[Fwd: RE: Re: [Fwd: Educational Technology Projects]]

[Jane Weideman]

Hi all,

This is very delayed, but I was out of town for so much of June that
some messages fell through the cracks...

For your review and comment.

regards
JaneW

-------- Forwarded Message --------
From: chris at learningelectric.com
Reply-To: chris at learningelectric.com
To: janew at hbd.com
Subject: RE: Re: [Fwd: Educational Technology Projects]
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 17:25:44 -0500

Thank you for pointing me in the right direction to help. I believe that I may be able to provide some assistance in the training/marketing aspect of Ubuntu/Edubuntu. I am currently providing free software training for schools, but the training videos that I create require a screen recording application like Camtasia or Snapz Pro. These programs record screen video and audio at the same time. 
I would love to create some training to help in the Ubuntu project, but am not aware of any software available like this for Linux. If there is none, I am sure that I could come up with some other methods, but I think it would be wise to begin a project to create such a program because of the excellent training videos that you can create. I can however begin creating training videos for applications such as OpenOffice and the Gimp, provided that the version for Windows is similar enough to the one that will be used in Ubuntu. Do you know of a screen recording application such as the one I described for Linux?

Regards,
Chris Coldwell
chris at learningelectric.com
LearningElectric.com
Online training at your convenience!

>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>From: Jane Weideman <janew at hbd.com>
>To: chris at learningelectric.com
>Sent: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 18:56:56
>
>Hi Chris,
>
>Thanks for your e-mail.
>
>It sounds like there could be synergy with our
>Edubuntu Project.
>
>http://www.edubuntu.org 
>
>Edubuntu aims to be an www.ubuntu.com version
>suitable for classroom
>use. The aim is to deliver a turnkey solution that
>enables time-poor
>educators with mid-range technical skills to set up
>a computer lab
>and/or establish an online learning environment
>with as few clicks as
>humanly possible, then administer that environment
>without having to
>significantly expand their technical skills.
>Centralized management of
>configuration, users, and processes together with
>facilities for working
>collaboratively in a classroom setting are its
>principal design goals.
>Equally important is the gathering together of the
>best available free
>software and digital materials for education under
>one distro 
>
>Edubuntu and Ubuntu are not meant to be seen as
>distinct projects;
>Edubuntu is part of the Ubuntu project, and they
>are both part of one
>development team that contributes to the whole.
>Edubuntu is Ubuntu with
>a different default setup. 
>
>The first release of Edubuntu is slated for October
>2005 when the next
>Ubuntu Release 5.10, code named Breezy Badger is
>released. See:
>http://udu.wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDownUnder/BreezyGo
>als for more
>information. 
>
>Feel free to dive into the discussion group as
>detailed on the wiki too.
>
>Regards
>JaneW
>
>On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 11:11 +0100, Claire Davis
>wrote:
>> Have you got any good ideas on who could respond
>to this best?
>> Thanks,
>> Claire
>> 
>> 
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject:	 Educational Technology Projects
>> Date:	 Mon, 30 May 2005 01:52:19 -0500
>> From:	 chris at learningelectric.com
>> Reply-To:	 chris at learningelectric.com
>> To:	 claire at canonical.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Howdy from Texas!
>> 
>> My name is Chris Coldwell I am 33 years old and I
>am a software specialist for the instructional
>technology department in the Mesquite Independent
>School District. This school district is in the
>state of Texas in the United States. I am
>interested in the projects that you are currently
>working on because of the ideals behind them. I
>believe that ALL children should be able to learn
>how to use technology without expensive training or
>software. Some of my passions are education and
>technology. For these reasons I have begun my own
>company with a computer I built in the extra
>bedroom of our house. I am the founder of
>LearningElectric.com, which is a web site and
>company that provides free streaming software
>training videos to schools around the world. With
>very little money and a lot of hard work I have
>established a web site that the largest school
>districts in the United States regularly use to
>train their students and teachers. I have also
>received letters from school distric
>> ts around the world thanking me for the free
>resources that I am providing. This is the kind of
>thing that I love to do.
>> I have not made any money from this business
>because it is not my goal. My goal is to be the
>number one site for free online software training
>on the web. My business model is simple. Become the
>number one free training site and fund it with
>advertisements on the site, thus providing free
>training to everyone. Over the last year I have
>seen a tremendous amount of growth in our web
>site’s traffic and popularity. I am currently
>trying to find teammates with the same ideals that
>I have to help this venture grow. I am also looking
>for partners that are working on similar projects
>to promote the education of technology to all
>children.
>> I found your website as I was researching
>different distributions of Linux for our school
>district. I am very interested in open source
>software and all that it has to offer to schools
>and children interested in technology. I have a
>masters’ degree in educational technology and I
>am about to finish another master’s degree in
>educational administration. I am proud of these
>degrees, but they are useless unless I can use them
>to make a difference in the lives of others. I know
>that I could help your efforts here in the United
>States. I believe that I could provide valuable
>information regarding educational policies and
>technology practices that schools use here in the
>US. I think that we could become great teammates
>and make a huge impact on education and technology
>in the world. I would love to discuss some of the
>projects that you are working on and share with you
>information about mine. Thank you for your time and
>your efforts to make the world a better place.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Chris Coldwell
>> 972-487-2053
>> chris at learningelectric.com
>> LearningElectric.com
>> Online training at your convenience!
>> 
>> 
>-- 
>JaneW
>_____________
>Jane Weideman
>mobile: +27 83 779 7800
>Canonical Ltd.
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JaneW
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Jane Weideman
mobile: +27 83 779 7800
Canonical Ltd.