Re: [Edu-fr] new volunteer

[obenassy]

Susan Stewart writes:
 > Greetings,
 >     A survey of the gnu.org website drew me immediately to your 
 > education section as the perfect place to contribute. 

yes
welcome! 

This is address@hidden mailing list, because most of us are from France or 
speak French, but we understand English as well.

You will find some information on
http://www.gnu.org/education/education.html

Please follow all the links, then come back and tell us whether you like what 
we are doing. Give new ideas or follow one or two among older ideas.
 

>  My experience 
 > speaks directly to this very important area of free software 
 > development.  In addition to my general programming and system 
 > administration experience, I have a decade of experience working within 
 > the Illinois public school system, trying to multiply and improve 
 > students' opportunities to work with computer technology.  In addition 
 > to trying to change the system, I have worked directly with both 
 > students and teachers on a regular basis as a continuing effort to 
 > maintain a realistic view of how technology does and doesn't work in the 
 > classroom at a variety of education levels, from primary grades through 
 > college.
 >     I am acutely aware of the negative impact of high software licensing 
 > costs on our public schools, as well as the vastly inadequate training 
 > of teachers in applying computer technology to best suit the needs of 
 > their classrooms.  By making quality administrative and educational 
 > software freely available to schools, and helping ease the teachers' 
 > transition to new software technology, we can not only improve students' 
 > ability to work with computers, but use technology as a vehicle to 
 > improve their learning experiences in every area.
 >     Education and computers are both passions of mine, and I look 
 > forward to uniting the two as a volunteer for the educational resources 
 > section of the GNU project.  While I am excited to jump in as a 
 > developer, I would also like more information on the organizational and 
 > management needs of the GNU education activity mentioned on the "How you 
 > can help..." page of gnu.org at http://www.gnu.org/help/help.html.  I am 
 > very interested in taking on this role if I feel that the specific 
 > responsibilities are as suited to my interests and experience as I 
 > anticipate, and if I feel the workload is appropriate to the amount of 
 > time that I can dedicate to this project on a regular basis.
 >     Thank you in advance for taking the time to respond to my query.  I 
 > look forward to working with many other fine GNU volunteers.
 > 
 >             Sincerely,
 >                 Susan E. Stewart
 > 
 > 
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