions should not allow proprietary software
-companies to impose their power on the rest of society and its future.
+Computing has become an essential part of everyday life. Digital
+technology is transforming society very quickly, and schools have an
+influence on the future of society. Their mission is to get students
+ready to participate in a free digital society by teaching them the
+skills to make it easy for them to take control of their own lives.
+Software should not be under the power of a software developer who
+unilaterally makes decisions that nobody else can change. Educational
+institutions should not allow proprietary software companies to impose
+their power on the rest of society and its future.
<h3>Independence</h3>
-Schools have an ethical responsibility to teach strength, not dependency on
-a single product or a specific powerful company. Furthermore, by choosing to
-use free software, the school itself gains independence from any commercial
-interests and it avoids vendor lock-in.
+Schools have an ethical responsibility to teach strength, not dependency
+on a single product or a specific powerful company. Furthermore, by
+choosing to use Free Software, the school itself gains independence from
+any commercial interests and it avoids vendor lock-in.
<ul>
<li>Proprietary software companies use schools and universities as a
springboard to reach users and thus impose their software on society as
-a whole. They offer discounts, or even gratis copies of their proprietary
-programs to educational institutions; afterwards it is not gratis, either
-for them or their employers. Essentially, what these companies are doing
-is they are recruiting schools and universities into agents to lead people
-into permanent lifelong dependency.</li>
+a whole. They offer discounts, or even gratis copies of their
+proprietary programs to educational institutions; afterwards it is not
+gratis, either for them or their employers. Essentially, what these
+companies are doing is they are recruiting schools and universities
+into agents to lead people into permanent lifelong dependency.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
-<li>Free software licenses do not expire, which means that once free
-software is adopted, institutions remain independent from the vendor.
-Moreover, free software licenses grant users the rights not only to
+<li>Free software licenses do not expire, which means that once Free
+Software is adopted, institutions remain independent from the vendor.
+Moreover, Free Software licenses grant users the rights not only to
use the software as they wish, to copy it and distribute it, but also
-to modify it in order to meet their own needs. Therefore, if institutions
-eventually wish to implement a particular function in a piece of software,
-they can engage the services of any developer to accomplish the task,
-independently from the original vendor.</li>
+to modify it in order to meet their own needs. Therefore, if
+institutions eventually wish to implement a particular function in a
+piece of software, they can engage the services of any developer to
+accomplish the task, independently from the original vendor.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Learning</h3>
-When deciding where they will study, more and more students are considering
-whether a university teaches computer science and software development using
-free software. Free software means that students are free to study how the
-programs work and to learn how to adapt them for their own needs. Learning
-about free software also helps in studying software development ethics and
-professional practice.
+When deciding where they will study, more and more students are
+considering whether a university teaches computer science and software
+development using Free Software. Free software means that students are
+free to study how the programs work and to learn how to adapt them for
+their own needs. Learning about Free Software also helps in studying
+software development ethics and professional practice.
<h3>Saving</h3>
This is an obvious advantage that will appeal immediately to many school
-administrators, but it is a marginal benefit. The main point of this aspect
-is that by being authorized to distribute copies of the programs at little
-or no cost, schools can actually aid families facing financial issues, thus
-promoting fairness and equal opportunities of learning among students.
+administrators, but it is a marginal benefit. The main point of this
+aspect is that by being authorized to distribute copies of the programs
+at little or no cost, schools can actually aid families facing financial
+issues, thus promoting fairness and equal opportunities of learning
+among students.
<h3>Quality</h3>
-Stable, secure and easily installed free software solutions are available
-for education already. In any case, excellence of performance is a secondary
-benefit; the ultimate goal is freedom for computer users.
+Stable, secure and easily installed Free Software solutions are
+available for education already. In any case, excellence of performance
+is a secondary benefit; the ultimate goal is freedom for computer users.
