[FM Discuss] Bachelor thesis + german translations of FM

[adam]

hey Simon,

i'm based in berlin if you make this way we can do an interview...email
me off list (adam at flossmanuals.net) about setting a time :)

adam




On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 23:41 +0200, Simon Tretter wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> 
> I am currently doing my bachelor thesis in Mediadesign/Mediaart at the
> Bauhaus University Weimar.
> 
> 
> I want to help to see free software as a real alternative to
> proprietary solutions in schools and youthwork. 
> I know that there is a lot of stuff online, but unfortunately, most of
> it in English, which in these parts of 
> Germany, many teachers don't understand.
> 
> 
> My work is divided in three parts:
> 
> 
> - The Operating System
> I will develop a System based on (L)Ubuntu or puredyne, which runs on
> old machines (Pentium III/IV class) 
> and can be used in creative work and media education. I am going to
> install it in a school or youth club 
> and document the reactions of the teaching personel.
> 
> 
> - The Web Platform
> To ensure the sustainability of the project, I will create a website
> including a mediawiki, where teachers,
> youthworkers and software developers can collaborate on the
> documentation of free software.
> 
> 
> - The Movie
> In the Movie "Voices for free foftware in media education", developers
> and users of free software answer the 
> question, why (if?) the usage of free software in education is
> possible and makes sense.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> First of: Is anyone interested in helping out? Do you have existing
> projects / people in mind that could be
> interesting? If any of you are willing to give me an interview (and
> are living in Europe), I'd be glad to come
> by.
> 
> 
> For the web platform, I do not want to reenvent the wheel, so my plan
> is to point to sites like FM wherever
> I can. Unfortunatly, I can not find any german manuals here, so if
> there really are none, I'd be willing to
> translate some of them.
> 
> 
> Please tell me what you think.
> 
> 
> Greetings
> Simon
> 
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