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| DATE | 2002-01-10 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] SCHOOLFORGE COALITION FORMED TO ADVANCE OPEN RESOURCES IN EDUCATION
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OnMarcus is following up on this.
We;ve been contacted and their getting a lot of press, but I'm a little skepticle
We'll see.
Ruben
2002.01.10 03:51:42 -0500 Ron Guerin wrote:
>>
>>Schoolforge Press Release (January 8th 2002)
>>
>>SCHOOLFORGE COALITION FORMED TO ADVANCE OPEN RESOURCES IN EDUCATION
>>
>>THE INTERNET, January 8, 2002 -- Schoolforge, a global coalition of
>>online groups dedicated to promoting open resources in education,
>>announced its formation today. The online project is located at
>>http://www.schoolforge.net.
>>
>>In November of 2001, members of the online groups SEUL/edu
>>(http://www.seul.org/edu), Open Source Schools
>>(http://www.opensourceschools.org), the K-12 Linux in Schools project
>>(http://www.k12os.org), and the Open Source Educational Foundation
>>(http://www.osef.org) decided to develop a central organization to
>>provide help for educators seeking the advantages of open resources and
>>open source/free software. Composed of more than 30
>>open-resource-focused educational organizations on five continents, the
>>all-volunteer Schoolforge project hopes to harness the collective
>>strengths of educators by enabling them to share technical and
>>pedagogical expertise far beyond their localities.
>>
>>"For too long," said SEUL/edu leader and Schoolforge spokesman Doug
>>Loss, "our many projects suffered from isolation and low visibility. Our
>>lack of a unified organization often meant that our efforts as educators
>>and as technologists were duplicative. Isolated, we could neither build
>>on our colleagues' successes, nor learn from their failures."
>>
>>Schoolforge is intended to help its member organizations to:
>>
>> * introduce open resources, including free/open source software, to
>> primary and secondary educational settings;
>> * help educators use and develop open resources, including free
>> curricula and free software;
>> * foster local and global volunteer support networks to implement
>> free/open source educational solutions; and
>> * provide open forums for educators to share information with
>> colleagues, and with corporate and governmental educational
>> stakeholders.
>>
>>Schoolforge member organizations are made of volunteers, teachers and
>>technologists in elementary and high schools around the world who are
>>committed to harnessing the Internet and open resources to help teachers
>>teach and help students learn. Contributions to open resource projects
>>are free and open to anyone who desires to use them, and can never be
>>withdrawn from public use.
>>
>>Schoolforge's member groups are delivering the power of open resources
>>to primary and secondary educators. While some SchoolForge groups are
>>focused on bringing open source and free software resources to schools
>>in need of low- or zero-cost alternatives to proprietary software, other
>>member organizations have broader goals: "When we use the term 'open
>>resources,' we mean a lot more than free software," said David Bucknell,
>>Open Source Schools Project head and Schoolforge co-spokesman. "Open
>>resources are educational tools made by educators, for educators,
>>sharing the experience they've gained in both the classroom and the lab.
>>That can include everything from folk wisdom to lesson plans, and from
>>software to documentation."
>>
>>Visitors to Schoolforge will find links to SEUL/edu's successful case
>>studies from around the world (http://richtech.ca/seul/casedex.html ),
>>and Open Source Schools' how-tos, reviews, and informative essays
>>(http://opensourceschools.org). Links are also provided to projects
>>dedicated to free and open source educational and administrative
>>software (http://richtech.ca/seul/), and free curriculum and free
>>science instructional texts (http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/). A list of all
>>current members, and information for organizations interested in
>>joining, can be found at http://www.schoolforge.net/memb ership.php.
>>
>>"We're hoping to put behind us the day when computers were used to teach
>>students how to use branded computer products, and to lock hapless
>>school districts into a never-ending treadmill of hardware and software
>>spending," Loss said. "We don't want another teacher ever to have to
>>learn a proprietary interface, only to have his or her experience
>>rendered useless with the next product upgrade or business failure. Open
>>resources promise to make technology a powerful tool for education, not
>>the other way around."
>>
>>CONTACTS:
>>
>>Doug Loss
>>dloss-at-seul.org
>>(570) 326-3987 (US)
>>
>>or
>>
>>David Bucknell
>>david-at-iteachnet.org
>>66-2 583-5874 (Thailand)
>>US Fax: 775-244-0803
>>
>>or
>>
>>Harry McGregor
>>schoolforge-at-osef.org.
>>(520) 661-7875 (US)
>>
>>
>>
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