Re: [seul-edu] Announcing the Tux Typing 0.9 Release

[Jeff Nelson <jtnelson@emirates.net.ae>]

I, for one, will be very interested in seeing your document.  I need to 
convince the head of a nonprofit I work with that Linux is applicable to an 
educational project in Colombia.  He believes that MS solutions are best, but 
I think the sustainability issue is an important one, especially now that the 
new MS licensing schemes are going to remove the Colombians' ability to 
pirate at will.  

It's small, but I have a presentation on the same topic at 
http://linux.innoved.org/linux-tesl/

> Since my paper is basically a "Why Linux in Education?" paper, as well as a
> "Here's how you do it!", I was pointed here by Karl and Roger. I have been
> soaking up ideas and topics to add to the final outline. Which should be
> totally completed by next week. I have also had some assistance and support
> from Miguel De Icaza, and notes from when Eric Raymond spoke at NoVaLUG.
>
> Mrs. Tim Bogardt is doing the translation of Miguel's original paper for
> me. I think we will have a good arsenal from which to select. I intend to
> use this group as a sounding board and proof readers. The paper will
> emphasize cost of ownership (long and short term), pluses in terms of
> educational value, and implementing a self supporting source for
> educational software. I also hope to incorporate a "responsible computing
> in the community" section in the curriculum section.

I can volunteer to do proofing.  (Heck, I'm an English teacher!)

Jeff Nelson