Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 14:49:09 -0800 From: Don Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org, fuunm@swcp.com Subject: cooperating on the kids Message-ID: <36CDEA65.4EB0232F@thuntek.net>
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Hi, folks - I'm in the middle of what I hope will become a big effort, but a worthwhile one. I've opened negotiations with the Rio Rancho Public Library and the local High Schools for the beginning of free classes for kids that will be built on my donation of time and expertise in computers and free software. They are very receptive to the idea, and I would like to open it up to those with similar ideas so we can share classroom materials, lesson plans and crying shoulders. I'm also beginning the effort to create a 501c3 called the "Open ReSource Project" as an umbrella for corporate and individual donations. I've also got 3 CD sets and a "Complete FreeBSD" for donation (yes, Greg, I finally found a home for _your_ gift to me :-D ). The class will take the students underneath the hood and teach them first the CS basics like "representation" and "algorithm" and "process", and intersperse it with practical demonstrations of web design, embedded control systems, and network programming. Since I use FreeBSD, that will be the centerpiece of my instructional material, but I intend to show them the open door to all public domain software and teach them enough of the underlying basics about computers that they will be able to understand and learn much more than what the schools are now teaching them, which is pretty poor stuff. When I'm done with them, not only will they understand a lot more, they'll be able to make educated decisions before they walk out and buy any more Windoze programs. Also in my mind is compiling all of the material into a publishable format so the program can be replicated as it firms up into something valuable. Anybody else ready to step out (or already ahead of me)? -- oooOOO O O O o * * * * * * o ___ _________ _________ _________ ___==__ V_=_=_DW ===--- Don Wilde dwilde1@thuntek.net [ = = ] /oo0000oo-oo--oo-ooo---ooo-ooo---ooo-ooo---ooo-oo---oo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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