moin, moin,

I had a paper proposal about Free Software in education accepted by a
conference. Now I need to write the presentation. I would like to enlist
assistance from PLUG in order to have a better presentation.

Here's the outline I proposed. There's room to play, especially if we can
come up with better software to use as examples.

###
        Present, via slides, several Free Software applications, such as:
                Linux
                KEduca
                OpenOffice.org
                Firefox/Mozilla
        Explain the basics of licensing for Free Software
        Explain the benefits of Free Software
                Open Standards and electronic inter-opereration
                Very reliable
                Excellent security
                Easy access to developers for feature requests
                There are no licensing costs to bear
                Due to lack of licensing costs and licensing the software
can be use at home as well as at the school
                Choice
        Demonstrate several applications
                Knoppix: will be using it for the presentation
                OpenOffice.org: will be using it for the presentation
                Firefox/Mozilla: current Free Software darling
                KStars: good eye candy
                Blender: great eye candy demos
###

I think I can handle covering GNU/Linux and web browsers.

I need some good educational software to present, though. Keduca looks
interesting, but it's not something I use.

gcompris was recently suggested to me in a conversation about educational
software.

I can cover what OO.o is, but I'm certainly not an office suite power
user and I've never really used m$ apps, so I can't talk to much about
what OO.o does or how it compares to m$ apps w/o some help.

I think i can handle licensing and the benefits of Free Software :).

Ideas for good demonstrations are most welcome.

I might move to Ubuntu rather than Knoppix for the presentation, but that
doesn't matter as long as whatever I use works :).

I also want to have CDs there for people attending. Likely they will be
either Knoppix or Ubuntu for the GNU/Linux stuff and then either the
OpenCD or GNU Win II for the m$ side of things.

BTW, I'm planning on doing this presentation for the Feb east side
meeting so I can get some practice :).

ciao,

der.hans

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