On Tuesday 28 February 2006 14:32, Sophie Gautier wrote: > Hi all, > > Here is my proposal for a new incubator project : education. > Please vote for it using +1 or -1 for this new project and let me > know if you would like to be part of it (in case the majority > agreed with it :)
+1 Thank you, Sophie. > OpenOffice.org is largely used in primary schools, universities, > and high schools in several countries. This is great ! But a lot > of initiatives have been taken and several tools developed > focusing on education, and this is reflected nowhere in our > project. > > If a Marketing/education list exist for OOo usage in education > department, there is currently no education project that is not > marketing oriented. The university education site, > http://marketing.openoffice.org/education/univs/, is also mainly > focused on marketing, though there is some effort there to > provide tools for students. > > The aim of the proposed project is not about OOo usage in > education, but about tools and initiatives around OOo the product > and the source that can be share by our community and where > students of any level can find a place to participate easily. > > Just an example : Sesamath is a portal dedicated to math tools in > France. On this portal some tools are working through OOo (see > TracenPoche > http://tracenpoche.sesamath.net/article.php3?id_article=24) and > are already translated in several languages (see Dmaths for > example in German, > http://www.dmaths.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=12 >) > > As said, this is just an example of the tools that can be shared, > and if it's French, I'm sure there exist such initiatives in > other languages and countries. And if the initiative is not > there, it could be a good example to follow. > > But there are also the teachers who want to share their > documentation, students who would like to participate in QA, or > School laboratory in development: They need to have a dedicated > space to enter and find their way to the project. > > A university searching for a partnership will go on an education > project to search for infos or contact. > > This is what the Education project will offer : > . a space to collect tools and to translate them if needed, > . a space where initiatives like DidaTux > (http://happytux.altervista.org/didatux/) or Freeduc > (http://www.ofset.org/freeduc-cd) or Skolelinux > (http://www.skolelinux.org/portal/ ) will be listed and may find > more support > . a space where universities can find entries for their > students and proposed development programs that are supported > during classes . a space where students can collaborate to an > international project, doing qa or other proposed task. > > Kind regards > Sophie > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- >---- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
