Free Software in education - News collection - September
Guido Arnold <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Oct 2014 12:21:47 +0200
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Hello,
I just noticed that I haven't announced any news collections on these
lists for a few months. So, here is what I published since then:
http://blogs.fsfe.org/guido/2014/07/free-software-in-education-news-june/
http://blogs.fsfe.org/guido/2014/08/free-software-in-education-news-july/
http://blogs.fsfe.org/guido/2014/09/free-software-in-education-news-august/
and the latest collection from September:
http://blogs.fsfe.org/guido/2014/10/free-software-in-education-news-%e2%80%=
93-september/
For your convenience, here is an offline version of it:
Free Software in Education News =E2=80=93 September
Here=E2=80=99s what we collected in September. If you come accross anyth=
ing that
might be worth mentioning in this series, please drop me a note,=C2=A0[1=
]dump
it in this pad=C2=A0or send it on the=C2=A0[2]edu-eu mailinglist!
FSFE Edu-Team activities
*=C2=A0As usual, more=C2=A0[3]work on the edu pages=C2=A0on fsfe.org. =
A first=C2=A0[4]draft
is now online=C2=A0on the test instance. If you want to help, more i=
nfos
on=C2=A0[5]how to contribute to FSFE web pages=C2=A0are avaialble or=
just send
us a note!
*=C2=A0[6]Call for participation=C2=A0on=C2=A0[7]codeweek.eu=C2=A0and =
reach out to some of
the Young Advisors with quite some feed-back and discussion on the
[8]edu-eu mailinglist.
*=C2=A0As our sister organisation announced the=C2=A0[9]Bring the FSF =
to your
campus!=C2=A0campaign, we are considering to offer the same service.
*=C2=A0started preparations for our first meeting next year in Brussels
around=C2=A0[10]FOSDEM=C2=A0
*=C2=A0We gained a new edu-team member:=C2=A0Rok Pape=C5=BE
*=C2=A0answered a few inquiries on how to get active locally
*=C2=A0got word that the upcoming [11]Document Freedom Day will have
Science and Education as a focus. So, we=E2=80=99ll be involved as w=
ell
*=C2=A0discussion on [12]how to convey FS ideals to kids on the FSFE
discussion mailinglist. Please join!
Community
*=C2=A0Along [13]Software Freedom Day, there were a bunch of education
related activities, like
*=C2=A0[14]CoderDojo in Richmond, UK
*=C2=A0The Python Conference in UK with a [15]dedicated education=
track
*=C2=A0event in the [16]Technological Educational Institute of We=
st
Macedonia, Greece
*=C2=A0[17]conference about Free software in schools in Tallinn
*=C2=A0Also somewhat related to SFD, a Fellow started some [18]FS acti=
vities
at the university=C2=A0in Dresden. It is being considered to put lea=
flets
and stickers for the =E2=80=9CErsti-Beutel=E2=80=9D (a bag full of i=
nfo material for
first-year students). Great idea, right? By the way: a[19]nyone can
request material from FSFE to spread the word like this!
*=C2=A0Aldebaran announced the=C2=A0[20]NAO challenge=C2=A0again. The =
NAO Challenge
this year is offered in 5 European countries:France, Denmark, Italy,
Germany=C2=A0and the=C2=A0UK. All schools can participate in the cha=
llenge
whether they have a NAO or not. Tests are prepared on a free simulat=
ed
software and go from September 2014 to the finals in May 2015 in each
country.
*=C2=A0Missed last time:=C2=A0[21]Getting hooked on programming with Y=
RS project
=E2=80=98Hook=E2=80=99
*=C2=A0Post by Phil Shapiro on=C2=A0[22]The personality of a Linux-lov=
ing teen
*=C2=A0[23]Students power Penn Manor High School with Free Software=C2=
=A0(by
Charlie Reisinger)
*=C2=A0[24]How students get involved in FS development at Seneca colle=
ge
*=C2=A0[25]How teaching FS changed Steve Burge=E2=80=99s life when he =
stopped
teaching to the tests. My favorite quote: =E2=80=9CWe=E2=80=99re now=
living in a world
where our next job may not even have been invented yet.=E2=80=9D
*=C2=A0Robert Pogson on=C2=A0[26]Students As IT-techs
*=C2=A0and another post by him on=C2=A0[27]Linus On GNU/Linux And=
Computers
In Education
*=C2=A0How Emiel Brok=C2=A0[28]lobbied for Free Software in Schools in=
Belgium and
the Netherlands
Government
*=C2=A0The education ministry in Peru=C2=A0[29]celebrates 20.000 SUGAR=
users.
Congratulations!
Edu software
*=C2=A0[30]eXe learning 2.0 released
*=C2=A0[31]eXe Learning 2.0. Manual =E2=80=93 Tutorial=C2=A0relea=
sed
*=C2=A0[32]3 Drupal education distros reviewed: Julio, Open Academy and
Opigno LMS
*=C2=A0[33]Soft robotics toolkit=C2=A0released. From their website:
=E2=80=9CThe Soft Robotics Toolkit is a collection of shared resources=
to
support the design, fabrication, modeling, characterization, and contr=
ol
of soft robotic devices. The toolkit was developed as part of
educational research being undertaken in the Harvard Biodesign Lab. The
ultimate aim of the toolkit is to advance the field of soft robotics by
allowing designers and researchers to build upon each other=E2=80=99s =
work. The
toolkit includes an open source fluidic control board, detailed design
documentation describing a wide range of soft robotic components
(including actuators and sensors), and related files that can be
downloaded and used in the design, manufacture, and operation of soft
robots.=E2=80=9D
Pretty cool stuff=E2=80=A6
*=C2=A0The XPrize Foundation announced a=C2=A0[34]competition that cha=
llenges
teams from around the world to develop Free software scalable softwa=
re
solution=C2=A0that will enable children in developing countries to t=
each
themselves basic reading, writing and arithmetic. They will spend 15
million US$ for it. Interested?
