Posts Tagged with "News"

OpenTV – Free and Open Source YouTube TV

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

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Yet another great Free and Open Source offering from Xstreet SL Marketplace. The OpenTV enables you to play videos from YouTube on parcels that you own in Second Life. It is simple, easy to use, and powerful. It is also Open…

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Make a difference in 2009

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

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As we wave goodbye to 2008 I thought now seemed as good a time as any to look back at the work done by the Free Software Foundation over the past year. The FSF celebrated the 25th anniversary of the GNU…

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Online Blender 3D Design Course

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

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Neil Hirsig has developed an online course to offer students an introduction to the world of computer generated 3-D modeling and animation. As an introductory course, it provides a basic understanding of the skills and techniques employed by 3-D designers in…

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MobilizeThis 2008

Thursday, October 16, 2008

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MobilizeThis 2008 is being held next week, from the 22nd-24th Oct. It is a yearly event which provides a snapshot of a cross-sectorial range of contributions to discussion involving the practical and constructive use of ICT’s in the education and related industries. This year…

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Cloud computing trap

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

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Richard Stallman has spoken out about cloud computing and what he believes is a trap aimed at forcing people to buy into proprietary systems. Cloud computing is basically where you store data online or run your servers via remote. Millions of people now upload…

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Free Open Source Software comes to UK schools

Monday, September 29, 2008

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It is great to hear that at least one Open Source company has now made it onto Becta’s official list of suppliers to the UK education sector.  As usual it’s all about money. The Open Source community has always advocated that schools in the UK…

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Jokaydia Unconference

Friday, September 26, 2008

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The Jokaydia Unconference will be held this weekend in Second Life. Everyone is welcome to come along and participate, for further information click here Newbies Please Note: We have planned a number of sessions especially for educators who are interested in…

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One Laptop Per Child

Thursday, September 25, 2008

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Ok well perhaps that should read, half a laptop per child.  News just in from The Inquirer, the first batch of Classmate PCs has been delivered to Portuguese schools. 3000 of an approximate 500,000, due to be distributed over the next three years. Current student…

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