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…
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 31, 2008
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…
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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…
Continue reading...Thursday, October 16, 2008
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…
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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…
Continue reading...Monday, September 29, 2008
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…
Continue reading...Friday, September 26, 2008
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…
Continue reading...Thursday, September 25, 2008
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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