Distro news
*=C2=A0[35]SUGAR Digest by Walter Bender
Other news
*=C2=A0[36]Kano Ships Its First 18,000 Learn-To-Code Computer Kits, Fu=
eled By
$1.5M Kickstarter
*=C2=A0I saw at least seven Free Software projects listed on the=C2=A0=
[37]Top 100
edu tools=C2=A0from an annual online survey: WordPress, Moodle, Wiki=
pedia,
Audacity, Mahara, OpenOffice and Firefox. I have to say that I don=
=E2=80=99t
know most of the other items on the list and didn=E2=80=99t bother t=
o check
which of them might be Free Software as well.
Future events
*=C2=A0Oct 11 =E2=80=93 17, 2014:=C2=A0[38]CodeWeek.eu=C2=A0Something =
like SFD or DFD for
learning to code. An initiative by the=C2=A0[39]Young Advisors=C2=A0=
and
the=C2=A0[40]EC,
*=C2=A0Oct 17, 2014: Richard Stallman will talk about=C2=A0[41]Free So=
ftware and
education in New York
*=C2=A0Oct 17 =E2=80=93 19, 2014:=C2=A0[42]OLPC San Francisco Communit=
y Summit=C2=A0- online
participation possible
*=C2=A0Oct 25, 2014: not really FS related, but still:=C2=A0[43]OER Co=
logne
*=C2=A0Nov 8-9 , 2014: There will be [44]more FrogLabs workshops at the
[45]OpenRheinRuhr, Germany
*=C2=A0Nov 17, 2014:=C2=A0[46]Digital learning event=C2=A0by Wikimedia=
Germany.
Registration required, attendance is free
*=C2=A0Dec 3-5, 2014:=C2=A0[47]Online EDUCA=C2=A0Berlin, Germany
References
Visible links
1. https://public.pad.fsfe.org/p/edu-news
2. https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-eu
3. http://blogs.fsfe.org/guido/2014/02/working-on-fsfes-education-pages/
4. http://test.fsfe.org/activities/education/
5. http://fsfe.org/contribute/web/web
6. http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/discussion/2014-September/010274.=
html
7. http://codeweek.eu/
8. https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-eu
9. https://fsf.org/blogs/community/bring-the-fsf-to-your-campus
10. https://fosdem.org/2015/
11. http://documentfreedom.org/
12. http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/discussion/2014-October/010303.ht=
ml
13. http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/
14. http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Ham#Previous_event
15. http://pyconuk.org/education/
16. http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2014/Greece/Kastoria
17. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/edu-eu/2014-09/msg00010.html
18. http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/fsfe-de/2014-September/006791.html
19. http://fsfe.org/contribute/spreadtheword.en.html
20. http://www.aldebaran.com/en/naochallenge
21. http://raspberry.tips/raspberrypi-news/getting-hooked-on-programming-=
with-yrs-project-hook/
22. http://opensource.com/education/14/9/linux-teens-smarter
23. http://opensource.com/education/14/9/open-source-high-school
24. http://opensource.com/education/14/8/600-students-educated-center-dev=
elopment-open-technology
25. http://opensource.com/education/14/9/teachers-students-want-freedom-t=
esting
26. http://mrpogson.com/2014/09/10/students-as-it-techs/
27. http://mrpogson.com/2014/09/15/linus-on-gnulinux-and-computers-in-edu=
cation/
28. https://opensource.com/education/14/9/teachers-linux-open-source-educ=
ation
29. http://somosazucar.org/2014/09/19/peru-un-despliegue-innovador/
30. http://exelearning.net/new-release-exe-learning-2-0/
31. http://exelearning.net/exe-learning-2-0-manual-tutorial/
32. http://opensource.com/education/14/9/3-drupal-distributions-education
33. http://softroboticstoolkit.com/
34. http://learning.xprize.org/about/overview
35. http://walterbender.org/?p=3D721
36. http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/27/kano-ships/
37. http://c4lpt.co.uk/top100tools/
38. http://codeweek.eu/
39. http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/young-advisors
40. http://ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm
41. http://www.fsf.org/events/rms-20141017-newyork
42. http://www.olpcsf.org/node/211
43. http://oerkoeln.mixxt.de/networks/events/show_event.96701
44. http://blogs.fsfe.org/guido/2014/09/teckids-workshops-at-froscon9-rob=
ots-python-games-and-blender/
45. http://blog.openrheinruhr.de/2014/09/25/froglabs-2014-auf-der-openrhe=
inruhr-2014/
46. https://digikompz.wikimedia.de/wiki/Digitales_Lernen
47. http://www.online-educa.com/
Greetings,
Guido
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