[FM Discuss] Winter Camp Agenda

[adam hyde]

hey Ed,

Great, I'll keep you to 10 ;)

Looking forward to seeing you and everyone soon.

adam


On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 11:17 -0800, Edward Cherlin wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 2:18 AM, adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net> wrote:
> > It sounds interesting Ed but perhaps a little broad.
> >
> > We need to focus on FM specifics during the event, Where do you think
> > this project most intersects with the work of FM?
> 
> The point is to solicit FM contracts from Ministries of Education,
> UNESCO, and the like, where we would go beyond the PDF and the printed
> book and invent the new media required, and invite the entire Open
> Source world to join in. Creative Commons is already on board, and I
> talked to Larry Lessig about a civics textbook, using Open Voting
> Consortium software among other things. He is interested. The rest of
> the first round of partners is listed at
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Creating_textbooks.
> 
> What angles can we work with the other Wintercamp participants?
> 
> > If we can get a succinct and pointed 10 minute presentation from you on
> > that, then it would be great to have the opportunity to see what you are
> > doing in this area.
> 
> Definitely. I'll extract a five or six slide presentation from my
> SCaLE 7x talk in just a bit and run through it with a timer.
> 
> > adam
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 22:03 -0800, Edward Cherlin wrote:
> >> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:24 AM, adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net> wrote:
> >> > great idea
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > anyone else wish to present anything related to FM?
> >>
> >> I have made some progress on the Earth Treasury digital textbook
> >> project, which will integrate Sugar software into materials for every
> >> subject a every age. Issues include funding (by governments, NGOs, aid
> >> agencies); translation (by user communities in many cases); curriculum
> >> integration; and organizing an educational research program to make
> >> the most of this opportunity.
> >>
> >> This program is of the essence of Free Software and Free Media, and of
> >> the search for sustainability and human dignity. The plan is to get up
> >> to a billion children talking to one another, and learning how to
> >> cooperate to solve global problems. I cannot think of a bigger issue
> >> confronting us. It covers poverty, oppression, threats to the planet,
> >> the global economy, and war, or to put it another way, Life, the
> >> Universe, and Everything.
> >>
> >> How does that sound?
> >>
> >> > adam
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 16:43 -0500, Andy Oram wrote:
> >> >> I would love to have just a little time to show people at Winter Camp my ideas for tools and practices that make online interactions more effective. I don't want to be self-indulgent, but it was this work that drew Adam's attention to me in the first place. I could spend five minutes showing some slides:
> >> >>
> >> >> ODF format:
> >> >> http://www.praxagora.com/project_education/presentation/growing_participation.odp
> >> >>
> >> >> PDF format:
> >> >> http://www.praxagora.com/project_education/presentation/growing_participation.pdf
> >> >>
> >> >> I designed this presentation to be self-explanatory, but I can also say a bit about their importance. I have longer presentations too, but I don't want to take up a lot of time.
> >> >>
> >> >> Andy
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