User: louis Date: 06/05/04 13:25:12 Modified: /marketing/www/education/schools/ index.html
Log: updated, removing Ingots File Changes: Directory: /marketing/www/education/schools/ ============================================ File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/education/schools/index.html?r1=1.34&r2=1.35 Delta lines: +3 -46 -------------------- --- index.html 2 Feb 2005 06:39:49 -0000 1.34 +++ index.html 4 May 2006 20:25:10 -0000 1.35 @@ -33,52 +33,9 @@ <p style="text-align: left;">For publicity, <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=19925";>download a flyer and distribute it widely.</a></p> - <p> If your school is doing anything interesting with OpenOffice.org, produce a short case study and email it to <a HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a>. Get some free publicity for your school on one of the busiest websites on Earth! </p> - -<h4 style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Two Students Awarded Gold</h4> - -<table> -<tr valign="top"> - - <td><p>Two pupils from Farnborough Technology College in Nottingham, England - have become the first two individuals to achieve the Gold INGOT - (International Grades in Office Technology). Part of the requirement for - the Gold INGOT is to provide at least 25 hours supporting an aspect of - the OpenOffice.org project. For their community project, Sam Wells and - Craig Shearstone lead a group with 9 other 16 year old students to - refurbish computers installing open source software to support - disadvantaged groups in the local community with OpenOffice.org as the - main productivity suite. They discussed their project with international - colleagues using the OpenOffice.org education mailing list gaining - support and encouragement from as far afield as San Francisco and New - Zealand. They have learnt about 21st Century software development and - the power of the Internet as a tool for collaborative learning and - technological development.</p> - -</td> - <td valign="top"><img SRC="../../images/farnborough_gold.jpg" WIDTH="320" HEIGHT="200" BORDER="0" ALT="David Bishop, presenting certificates to Craig and Sam"></td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p>The Director of Technology at Farnborough TC, David Bishop said -"Participation in a project of global significance, on an equal footing -with adults is extremely motivating for the students. International -vocational education with citizenship and inclusion is what makes the -Gold INGOT certificate really different from other forms of -accreditation and ideal for our specialist school project. As a Gold -INGOT Academy we will be at the forefront of learning through -participation enabled by the developing worldwide communications -technologies and the freedom bestowed by open source software.</p> - -<p>Ian Lynch, Schools Project Lead and Chief -Assessor for the <a HREF="http://www.theingots.org/";>INGOT</a> certificates said "We plan to enable young people -from all over the world to use our community as a unique learning -resource, providing benefit to all through their practically useful -contributions. The heart of the OpenOffice.org community education -policy is best summed up by an old native American Proverb "Tell me and -I'll forget, show me and I may not remember, involve me, and I'll -understand." </p> + <p> If your school is doing anything interesting with OpenOffice.org, produce a short case study and email it to <a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>. Get some free publicity for your school on one of the busiest websites on Earth! </p> +<h4 style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </h4> <h4 style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Dover Grammar School Moves from MS Schools agreement to GNU/Linux and OpenOffice.org</h4> <p>Schoolforge-UK <a HREF="http://www.schoolforge.org.uk/index.php/Dover_Grammar_School_for_Boys";>reports</a> that Dover Grammar School is making good progress with their transition to GNU/Linux and OpenOffice.org.</p> @@ -158,7 +115,7 @@ <p>The closing date for entry is the 28th February 2004 and the winner will be announced by 31st March 2004. The winner's mascot will be adopted by the project but the project reserves the right to make modifications to the design if this is necessary to make it compatible with the positions in which it is displayed.</p> <p>Details of judging will be posted here in due course and it will involve a voting system for students.</p> --> - <h4 style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Detailed Objectives of the OOoEdu Project</h4> + <h4 style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Detailed Objectives of the OOoEdu (Marketing) Project</h4> <h4>Goal 1: Get as many supporters as possible for the project worldwide.</h4> <p>Effective strategies: Tap into your contacts and mailing lists. It only takes an email to a suitable list so this is a potential large gain for small effort. Non-native speakers of English are encouraged to do this because its less likely that the messages set out in English will cross the language barrier without this. </p> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
