2008/8/19 Karsten 'quaid' Wade <kwade@xxxxxxxxxx>: > http://blog.nj.com/jerseyblogs/2008/08/going_google_talking_with_goog.html > > An interview with a New Jersey teacher who went to Google for a day to > learn about bringing various modern social web tools in to the > classroom. I can imagine how cool it was. > > Not being there, I have to presume the focus was on the well-integrated > tools that Google offers and not, for example, on the open source > software underneath them. > > From a perspective of bringing more open source to educators, what are > equivalents that Fedora could be doing here? > > Oh, and, uh, for less cash outlay. :) > As a follow up on this I talked with a teacher or two. They drug me down several rabbit trails - but finally I think I grabbed something useful. You explain F/LOSS in a way that benefits them first - as your introduction. One of the teachers I talked with pays a monthly or yearly membership fee to several websites that provide educational materials. From daily worksheets to what is essentially a datasheet. So while there is nothing wrong with that - why not offer them collaborative space somewhere - perhaps a small wiki instance and let them build their own material collaboratively. I'll admit I haven't though this out to its logical conclusion - but once you get them to understand the concept it would appear to be easier to communicate. -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
