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I'm finding that Windows Free/Open Source (see [http://www.theopencd.org/ TheOpenCD]) is a great way to slowly inch people in the 'right direction'. I'm involved in Cardiff's Software Freedom Day team (http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/teams/europe/uk/cardiff/). | I'm finding that Windows Free/Open Source (see [http://www.theopencd.org/ TheOpenCD]) is a great way to slowly inch people in the 'right direction'. I'm involved in [http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/teams/europe/uk/cardiff/ Cardiff's Software Freedom Day team]. |
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The Photographic Society at Cardiff University
Contact: SteveSmith
I'm president of the Photographic Society. Beginning in September we'll be teaching photo manipulation with [http://www.gimp.org/ the GIMP]. My philosophy is to focus on the basics, with emphasis on why you do things in a particular way (e.g. why it's good to use layers). If you teach photo manipulation or anything similar I'd love to hear your experiences!
I'm finding that Windows Free/Open Source (see [http://www.theopencd.org/ TheOpenCD]) is a great way to slowly inch people in the 'right direction'. I'm involved in [http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/teams/europe/uk/cardiff/ Cardiff's Software Freedom Day team].
Resources
Organisations
[http://www.schoolforge.org.uk/ Schoolforge-UK]
[http://www.becta.org.uk/ BECTA]
[http://business.newsforge.com/search.pl?tid=35 NewsForge education articles]
[http://www.elearning.ac.uk/ JISC e-Learning]
Articles
[http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020472,39256042-6,00.htm ZDNet UK: Open source in education: Winning hearts and minds]
[http://uk.sun.com/sunnews/press/2006/2006-03-08.html Sun Microsystems: Bradford Council Builds Schools for the Future with Sun Microsystems]
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