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TurnKey Linux
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| Ever wanted to instantly have Drupal,
| Moodle, OTRS, MySQL, WordPress, Zimbra,
| Bugzilla, phpBB or a slew of other open
| source software packages up an running in a
| hassle-free manner to try out or available
| for rapid deployment? TurnKey Linux gives
| you just that.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/turnkey-linux
Introducing Open Source to A Middle School
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| Finally, on January 8th, we were ready to
| roll. The first class was a bootcamp-style
| introduction to Inkscape - we went through
| various essential basic Inkscape tasks one-
| by-one, such as panning the canvas and
| grouping objects, and then had the students
| immediately try them out through small
| exercises. Walter came in and talked about
| T-shirt printing technologies at the second
| class, and we also taught the students
| about vector paths and how to work with the
| pen tool. By the time we got to the 4th
| class, the students were coming up with
| band names and starting to develop
| logotypes for their bands. Class sessions
| #5-7 were primarily work periods for the
| students, with only the first 10 minutes of
| the class devoted to explaining a new
| technique. At the end of session #7, we had
| designs ready to go for Walter to produce,
| and we handed out the T-shirts at the final
| session, #8. After the excitement of the
| new shirts died down a bit, we took the
| rest of the last class period as a fun
| exploratory time: we introduced the
| students to OpenClipArt.org and we also
| showed them how to convert photos taken
| with their webcams into 'cartoon' versions
| via the Inkscape trace bitmap tool (a
| technique that proved to be very popular!)
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http://opensource.com/education/10/4/introducing-open-source-middle-school
More and more schools use software like Firefox, GNU/Linux, and Moodle.
Recent:
Moodle: The free learning platform
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| E-learning comes in many forms. For example
| math and vocabulary aids on CD-ROM or
| screencasts on YouTube are just two obvious
| examples from a large range of different
| options. Less familiar, since they
| frequently deal with specialised knowledge,
| are thousands of specific learning systems
| and managed online courses. Programs such
| as Blackboard, Sakai, the German Ilias,
| Dokeos or Moodle are used to create
| training platforms for personnel and to
| provide computer courses for schools and
| universities.
|
| [...]
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| With over 40,000 registered installations
| in more than 200 countries and an estimated
| 30 million users, Moodle is currently the
| most frequently used LMS. Many schools, and
| universities, such as the prestigious
| Humboldt University in Berlin, use Moodle.
| Another typical application is for staff
| training in medium and large companies and
| commercial providers of online courses
| often rely on Moodle. Almost half of the
| Moodle installation are used by groups with
| more than 500 members, for example the Open
| University with more than 600,000 students
| is one of the largest users.
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http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Moodle-The-free-e-learning-platform-966609.html
Can you Moodle me now?
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| In its 10 year history, Moodle has been confined
| to computer screens around the world; with
| countless fields, description areas and
| scrolling filling the screen. There have been
| attempts at mobilizing Moodle in the past, but
| as a user you either didn't have the time to use
| it or it simply wasn't worth using. With the
| proliferation and widespread availability of
| web-capable phones, however, mobile customers
| worldwide now have in hand a versatile portal
| into the web and to Moodle.
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http://opensource.com/education/10/4/can-you-moodle-me-now
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