2008/9/11 Meike Reichle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi all, > > I've recently been contacted by a member of the Eleonore Digital > Project. In a nutshell they are organising a project where groups of > students all over Europe work together in creating an educational > computer game that deals with Eleanor of Aquitaine[0]. Each team is > assigned an episode or a certain aspect of Eleonore's life and they will > research this, draft a concept and finally create their respective part > or episode of the game. Doing this they will only work with free > software, namely Debian as the Operating System, OOo, Blender etc ... > A longer (and better) description of what they want to do is below, even > more information can be found on their project description[1] or on the > project site itself[2]. > > The project approached me since they are trying to expand their network > with regard to other groups with similar objectives. They are asking if > it would be okay if they put our logo and a link on their website, which > I guess would kind of express that they have our "blessing" or something > like that. I personally think that would be okay. The project seems to > be a Good Thing[tm] and I am actually quite happy that they picked > Debian as their operating system. I think Debian being used in a school > project is a nice example that it is in fact not as "user-unfriendly" as > it is often claimed to be and being associated with something like that > wouldn't be too bad. > > Opinions?
Hi, I probably would be interested in helping with that project, if they need any help. It sounds a very interesting project. I might be able to move it here [1] quite easily if they want more high schools or student groups involved. I totally like the project and it would be nice to see the Debian logo there, showing our support :) [1] "here" is Asturias, North of Spain I'm forwarding the mail to the Games Team mailing list. Greetings, Miry > Best, > Meike > > > -------------------8<---------snip----------8<------------------- > > Eleonore Digital > > The project Eleonore Digital aims at establishing a cooperation between > secondary school students (aged 14-19) within the European Union. > > The project's final objective is an educational 3D software in the form > of an educational game created by the students themselves. The content > of this software evolves around Eleanor of Aquitaine's life which will > be processed in an up-to-date and enthralling way by the students in > several work stages. > > Therefore, the core purposes of the project - the demonstration of the > exceptional role of women in power in European history, the > manifestation of gender mainstreaming in the classroom and the > emancipated and professional use of virtual space - are independently > accomplished and simultaneously woven together into a virtual network by > the individual groups of students. Subsequently, the finalized > multilingual educational software will be made available via free download. > > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine > [0] http://www.p-o-s-t.org/index.en.php?action=eleonore > [2] http://www.eleonore-digital.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
