Re: Introduction / Unified resources

[Hilaire Fernandes]

Hi Lemi, 

Will you be interested participating in the Freeduc project
to enhance Debian with an edu component?
The first idea is really to seek for free software usable in
school and package them. But probably there is a bit
more to do. To help in this project I have setup a database
at http://www.ofset.org/freeduc.
The Freeduc task as actually defined is specificly targeted
to desktop application but these are definitively part of Freeduc however.
It will be good if we can use our energy together in some of these tasks.

Hilaire


On Sun, 27 May 2001 11:23:56 +0200
"lemi" <address@hidden> wrote:

lemi> Hi all
lemi> 
lemi> I think that is my turn to introduce myself. My name is Mile Sikic
lemi> and I work at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Zagreb,
lemi> Croatia as a member of project team. I have been using Linux since 1996,
lemi> mainly for building Linux routers and servers.
lemi> 
lemi> My current project is "Free software in schools". This project will be
lemi> divided in the few steps. The first step will be testing free software for
lemi> desktop application and making systematization of free software. The task 
of
lemi> testing will be find free software alternative for MS Win+Office and 
finding
lemi> minimal hardware resource for comfortable using that.
lemi> The next step will include pilot project in a few schools, helping in
lemi> teaching and maintaining free software, and producing a base of knowledge.
lemi> The final step will include making structure in which users (teachers and
lemi> pupils) from the first step will teach and help other schools which would
lemi> like to join. During that period we will test other free software 
solutions
lemi> for other desktop applications software development, building servers and
lemi> web sites...
lemi> I think that main problems are how to make basic infrastructure, explain
lemi> people why use free software,  promote, push them to be involved in open
lemi> source community....
lemi> From my point of view, that can be made only from bottom, from teachers 
and
lemi> especially their pupils, not from government or departments. Also, pupils
lemi> should be included in process of teaching not only learning.
lemi> My reasons for joining this mailing list are exchanging information,
lemi> experiences and knowledge about using free software in schools.
lemi> 
lemi> Regards,
lemi> 
lemi>             Mile
lemi> 
lemi> 
lemi> Mile Sikic
lemi> FER, ZESOI, LSS   - www.zesoi.fer.hr
lemi> Phone: +385 98 387 675
lemi> 
lemi> 
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