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Welcome to the Education project !
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The Education project Team
If you have urgent questions, or need informations, please join us on our IRC chat channel.
Server is : irc.freenode.net Channel is #education.openoffice.org (english) Please remember the # See you on the IRC chat :-)
Or subscribe to the mailing list: dev@education.openoffice.org
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Short News from the subprojects
This is the place to provide updates and news about projects under the Education Project. To create a news item simply set the project name in bold before the news content. Please write in English only and add the latest item over the last one.
- Education Project was represented at Journée travaill collaboratif at Ecole Normale Supérieure (rue d'Ulm), Paris France
- Education Project is invited at Paris Capitale du Libre by the SCEREN (thanks to Jean-Pierre Archambault)
- Presentation about Education Project and OPLC at Epitech Paris, 24th September (thanks to Pierre Pasteau for the invitation)
- ( ericb September 14th 2008 ) Two new Domain devs for the Education Project : congratulation to Pierre Pasteau and Rakesh Pandit !
- (rbircher December 13th 2007) Project Switzerland We start searching people for a association in Switzerland
- (rbircher December 10th 2007) Website: Nicolas Jeudy working on the layout
Education Project Effort
Idea based on Efforts
Education Project ClassRoom
Idea based on Education Courses
Todo
( Brainstorming in progress )
- Revamp http://education.openoffice.org
- Make the page static
- Organize the wiki page
- Create new entries : locales ? / tools ? / Success stories ? / Partners ?
- Resources : ask an entry for every school present on the site ? (annually ?)
- QA : define default owner for education project issues
- Be present and visible (please complete the list) :
- PCIE/EDCL : http://www.pcie.tm.fr/
- Recent Issues
1) Installation / Usability
- OpenOffice.org installation , mainly under Microsoft Windows, is problematic ( unique registration, ...etc)
- Installation in a rightless environment
2) Compatibility
Again, with MS Office (examples, precise case, writing of a guide avoiding issues, find the most known of them .. )
3) Maths
- formulas alignments
This is an incredibly well known and important default. Some migrations failed just because of this "detail".
See the sadly well known issue 972 , and referenced in IssueZilla since may 2001 (yes 2001 !) URL : http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=972
4) Unclassified
- Suggestions of amelioration
Maxima
Use Maxima in OpenOffice.org ?
Partial answer : as soon as I'll have the answer to "how interface" OpenOffice.org and Application written in Lisp ( Maxima is written in Lisp ), I promise I'll take the task over.
Update: I got some infos from Eike Rathke and Kendy. Playing with fork() exec() wait() .. stay tuned.
Ericb 12:07, 25 December 2007 (CET)
Suggestion: instead of trying to do this by hand, use the Expect library; an Expect module for OOo would be really useful.
- Success stories
Any positive success story of installation and /or use in your school, interests us.
Initiation to OpenOffice.org use
Be extremely careful is recommended, only the French Eductional system is described below
Which formations could concern OpenOffice.org ?
- type de formation : secondary, profesional formations ? - concerned courses: Maths ? Physics ? ( Other ? )
URL of reference : http://info.sio2.be/calcooo/index.php ( French, sorry )
Plan (translated from French ):
1. Introduction to a Spreadsheet use with OpenOffice.org (mise à jour 07/01/2006) 2. Use of Calc functions (last update 17/01/2006) 3. The alternative with the Spreadsheet (last update 12/01/2006) 4. Create diagrams using OpenOffice.org Calc 5. Improved study of Mathematical diagrams ( last update 16/05/2006) Share your opinion whith this course.
For every part, it could be interesting to define :
The relevant concerned programs
- the plan of the lesson
- the prerequisites of the lesson
- the objectives, well justified in the referential of the program
- the estimated time for the lesson
- Pedagogical notes creation
Target: create pedagogical notes for the existing tools, improving the role of OpenOffice.org :
Every teacher will certainly have a personal way, but to obtain something consistent, it will be to follow a common skeleton, everybody is invited to improve.
