[TOS] Education Resources

2020-04-15 Thread LM
I have access to the Schoolforge database and several lists of FLOSS links. I'm trying to put together some resources on FLOSS, OER and education. For now, I'm posting them here since I can edit them easily: https://lmemsm.dreamwidth.org/ If you have any related links or suggestions for resource

[TOS] FLOSS collection

2020-06-22 Thread LM
I liked giving out a CD or DVD with a collection of FLOSS programs during Software Freedom Day and at some of the local Tech Conferences for educators. I've been wanting to put together my own collection of my favorite lightweight portable FLOSS programs for a while now. Haven't been able to get f

[TOS] JSXGraph

2020-07-01 Thread LM
There's going to be an online conference on JSXGraph in October: http://jsxgraph.org/conf/ "JSXGraph is a cross-browser JavaScript library for interactive geometry, function plotting, charting, and data visualization in the web browser." ___ tos mailing

Re: [TOS] Leveraging COVID-19 in the Classroom

2020-07-14 Thread LM
On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 8:00 AM wrote: > From: Joanna Klukowska > There were also some critical comments about why there are so many > efforts for data visualization and what the value is that they bring to > the table, or about safety of an open sourced "make your own test at > home" instruction

[TOS] Freedom in the Classroom

2020-07-22 Thread LM
This was posted on the LibrePlanet mailing list: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/sign-this-petition-for-freedom-in-the-classroom Thought it might be of interest. ___ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mail

Re: [TOS] Getting High School students involved in Open

2020-08-13 Thread LM
On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 Heidi Ellis wrote: > Students are then paid to work on an internship, typically on an > open source project: They were just discussing internships at our District. Ran across this information on FLOSS related internships: https://itsfoss.com/best-open-source-internships/ Migh

[TOS] Software Freedom Day

2020-08-19 Thread LM
Is anyone doing anything to organize or participate in a Software Freedom Day ( https://www.softwarefreedomday.org/ ) event or activity this year? I'd like to try to put together something virtually in September. Would appreciate hearing what others may be doing or any ideas on the subject. Than

[TOS] Creative Commons Summit

2020-10-19 Thread LM
Creative Commons is running a summit this week: https://summit.creativecommons.org/ At 10 UTC on Tuesday, they're doing a talk on engaging students to participate in Open Source projects. They have several other interesting topics going on this week too. __

Re: [TOS] Interesting Resources

2021-04-08 Thread LM
On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 Heidi Ellis wrote: > In my surfing for things related to supporting student participation in open > source, I ran across several new articles/resource that folks may find of > interest. And some of these are authored by POSSE alums! I thought this information was good: https:

[TOS] Software Freedom Day

2021-09-05 Thread LM
Just wanted to remind everyone that Software Freedom Day is September 18th. A lot of it will be online this year. Check the wiki for events that you can join in on: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/ Please let others know about the event. If you know a class or school that wants to put on th

[TOS] Software Freedom Day

2023-07-06 Thread LM
This year will be the 20th anniversary of Software Freedom Day. However, the current board that was running events to promote Free and Libre software and the Creative Commons media is stepping down. Volunteers from the SFD mailing are stepping up to fill the void, but they could use your help. If

[TOS] Software Freedom Day

2024-09-19 Thread LM
Software Freedom Day is this Saturday, September 21st. You can check for events in your area at: https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/sfd/events?view=map I'll be hosting a virtual event at 9:30 AM Eastern if anyone's interested in attending. ___ tos mailing l

[TOS] Document Freedom Day

2025-03-15 Thread LM
If anyone's interested in participating in Document Freedom Day on March 26th, The Document Foundation, developers of LibreOffice, will be hosting a free virtual event. More information here: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/02/26/dfd-at-libreoffice/ Other local events are listed at