Suggestions for Edubuntu Syllabus?

[Susan Addington]

Thanks for the ideas, Dan. I'm thinking about it already.

Maybe someone can answer some technical questions.

1. Suppose I decide to put up short "how to" movies: screen captures  
showing how to do various things in a spreadsheet, for example. What  
format would be best? Quick time? Something else?

2. It would be interesting to collect student work, and also a good  
opportunity for students to practice writing for public consumption.  
Is there a good way for students to upload files to somewhere? Should  
I be worrying about viruses?


On Feb 27, 2006, at 2:56 PM, Dan McGarry wrote:

> Susan Addington wrote:
>> I'm new to the list, having only heard about Ubuntu last week.
>
> Welcome to the Edubuntu community!
>
>> I'm in the process of developing a math curriculum/course/textbook  
>> for U.S. college students planning to be elementary teachers. I  
>> hope to publish this commercially, but I think making some of the  
>> activities available for any students/teachers to use is a good idea.
>
> [details snipped]
>
>> My curriculum is not ready to just give to a teacher or student,  
>> by any means. But I'd be interested in having someone try to use  
>> some of it with middle grades students (say age 10 and up.)
>
> As you probably already know, one of the biggest benefits of  
> working in FOSS is when other community members lend a hand. Would  
> you be willing to release the document(s), even if they're still  
> rough, to the public under a suitable license (Creative Commons or  
> GNU Documentation License, perhaps) so that we can evaluate,  
> provide feedback and possibly improve on the work?
>
> I'm currently working in Vanuatu, a Least Developed Country where  
> learning resources like these are very thin on the ground. I'm not  
> a teacher myself (I'm a systems and programming geek), but the  
> computer centres I set up would really benefit from materials  
> designed for use with (Ed)ubuntu. I suspect it would be a great  
> opportunity to vet the work, as students here come with a limited  
> academic background. If the concepts and exercises are clear for  
> them, they'll likely be clear for students in US schools, for example.
>
> I'm a big fan of the 'release early, release often' approach to  
> content and software development, and I think this is a perfect  
> opportunity to practise that. 8^)
>
> Best regards,
>
> -- 
> Dan McGarry		it.psl at fsp.org.vu
>
> IT Consultant
> Community Communications Project

Susan Addington
saddingt at csusb.edu, susan.addington at earthlink.net
Math Department, California State University, San Bernardino

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