[Fwd: Re: [seul-edu] ANN: Shadow netWorkspace(TM) preview release]

[Doug Loss <dloss@suscom.net>]

owner-seul-edu@seul.org wrote:

> To: seul-edu@seul.org
> From: Jim Laffey <cilaffey@showme.missouri.edu>
> Subject: Re: [seul-edu] ANN: Shadow netWorkspace(TM) preview release
>
> Herbert's message included a lot of information about the Shadow
> netWorkspace(TM) preview release, but it left off a key piece of
> information:
>
> The Shadow netWorkspace  (SNS) software is released under the terms of the
> GNU Public License (GPL)
>
> Also.....
> The Preview Release 1 (PR1) of Shadow netWorkspace represents about two
> years of work of a team of programmers. Although a significant amount of
> development work has been accomplished, we do not consider the SNS software
> to be complete. A core set of features and capabilities have been
> implemented, but not all of what we want and need SNS to be has been
> implemented. SNS  PR1 is usable and is currently seeing successful use in
> several educational contexts: a web supported course and a distance
> learning course at the University of Missouri,  a Junior High School in
> Columbia, Missouri, and a high school in Lee's Summit, Missouri.
>
> We are releasing SNS PR1 for the following reasons:
>
> To allow organizations and institutions the opportunity to familiarize
> themselves with the SNS environment so they can conceptualize and plan for
> its use.To provide an environment that can be installed and used within the
> limitations imposed by the release. (If you can live with what is, and
> isn't, in the release and it meets a need then the software is available
> for installation and use.) 3. To familiarize open source software
> developers with SNS and begin the process of attracting talent to extending
> the SNS environment and building applications for SNS.
>
> Release 1.0 of the Shadow netWorkspace is targeted for February 1, 2001.
> Between November 1, 2000 and February 1, 2001 the CTIE development team
> will be working on completing and improving the core of the SNS system as
> well as a number of applications that operate in the SNS environment. New
> preview releases will be posted on Download periodically until Release 1.0
> is posted. Your feedback about SNS preview releases is desired. Click on
> Contact Us.
>
> Jim Laffey
> www.sns.internetschools.org
>
> James M. Laffey - Associate Professor
> Director - Center for Technology Innovations in Education
> 111 London Hall, College of Education, Univ. of Missouri
> Columbia, MO 65211
> cilaffey@showme.missouri.edu **(573) 882-5399 ** Fax (573) 884-5158
> http://www.ctie.missouri.edu
>
> ** "To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority
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