Re: [seul-edu] Fw: Request for Information

["TJ Miller jr" <tjmiller@datc.tec.ut.us>]

Bleah - sounds more like a quickie business proposal than anything else.

IMHO, he could have figured all this out in five minutes with Google, using
it to find the SEUL archives and reports, then to find all the Linux Today
stuff :)

<shrug> he's being rapacious _and_ lazy IMO... weird combination to say the
least :/

(...speaking of lazy, I finally got started on the sysadmin syllabus here...
dunno the ETA yet - I want to check on some lab ideas first. :)

TJ Miller jr
OS/Networking instructor,
Davis Applied Technology Center.
http://www.datc.tec.ut.us
----- Original Message -----
From: "SteelHead" <bill@ries-knight.net>
To: <seul-edu@seul.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 8:45 AM
Subject: [seul-edu] Fw: Request for Information


> I just got this email.  In a years time, this is the first email sent from
> the software@linuxhelpers.org link.
>
> If I am reading this right, he is trying to hustle a quick buck, and not
> actually advance educational software.  Sherri read it and said the guy is
> no educator.
>
> I can reply to him, and offer the perspective that we only want to connect
> software and people with Linuxhelpers, or we could invite him to share his
> spiel with SEUL.
>
> I'm not sure what approach is appropriate, and I would like your advice.
>
> I did ask Doug Loss, he thought tossing it to the list may be of value.  I
> will also hold to the perspective that this has nothing to do with open
> source.
>
> Bill
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Larkin" <mlarkin@optonline.net>
> To: <software@linuxhelpers.org>
> Cc: "Veronica Kemler" <vkemler@ceriworld.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 7:58 PM
> Subject: Request for Information
>
>
> > Dear Staff Member,
> >
> > I would like to learn more about your organization, its charter,
corporate
> > sponsors, and educational software that is "cleared" through your
> > organization. I am also interested in your opinions of the impact of
> current
> > educational software development upon future educational software
packages
> > and/or systems, particularly current infrastructural development efforts
> (if
> > any).
> >
> > If you are interested, I would like to discuss the minimal software
> > environment that you believe is required to create interactive
goal-based
> > team-focused learning experiences with the auditory/visual impact of
> current
> > game systems. The goal is to enable content builders (initially) and
> > educators (ultimately) to create cost-efficient learning environments
> > relatively quickly and profitably. As an example, consider "vicarious
> > learning software" that allows students (as teams and individuals) to
run
> > every aspect of a city from its government (executive, legislative,
> > judicial) to its engineering infrastructure while addressing real-life
> > situations tailored to the particular locality in which the software is
> > being used. Basic economic theory, pollution, work-force issues,
> > discrimination, and more could be addressed while focusing upon core
> > curricula (math, science, language, social studies, arts). Various
modules
> > (e.g. infrastructure improvement projects) could be linked to other
> modules
> > (e.g. legal, legislative) to demonstrate (desirable and/or undesirable)
> > cause-and-effect relationships.
> >
> > A more modest modules might allow students to experience what it like to
> be
> > a trader (fixed income, foreign currency, commodities, etc.)
> >
> > Two concepts are self-evident (at least to me):
> >
> > (1) An effective distribution channel is required for educational
> software.
> > (2) An open-source educational software infrastructure has the potential
> to
> > rapidly increase the quantity/quality and decrease the cost of
educational
> > software packages and/or systems.
> >
> > Please let me know whether such educational software infrastructure
> exists.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Michael Larkin, President
> > Michael Larkin Enterprises, Inc.
> >
> > Office: (631) 277-2119
> > Home: (631) 277-6320
> > Beeper: (800) 888-9051 pin: 555-5423
> > Email: mlarkin@optonline.net
> >
> >
>