Example:
- The pedagogical frame of use: public / level
- prerequisites,
- the place in the progression,
- the time of the sequence..etc
- objectives,
- the place dans le referential of the program,
- limits .. (thanks to improve and complete the list)
- Mutualisation of documents : ADD A LICENSE FOR THE CONTENT
Example of downloadable document with licence
- Suggestions for academical correspondents
- recent the schools using OpenOffice.org ( write a list on the Wiki ? )
- inform people managing / to be aware of the project existence and invite them to join us (Education Project, dev@education.openoffice.org list)
- keep the list of known issues up to date , and define a list of priorities : we need to concentrate our efforts to the correction of such issues ! - participate, if possiblee, to events who can involve OpenOffice.org project in your academy - recent such events - recent existing tools and documents, who bring a value added the pedagogical interest OpenOffice.org to be used ( next step : put them on the site, for download, but define precisely how do that "before" ) - be visible
Events 2008
European events
France
- RMLL 2008 (France, Mont de Marsan, probably 1st or 2nd week of July )
- Educatice (France, Paris)
- InterTice (France, Paris)
- Apple Expo (France, Paris)
- ParisExpo ( France, Paris) Paris Expo website
- Solutions Linux Expo (France, Paris) [1] and [2]
- Rencontre de l'Orme (Marseille , France, April )
- Salon des Ressources Educatives 28th May 2008 (Besançon France)
Most of the other important events should be referenced there : Site de L'etudiant
Germany
- AppleLiveExpo (Germany, Köln)
Belgium / Belgique / België
Switzerland
- OpenExpo 2008 Bern ( Switzerland 12th-13th March )
Other
- OOoCon 2008 (supposed occurring in Europa, not sure .. )
US events
- FSOSS (Toronto)
- WWDC (San Francisco)
- Mac World (San Francisco)
Asian events
- FOSS.in / FIXME /
African events
Oceanian events
Events 2009
European events
France
Scheduled :
- RMLL 2009 Nantes
- Educatice (France, Paris)
- InterTice (France, Paris)
- Salon des Ressources Educatives june 2009 (Besançon France)
- Rencontre de l'Orme 2009 (Marseille , France)
- Solutions Linux Expo (France, Paris) [3] and [4]
Need confirmation :
- Live eTIC Party de Montpellier 2009
Germany
Belgium / Belgique / België
- FOSDEM 2009 ( Bruxelles )
Switzerland
Other
US events
- FSOSS (Toronto)
- WWDC (San Francisco)
- Mac World (San Francisco)
Asian events
African events
Oceanian events
Localisation projects
Below you will find all sub-projects of the main education project.
Those sub-projects are a good place to find :
- resources in your own language,
- documentation related to your educational system
- a good starting point to build a bridge between OOo development and education in your own country.
- that you bring into it !
Join us :
fr : Education Project in French
For French speaking countries : fr-EDUCATION
Switzerland project ( german only at this time ) : Project_EDUCATION-ch
List of schools
FIXME
- Define tabs for every country ?
- Define arrays for all schools, including Schools logos, contacts for every ... etc ?
French schools already contacted :
- INSA Lyon INSA Lyon
- INSA Toulouse INSA Toulouse
- IUT Blagnac IUT Blagnac
- ENSEEIHT ENSEEIHT
Work in progress (this week) :
- UTBM / UTBM
please complete the list, and define/add contacts
Projects in progress
Volunteers to revamp the site
- Raphael Bircher
- Nicolas JEUDY
brainstorming
IRC channel
Proposal : have regular IRC meetings ?
First IRC meeting scheduled for the week 12th - 17th of November 2007
Proposed :
server : irc.freenode.net Channel : #education.openoffice.org
Done :
Register the channel : Chanserv is set as guard , mode secure On, Topiclock is on Define operators / tasks / Action Items
+ complete the list on OpenOffice.org wiki page
Courses
This section has been moved to : Education Courses
Whatever
FIXME : complete :-)
