Open Source Lab Plans for NECC 2006 in San Diego

[Jane Weideman]

Wow, it sounds fantastic Steve.
I wish I could be there!

I hope you find many willing volunteers to help.

Please remember to take lots of photos, and we look forward to the
report back afterwards.

Regards
JaneW

On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 10:37 -0700, Steve Hargadon wrote:
> We've just finalized the speakers schedule for the Open Source lab at
> the National Educational Computing Conference 2006 in San Diego. Very
> exciting.
> 
> We'll have 15 hour-long sessions that will be held in a lab setting
> with 25 computers, with some GREAT speakers:
> 
> David Thornburg: "When Best is Free: An Educator's Guide to Open Source"
> Michelle Moore: "Use Your Noodle, Learn Moodle: An Open Source
> Learning Management System" (3 sessions - boy is she popular!)
> Will Richardson: "Learning With Blogs: Bringing the Read/Write Web
> Into the Classroom"
> Jeffrey Elkner: "A Tour of Ubuntu with Free CD"
> Jenny Horn: "Hello World: Starting at the Very Beginning with PHP"
> Bryant Patten: "Open Source Technology: Why Teachers Should Care"
> Tim Frichtel: "Great Web Sites with Open Source Content Management Systems"
> Steve Hargadon: "K12LTSP: Low-cost, Stable, and Reliable Computer Labs"
> Chris Walsh: "Content is STILL King: FREE Blogging & Content Management Systems"
> James Klein: "Creating Communities with Open Source Tools"
> Tom Hoffman: "SchoolTool: a Free, Open Source SIS and Calendaring System"
> Vernon Ceder: "Computer Programming for Everybody: Teaching
> Programming with Python"
> 
> We'll also have a "birds of a feather" meeting on Open Source software
> in K12 schools, to be followed by a proposed dinner event with those
> interested in talking about the future of Open Source software in
> Education.
> 
> Mike Huffman from Indiana has also said that he will be attending, and
> we're going to try and find a venue for his participation as
> well--many of us are very interested in an update on the Indiana
> ACCESS program!
> 
> In addition to the Open Source lab, we'll have a "Playground" area
> with 6 booths to showcase different Open Source technologies
> real-time. Currently planned are booths for:
> 
> SchoolTool & CanDo 2006 (A FREE, Web-Based, Competency Tracker)
> Ubuntu & Fedora Core
> Moodle & Moodle e-portfolio
> Open Office & Firefox
> Gimp
> Asterisk & Mambo/Joomla
> 
> We do need people/students who can help staff these booths!  Please
> let me know if you might be able to help organize some booth support!
> 
> --
> Steve Hargadon
> steve at hargadon.com
> 916-899-1400 direct
> 
-- 
JaneW
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