2008/9/7 Peter Ruwoldt <ruwoldtp@gmail.com>:
Hi If we accept that schools are one of the key mechanisms for change in society, then the idea of helping schools to think about the opportunities that FOSS can offer is a worthy pursuit.
If you are looking for an activity for your team on the day then possibly doing something in the education arena might be a go
make a movie or some sort of presentation and publish it collate resources (we have started something on the SFD website that you could contribute to) invite teachers from local schools to your event ?
Here in Rosario (Argentina), one of the activities for the SFD 2008 will be a discussion pannel: "State, Society and Free Software" Moderator: AUS Patricia Giardini | Director Dirección General de Informática | Municipality of Rosario * Appropriation of technology and Free Software | Danilo Lujambio | Member of Nodo Tau * Importance of the use of Free Software in the education of towns | Prof. Javier Castrillo | Member Gleducar * Free Software in the Universities | Dr. Raúl Kantor | Teacher UNR and UTN * Free Software: A reality in the Municipality of Rosario Ing Mariela Bornemann | Sub Director Dirección General de Informática | Municipality of Rosario +Gleducar (http://www.gleducar.org.ar/) is an educational project, collaborative and cooperative that pursues the adequacy of Argentinian classrooms to the new technologies in communications and information, making a shift in the paradigm of production, construction and dissemination of educational content. All this afirmed, facilitated and enhanced by the use of educative Free Software. Several members will be participating in the SFD. +The UNR (http://www.unr.edu.ar/) is National University of Rosario and the UTN (http://www.utn.edu.ar/default.utn) is National Technologic University. We have also invited students, teachers and authorities from different schools and universities.
Hope this helps
Peter
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