= Ubuntu Education Programme : Planning : Profiling = === [ purpose of this page ] === To manage the profiling activity and results. == Focus Point #1 == * '''Understand our Users and Stakeholders''' * Initiative #1 : Profile User and Stakeholders * List all of the types of people who have an interest or interaction with: * the Edubuntu product for any use * any Ubuntu product for Education use * Identify Categories of Users == Order of Priority for this Exercise == 1. the Edubuntu product for any use in Education 1. the Edubuntu product for any use outside of Education 1. any Ubuntu product for Education use == Categories of Stakeholders == '''Convention for usage of format and terms''' * category * sub-category 1 * sub-category 2 '''Category List''' * 1. '''School''' * 1.1 '''Pre-School''' * 1.2 '''Primary School''' * 1.3 '''Secondary School''' * 2. '''University''' * 2.1 '''Physical University''' * 2.2 '''Correspondence University''' * 3. '''Education Department''' * 3.1 '''School Education''' * 3.2 '''Tertiary Education''' * 4. '''Government Education Ministry''' * 4.1 '''Legislative''' * 4.2 '''Executive''' * 5. '''Home''' * 5.1 '''Primary''' * 5.2 '''Supplemental''' * ~-'''to work in'''-~ * ~-Scholar @ Home-~ * ~-Student @ Home-~ * ~-Parent of Scholar @ Home-~ * ~-Parent of Student @ Home-~ * 6. '''Civic''' * 6.1 '''Library''' * 7. '''Commercial''' * 7.1 '''iCafe''' * 8. '''Services''' * 8.1 '''Support''' * 8.2 '''Training''' * 8.2.1 '''Support''' * 8.2.2 '''Consulting''' * 8.2.3 '''Services Administrator''' * 9. Education Content Provider * 9.1 '''Print''' * 9.2 '''Electronic''' * 10. '''Publishing''' * 10.1 '''Print''' * 10.2 '''Electronic''' * 11. '''Media''' * 11.1 '''Television''' * 11.2 '''Radio''' * 11.3 '''Print''' * 11.3.1 '''Newspapers''' * 11.3.2 '''Magazines''' * 12. '''Hardware Manufacturer''' * 12.1 '''Traditional Computer''' * 12.1.1 '''PC''' * 12.1.2 '''Mac''' * 12.2 '''Low Cost Appliance''' * 12.2.1 '''Thin Clients''' * 12.2.2 '''OLPC''' * 12.2.3 '''Other''' * 12.3 '''Communication Devices''' * 12.3.1 '''Mobile Phones''' * 12.3.2 '''PDAs''' * 12.4 '''Peripherals''' * 12.4.1 '''Interactive Whiteboards''' * 12.4.2 '''Other''' * ~-'''to work in'''-~ * ~-OEM-~ * ~-OEM Developer (employee)-~ * ~-OEM Partner Manager-~ * ~-OEM Organisation-~ * 13. '''Hardware Refurbisher''' * 14. Developer * 14.1 '''Linux – OS''' * 14.2 '''Linux – Desktop – Gnome''' * 14.3 '''Linux – Desktop – KDE''' * 14.4 '''Linux – General Utilities''' * 14.5 '''Linux – Education Applications''' * 15. Development Programs * 15.1 '''National Programs''' * 15.2 '''NGO Programs''' * 16. Regional Programs * 16.1 '''Derivatives''' * 16.2 '''Language''' * 17. Ubuntu Organisations * 17.1 '''Local Communities''' * 17.2 '''Ubuntu Developers''' * 17.3 '''Derivates''' * 17.3.1 '''Regional''' * 17.3.2 '''Niche''' * 17.3.2.1 '''Religion: Christian''' * 18. Regional Programs * 18.1 '''Online Organisations''' * 18.2 '''Communities''' * 18.3 '''Portals''' * 18.4 '''Web Sites''' * 19. Special Needs Programs * 19.1 '''Blind''' * 19.2 '''Disability''' == Consider how to handle these Categories == * '''Further Education / Adult Education''' * adapt the roles listed under '''2. University''' ? * adapt the roles listed under '''5. Home''' ? * '''Educational Materials Providers''' * '''Publishers of Educational Content''' * adapt the roles listed under '''9. Education Content Provider''' ? * '''Partner''' * Contracted Business * Associate * Content * Tools * Media * Reviewers etc. * Games ? * Internet Service Providers * In the future, ISP might offer Hosted Edubuntu offerings * Re-group Developers ? * summarize: * Developers into 'Partner Developers' (LTSP, Schooltool, ...) * 'Upstream Developers' (Gnome, KDE, ...) * Downstream Developers * Changed from 'Developers' to *Related Communities* * add categories like: * Partner Maintainers (MOTU), * Upstream Maintainers (Debian, Debian-Edu, ...) * Artists, Opinion Leaders, * Interest Groups, etc === ~-Notes-~ === * ~-1.'''University'''-~ * ~-includes all tertiary education centres college, polytech, university-~ * ~-2. '''Education Department'''-~ * ~-includes all levels, local, regional, provincial, national-~ * ~-5.1 '''Primary'''-~ * ~-primary access access point for computer use-~ * ~-5.2 '''Supplemental'''-~ * ~-supplemental access access point for computer use-~ === comments from Richard Weideman === === comments from Philip Schroder === == Potential Focus Areas == * 1. '''LTSP Environments''' * 1.1 '''School''' * 1.2 '''Library''' * 1.3 '''iCafe''' * 2. '''Regional Focus''' * 2.1 '''Territory''' * 2.2 '''Country''' * 2.3 '''Region''' == Principles == 1. Default contact point is: Education Programme Manager * All Areas. * All Issues. * Ony when there is a more specific contact, this changes. == Resources == 1. Existing 1.1 Company 1.2 Support 1.3 Community 1.4 News * http://www.ubuntu.com * http://www.edubuntu.org * http://wiki.ubuntu.com * http://wiki.edubuntu.org ''' *** NEXT TASK *** ''' * mail lists * forums * help site * ubuntu newsletter 2. Planned * education speficic newsletter * blogs == Community Recruitement == 1. Art Team * to supplement: * AliasVegas * cbx33 == Planned Ubuntu Education Space == '''Naming of the Ubuntu Education Space''' With respect to: * short name * full name * and potential web domain * '''MUST''' * must relate to Edubuntu product * must relate to Ubuntu product in Education use * must reinforce Ubuntu brand as the overall brand * must reinforce Ubuntu community as the overall community (i.e. Ubuntu community is at the base of our community) * must appeal to all broad Education Community Members * Users * Administrators * Stakeholders * Decision Makers * must be easy to remember * must be easy to explain * must be available for domain name registration if needed * xxx.org * xxx.com * xxx.net * '''MUST NOT''' * must not be controversial to anyone anywhere * must not be klever or insider Open Source / IT joke * '''SHOULD''' * should ideally be able to be generalised to other ubuntu niche solution areas e.g * Ubuntu iCafe * Ubuntu Medical * Ubuntu Commercial * Ubuntu Financial * '''COULD''' * could be official sub-domain of ubuntu.com * but then needs "official approval at times" * could be an unofficial domain name closely associated to ubuntu.com * and then then does not need "official approval at any time" === [ document details ] === This page is a planning and discussion document for open discussion. * '''See also:''' * [[./education/planning/|Planning]] * [[./education/planning/overview|Education Planning Overview]] * Author * Richard Weideman * Education Programme Manager * IRC #edubuntu * richard@ubuntu.com * Editing * Please sugest changes to the author via email rather than modifying directly