Action+Points

Action Points

What are your priority action steps. Log your priorities on [|this spreadsheet].. > Hit conferences that feed into those > would serve a world wide need to address the problem of The most failed course and obstacle in students going to college. > GEOAgebra (like Geometer Sketchpad) > printed authority of source is part of it. Create a Happy Hunting Ground.
 * Develop Teacher Training Programs
 * Raise awareness of open source software - More distribution/ (Recommend CD duplicator)
 * Helping teachers participate in Open source community
 * use NETS standards
 * Give students tech leadership opportunites (and tools)
 * Regional conferences with hands on opportunities for immersion (branding)
 * Give out WUBI - install a windows application as an alernative to OPENDISC
 * use ACCRC.org hardware recycler to create 'sandboxes' for kids.
 * Best Algebra textbook worldwide was an Open Course that was continously offered and improved using MOODLE
 * Advocacy through SETA and other organizations (top level) that are above the grass roots
 * List of applications that does "X" (educational goal) . A clearinghouse instead of a lots of list of open source.
 * FOSS NETS matrix (taking FOSS-ED software and aligning it to standards)
 * Get the Free Sofware for School Catalog printed and distributed
 * More documentation of our Solutions ; perhaps assimulate them into Google COOP or some sort of custom search engines
 * Get industry to offer solution -
 * Advocate - free licensing for Goverment and research
 * Better distribution coordination (Edubuntu, Researchers, Get your Foss Stuff into)
 * Open Format for public documents
 * Documentation on How to Make the Transition (how do do the support, building community, training)
 * Need 'real' Book like Floss Manual (see inkscape book). Teacher Resources associated with the book.
 * Better communications and support between us - ongoing (collect channel)
 * Online Database and clearing house like AALF.org