Hey Scott, It was great to meet you yesterday and I am having similar feelings about wanting to actively work on something worthwhile like this. You certainly know how to dig up the right info quickly and I like your suggestions/approach regarding the schools. I wouldn't have even known who to call!
I got onto #openhatch today and managed to chat to a few of the good peeps there, someone mentioned this: http://www.one-education.org have you folks seen this? Seems interesting - they provide android compatible hardware and a turn-key technology education solution for Aussie schools. Not sure how easily it can be extended or if it's even free software, but I was unaware of anyone even attempting something like that before. On another note, I delved into the openhatch.org website and found some useful info on creating an affiliated event: https://openhatch.org/wiki/Events/Affiliated Theres also lots of instructions on how to conduct an openhatch event here: https://openhatch.org/wiki/Open_Source_Comes_to_Campus Damien On 20/02/15 13:12, Scott Junner wrote: > Hey guys. > > I'd like to express my enthusiasm for getting a hold of the Gnews notes. I > just joined this list assuming this is where they will be posted. But in > case not, where will they be? > > Also, I took the liberty of calling the department of education in Victoria > to get a feel for what it would take to get Free Software in schools. They > directed me to > http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/principals/spag/infrastructure/Pages/ictsupply.aspx > > On the left hand side of that page you can see links to other related > areas. But they did make it clear to me that these sorts of things are > handled by the actual school. That is to say what the school buys for their > students and staff is up to the school, no the department. The department > provides guidance but not final say (though you can see the bias fairly > clearly). > > So it could be worth talking to a few principals to understand how they > think. From there a trial presentation/demonstration can be put together, > get a room full of them and just get some feedback so that a solid project > could begin with some focussed direction. > > And lastly on the topic of workshops for getting started contributing to > free software projects. Yes please. Give me one job to do to that will get > that ball rolling. Coz I wants it. There are things I would like to > contribute to but don't know where to begin (or more truthfully feel like I > have nothing to offer). > > Cheers. > Scott. > _______________________________________________ > Free-software-melb mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb > > > Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/ > _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list [email protected] http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/
