Re: [OS:N:] Open Source Poetry3

["Martin C. Messer" <marty redhat com>]

Greetings,

On Mon, 2002-09-02 at 22:40, Harry Forster wrote:
> The following is, I think, something that is new and an extension of 
> open source to open systems.  Does  anyone know anything about this.  I 
> found it on CATENet.

Red Hat is working with the Curry School at UVA on this project, as well
as many other learner-based and teacher education software tools. If
you're interested in getting involved, please let me or Dr. Glen Bull
<gbull virginia edu> know.

The idea that drives PoetryForge is the concept of Open Source
methodology/philosophy at the application level, meaning that the tools
allow the user (student) to manipulate the components at will, much like
Open Source software allows the developer to manipulate the source. The
team at UVA have devised some interesting concepts concerning Open
Source in education that will appear in the Fall issue of Learning and
Leading with Technology. Check it out!

Thanks.

> CATENet is provided by the California Association of Teachers of English
> (CATE), which is a California Non-Profit Public Benefit Corporation.
> 
> 
> 
> I am currently working on a joint project between UVA and NCTE CEE
> which is examining the use of open source technologies in k-12 classrooms.
> The Poetry Forge (www.poetryforge.org) is a repository of writing tools and
> a discussion community where teachers and students can collaboratively
> explore how the tools can be used, when they are most appropriate, and
> whether or not the open source elements of the project (posting source code
> for "sharing" and development) is effective and realistic.  We're in the
> earliest stages of implementation.  My plan is to work with approximately
> ten classes this fall, helping teachers and students to integrate the tools
> and then to develop those which extend their skills as writers.
> 
> I'm searching for feedback from teachers who understand the reality of the
> classroom and the reality of student needs.  That isn't a regular component
> of the university setting - and I genuinely feel that this project won't
> mean anything unless it's anchored in what teachers and students need.
> 
> Harry
> 
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