> If only I spoke French or Spanish... My first reaction was "what about Skole Linux?" My second reaction "it would be silly to respond to this." But then again....
What about the FTA (Free as in FSF technology academy)? http://ftacademy.org/about Founding partners in Spain and the Netherlands. ( I wouldn't start with the Dutch courses just yet.) I also think the Skole linux initiative is important - a lot of schools using this FOSS OS in Scandinavian countries and Germany. It seems based out of Norway, but most/ a lot of the action seems to be in Germany. http://www.slx.no/ My personal experience was in Berlin. Studying 'Informatik'; the Humboldt University had a lot of Linux labs in 1999 already. Also, organizations such as the c-base is like an experiment in in situ Linux learning. (They were using RH when SUSE was the big thing in Austin.) There are also large mesh protocols using FOSS firmware and networking protocols. The B.A.T.M.A.N. project for example: http://www.open-mesh.org/ Further east, the Freifunk project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freifunk Klaus Knopper didn't come about in a vacuum. (Given past experience and looking at mailing lists - Germany seems to be very FOSS conducive.) I really enjoy the idea of the c-base. It seems like it would be a great place to do research. However, I found the climate to be less than inviting and personalities less than charming. My other in person interactions with the FOSS crowd in Berlin were also less than fulfilling. Some of the other experiences (via email) with BATMAN and Freifunk have been much more pleasant. Elsewhere in Germany, I can't judge. What about south of the US? There seem to be huge, blossoming support for FOSS in Brazil: http://fringethoughts.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/foss-in-brazil-an-important-shift/ [from 2008] http://www.latinoware.org/ Jon 'maddog' Hall seems to be enjoying it... So back to your comment: > If only I spoke French or Spanish... I think Spanish might be a great choice. Maybe Portuguese... On 02/01/2012 08:34 AM, Mel Chua wrote: > Jonathan Roberts asked me to do a short piece for the TuxRadar blog on > FOSS and edu responding to the "zomg we should teach CS!" hubbub that's > been on in the UK lately. > > http://tuxradar.com/content/open-source-education > > Hat tip to Dave Neary, who's been putting all sorts of useful links > about that in his emails lately, and who kindly gave me permission to > use 'em. Tons and tons and tons and *tons* of great resources here. > Maybe I should do my dissertation research in Europe instead. ;) If only > I spoke French or Spanish... > _______________________________________________ tos mailing list [email protected] http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
