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Hi
I am Paul, I decided to join the list so I could discuss advocacy and related topics to Free software.
I live in Devon, and use Mint 17.2 as my main desktop OS. I also run the Torbay Tech jam and as part of this am keen to promote software freedom etc.
I would be interested in hearing from anyone in the Local area who is also interested in promoting free software so that we can perhaps collaborate a little.
I have also been a member of the Devon and Cornwall GNU / Linux user group for a long time, so know a few of the people on that list too.
I work in a school so am in a good position or will be in a better position soon to try and promote software freedom in schools, as that does also tie in with the curriculum, perhaps using software legally, free software is an alternative to buying software or most certainly pirating software of any kind.
Anyway that is all for now, hopefully I can help promote free software down in Devon a little more.
Paul
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On 09/10/15 20:54, Paul Sutton wrote:
I work in a school so am in a good position or will be in a better position soon to try and promote software freedom in schools, as that does also tie in with the curriculum, perhaps using software legally, free software is an alternative to buying software or most certainly pirating software of any kind.
Have you heard much about the use of free RTC technology such as SIP and XMPP in schools?
Given all the austerity cuts in the UK it would seem useful for schools to cut the phone budget if it helps them keep the librarian or other vital jobs.
Regards,
Daniel
Hello Paul,
On 10/09/2015 06:54 PM, Paul Sutton wrote:
I am Paul, I decided to join the list so I could discuss advocacy and related topics to Free software.
Welcome to the list!
I would be interested in hearing from anyone in the Local area who is also interested in promoting free software so that we can perhaps collaborate a little.
You might want to be a bit more specific here. I do not know whether we have anyone active near Devon, but we do have some people who have been active in the past in the UK.
I work in a school so am in a good position or will be in a better position soon to try and promote software freedom in schools, as that does also tie in with the curriculum, perhaps using software legally, free software is an alternative to buying software or most certainly pirating software of any kind.
Sounds interesting. Do you have anything more detailed in mind?
Cheers,
related topics to Free software.
Welcome to the list!
Ditto! You have helped me before in Ubuntu-uk mailing list, glad to see you here.
I would be interested in hearing from anyone in the Local area who is also interested in promoting free software so that we can perhaps collaborate a little.
You might want to be a bit more specific here. I do not know whether we have anyone active near Devon, but we do have some people who have been active in the past in the UK.
Here in southwest London is problably not local enough?
I work in a school so am in a good position or will be in a better position soon to try and promote software freedom in schools, as that does also tie in with the curriculum, perhaps using software
legally,
free software is an alternative to buying software or most certainly pirating software of any kind.
Sounds interesting. Do you have anything more detailed in mind?
As a parent I would like to know how I need to talk to, the teacher, headmaster, PTA, company that does IT support, council, ...?
On 10/10/15 00:10, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote:
related topics to Free software.
Welcome to the list!
Ditto! You have helped me before in Ubuntu-uk mailing list, glad to see you here.
I would be interested in hearing from anyone in the Local area who is also interested in promoting free software so that we can perhaps collaborate a little.
You might want to be a bit more specific here. I do not know whether we have anyone active near Devon, but we do have some people who have been active in the past in the UK.
Here in southwest London is problably not local enough?
I work in a school so am in a good position or will be in a better position soon to try and promote software freedom in schools, as that does also tie in with the curriculum, perhaps using software
legally,
free software is an alternative to buying software or most certainly pirating software of any kind.
Sounds interesting. Do you have anything more detailed in mind?
As a parent I would like to know how I need to talk to, the teacher, headmaster, PTA, company that does IT support, council, ...?
Hi
I am posting this reply again as when I sent it it didn’t go to the list (i hit reply not reply list)
Part of the curriculum is about using computers / IT responsibly
http://torbaytechjam.org.uk/curriculum/
KS 2.7 / KS 3:9 (for example)
So this should allow people to teach there are different models of software licensing, Also there is the issue of privacy, so again there is scope to discuss free software.
It is really about being able to talk to the teachers, but as the fsf produce a video on free software it is short enough and to the point, so play that and discuss, or try to.
I am not a teacher but hopefully can come up with some ideas & resources to help if nothing else it is a topic to discuss.
I can't comment on how to get in to the procurement of software for schools, what I am proposing here is that we promote free software as a legal way to obtain software (oh and it just happens to have a stack of other advantages)
I am sure google and others who are interested in free software will back us up in this, as Microsoft are also influencing the curriculum, I can't see them promoting free software or should we say software freedom. but that is not a bad thing both sides of the argument need to be presented.
Paul
Hello Paul,
On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 07:54:33PM +0100, Paul Sutton wrote:
I am Paul, I decided to join the list so I could discuss advocacy and related topics to Free software.
Welcome!
I work in a school so am in a good position or will be in a better position soon to try and promote software freedom in schools, as that does also tie in with the curriculum, perhaps using software legally, free software is an alternative to buying software or most certainly pirating software of any kind.
Yes, that's also one aspect we have on our education flyer [1]. We are planning to create an updated version in a better design [2].
If you or anyone has some input for that, please let us know!
All the best!
Guido
[1] http://fsfe.org/activities/education/leaflet-edu-reasons-general.en.G.pdf [2] https://blogs.fsfe.org/guido/2015/10/new-education-leaflet-planned/
El Sat, 10-10-2015 a las 12:52 +0200, Guido Arnold escribió:
Hello Paul,
On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 07:54:33PM +0100, Paul Sutton wrote:
I am Paul, I decided to join the list so I could discuss advocacy and related topics to Free software.
Welcome!
I work in a school so am in a good position or will be in a better position soon to try and promote software freedom in schools, as that does also tie in with the curriculum, perhaps using software legally, free software is an alternative to buying software or most certainly pirating software of any kind.
Yes, that's also one aspect we have on our education flyer [1]. We are planning to create an updated version in a better design [2].
If you or anyone has some input for that, please let us know!
Hi Guido, Just saw this video of what a school using free software looks like in USA. (TED talk) http://bluehome.net/~csh/media/gnuhighschool.webm (github page) https://github.com/pennmanor (redhat film?) http://technology.pennmanor.net/2015/08/15/the-power-of-open-in-education/
All the best!
Guido
[1] http://fsfe.org/activities/education/leaflet-edu-reasons-general.en.G.pdf [2] https://blogs.fsfe.org/guido/2015/10/new-education-leaflet-planned/
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