</div>
</div>
@@ -304,7 +307,7 @@
<p>Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
<p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article are
permitted worldwide, without royalty, in any medium, provided this notice, and
the copyright notice, are preserved.</p>
<p>Updated:
- <!-- timestamp start -->$Date: 2011/06/05 14:13:21 $<!-- timestamp end
-->
+ <!-- timestamp start -->$Date: 2011/06/12 09:00:20 $<!-- timestamp end
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</p>
</div>
<div id="translations">
Index: education.html
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+++ education.html 12 Jun 2011 09:00:20 -0000 1.4
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@
<!-- end of banner.html -->
+<div id="education-content">
+
<h2>Free Software and Education</h2>
<ul id="edu-navigation">
@@ -89,16 +91,9 @@
<h3>What Does Free Software Have To Do With Education?</h3>
</div>
-<p><a href=" /gnu/philosophy/free-sw.html">Free Software</a> is not just
-a technical question; it is an ethical, social, and political question.
-It is a question of the human rights that the users of software ought to
-have. Freedom and cooperation are essential values of Free Software. The
-<a href=" /gnu/the-gnu-project.html">GNU system</a> implements these
-values and the principle of sharing, since sharing is good and
-benefitial to human progress.</p>
-
-<p>Free Software has an especially important role in education. It is
-the only software that allows educational institutions to accomplish
+<p>Software freedom has an especially important role in education.
+Educational institutions of all levels should use and teach Free
+Software because it is the only software that allows them to accomplish
their essential missions: to disseminate human knowledge and to prepare
students to be good members of their community. The source code and the
methods of Free Software are part of human knowledge. On the contrary,
@@ -106,12 +101,26 @@
opposite of the mission of educational institutions. Free Software
supports education, proprietary software forbids education.</p>
+<p>Free Software is not just a technical question; it is an ethical,
+social, and political question. It is a question of the human rights
+that the users of software ought to have. Freedom and cooperation are
+essential values of Free Software. The GNU System implements these
+values and the principle of sharing, since sharing is good and
+beneficial to human progress.</p>
+
+<p>To learn more, see the
+<a href=" /philosophy/free-sw.html">Free Software definition</a>
+and our article on
+<a href=" /philosophy/shoulbefree.html">why software should be free</a>
+(as in freedom).</p>
+
<!-- <div id="content" class="inner"> -->
<div class="yui-gc">
<div class="yui-u first">
<h2>The Basics</h2>
+
<p>In this six-minutes video
<a href="http://www.fsf.org/about/leadership/#rms";>Richard Stallman</a>
explains briefly and to the point the principles of Free Software and
@@ -135,17 +144,6 @@
</video>
- <script type="text/javascript">
- var v =
document.getElementById("rms-movie");
- v.onclick = function() {
- if (v.paused) {
- v.play();
- } else {
- v.pause();
- }
- };
- </script>
-
<p>Download video as
<a href="http://audio-video.gnu.org/video/rms-education-es-sub-en.ogv";>
Ogg Theora</a>.</p>
@@ -160,10 +158,10 @@
<div class="yui-u">
<h2>In Depth</h2>
-<p>An article that explains <a href="/philosophy/shouldbefree.html">
-why software should be free</a> (as in freedom).</p>
+
<p>Learn about the <a href="/education/edu-why.html">Reasons Why</a>
educational institutions should use and teach exclusively Free Software.</p>
+
<p>An article by Richard Stallman on the subject:
<a href="/philosophy/schools.html">Why Schools Should Exclusively Use
Free Software</a></p>
@@ -289,7 +287,7 @@
<p>Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
<p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article are
permitted worldwide, without royalty, in any medium, provided this notice, and
the copyright notice, are preserved.</p>
<p>Updated:
- <!-- timestamp start -->$Date: 2011/06/05 14:13:21 $<!-- timestamp end
-->
+ <!-- timestamp start -->$Date: 2011/06/12 09:00:20 $<!-- timestamp end
-->
</p>
</div>
<div id="translations">
@@ -303,6 +301,7 @@
<li><a
href="/server/standards/boilerplate.html">English</a> [en]</li>
</ul>
</div>
+</div>
</body>
</html>
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