Smitha, Have you see FreEduc, the education tools-packed Free Software CD? FN
On Sun, 2005-06-19 at 21:26 +0530, Smitha Rao wrote:
Dear All, I am Smitha Rao, I work for a non-profit Organisation- Shala Network in Bangalore. Our focus is 'IT in Education' and thus we support rural under-priviledged schools with computers and related infrastucture,making available the relevant educational content in the local language,Training of teachers,evaluation and monitoring of the programe...etc, we have partnered with another non-profit Organisation- S3IDF which concentrates on Rural Infrastructure Development. We have executed projects in rural parts of Chitradurga and Bellary.
We would be interested in developing good content for educational purposes using Open source softwares and LTSP solutions.
Thanks, Smitha
On 6/17/05, Rakesh 'Arky' Ambati rakesh_ambati@yahoo.com wrote:
On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 19:30 +0530, Rakesh 'Arky' Ambati wroeen > > Hello Sajith,
Currently I do not have much idea about 'IT for Change' project.I had CC the original email to Ms.Anita(anita@ITforChange.net) of ITfc.org. Let hope we can hear more from her about this project soon.
Here is quick response from Ms.Anita of ITfc.org
Dear Rakesh Thanks for getting in touch. My colleague will get in touch early next month.. He is travelling currently.. Regs and hope we can find areas of common interest anita __________________________________________________________ anita gurumurthy IT for Change Bridging Development Realities and Technological Possibilities www.ITforChange.net <http://www.ITforChange.net> Tel: 00-91-80-26654134 Mobile: 00-91-98455 46406Shall update the list about the further information from ITfc Project.
Moreover there are quite a few NGO working here in bangalore, Ms.Smitha Rao works for one such NGO who has very active interest in using LTSP solutions in School in remote rural hamlets in Karanataka.
Perhaps you can help by volunteering in deploying, developing or supporting Kannada localisation works.I request Smitha to tell us more about her work and how FSUG members can help her.
TIA
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A couple of comments regarding FreeDuc -
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 15:57:43 +0530 From: Smitha Rao smitha.a.rao@gmail.com To: fsug-bangalore-owner@lists.deeproot.co.in Subject:
Hi All, Well, I have not seen the CD mentioned here... If I could know how I could have access to one, would definitely like to check it out.
I have a copy of the FreeDuc CD. Wanted to try out for a school. Unfortunately it is only in french. I contacted the FreeDuc team and was informed that command-line boot option can be given to boot in english (and some of the interfaces should appear in english). I need to try it out. It is available at http://www.ofset.org/freeduc-cd. I can provide a copy of the CD if required. (I stay in Jayanagar 9th Block, Bangalore)
A related info - Edubuntu, a project from the Ubuntu team is something to watch for. Edubuntu aims to be an Ubuntu version suitable for classroom use. (http://udu.wiki.ubuntu.com/Edubuntu) It is expected to be released along with the next release of Ubuntu (October 2005).
warm regards Shivakumar
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On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 06:42 +0100, Shivakumar GN wrote:
A couple of comments regarding FreeDuc - I have a copy of the FreeDuc CD. Wanted to try out for a school. Unfortunately it is only in french. I contacted the FreeDuc team and was informed that command-line boot option can be given to boot in english (and some of the interfaces should appear in english). I need to try it out. It is available at http://www.ofset.org/freeduc-cd.
I can provide a copy of the CD if required. (I stay in Jayanagar 9th Block, Bangalore)
If possible try to make couple of copies and pass it around, it seems that there aren't copies of FreeDuc CD in bangalore.
A related info - Edubuntu, a project from the Ubuntu team is something to watch for. Edubuntu aims to be an Ubuntu version suitable for classroom use. (http://udu.wiki.ubuntu.com/Edubuntu) It is expected to be released along with the next release of Ubuntu (October 2005).
That's news for me, Keep us updated Shivakumar.
--- Rakesh 'Arky' Ambati rakesh_ambati@yahoo.com wrote:
If possible try to make couple of copies and pass it around, it seems that there aren't copies of FreeDuc CD in bangalore.
Interested ppl may mail to me offline. I can get a couple of CDs done. Also, if any of you would like to pick the ISO image from me using your USB device let me know.
That's news for me, Keep us updated Shivakumar.
Sure, will do so. But I should add that my source of info is limited to the net and is no better than anybody else on this list.
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