One open source health information system, started in South Africa and now active in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, India and Vietnam is HISP. So far it does not specifically target AIDS, but new versions are under development.
It would be fantastic if Shuttleworth would channel some of his energy and resources into the creation and spread of open source health care systems.
Skolelinux is being translated into a host of languages - the default option for most software included is naturally English, so English is the easiest part. Other than that, there are three Norwegian languages, French, German, Portugese, Spanish, Latvian... About 10 in all at present. More to come!
Yea that is why I am installing linux in a school district next week. They have a outdated version of novell and I am going to install K12 LTSP for these folks.
I know people who have gone to Japan as high school exchange students with no prior knowledge and become pretty fluent in a couple of months.
But then I'm not talking about the fscking writing system, where I think my Kanji abilities actually are better than theirs - even the Japanese spend inordinate amounts of time on this through their schooling (as have I at university)
As a Norwegian, I must say the plight of Laotian villagers in need of basic communication lines with the outside world somehow strikes me as more poignant than this plea from the rural US.
Not all/. readers or others who find the Net useful are from "this country"
It's hard for me to see what is insightful about this posting. Of course there are huge disparities within the US, but the resources available to the average American are hardly comparable to what poor people in South East Asia have to get by on.
It's fine that you worry about US schools - hope you're doing something about it, too. Don't deride others for trying to do get a higher return per donated dollar.
As a Norwegian, I hope to leverage experience from the progress of the Skolelinux project in Norwegian schools to make a difference in other countries, too.
The Skolelinux project is a major effort to provide office and other software in both versions of Norwegian as well as in the minority language of Northern Sami.
In addition it will provide a very ambitious Debian Woody based thin client school network with a lot of network services. Somewhat similar to the K12LTSP project.
If you're really interested in computers and education, take the time to read this article by Seymour Papert, creator of Logo and Gaston Caperton, former governor of West Virginia.
For those of you with a special interest in math (I know there are some!), take a look at this
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Also highly recommended is Papert's book "The Children's Machine" from 1993.
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One open source health information system, started in South Africa and now active in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, India and Vietnam is HISP. So far it does not specifically target AIDS, but new versions are under development. It would be fantastic if Shuttleworth would channel some of his energy and resources into the creation and spread of open source health care systems.
Excellent article. Please also take a peek at the Skolelinux project, aka. DebianEdu
Skolelinux is being translated into a host of languages - the default option for most software included is naturally English, so English is the easiest part. Other than that, there are three Norwegian languages, French, German, Portugese, Spanish, Latvian... About 10 in all at present. More to come!
Skolelinux is a better option for most schools. Completely free.
Try this instead: Skolelinux
The project has in fact also been in touch with the people behind Tamilnet, which is also based in Oslo, Norway.
Good luck!
Way to go! You might want to take a look at the Skolelinux project too.
Some really cool GIS examples
The Skolelinux project is doing just that.
I know people who have gone to Japan as high school exchange students with no prior knowledge and become pretty fluent in a couple of months. But then I'm not talking about the fscking writing system, where I think my Kanji abilities actually are better than theirs - even the Japanese spend inordinate amounts of time on this through their schooling (as have I at university)
Have a look at David Cavallo's thesis, or do a search for Project Lighthouse.
As a Norwegian, I must say the plight of Laotian villagers in need of basic communication lines with the outside world somehow strikes me as more poignant than this plea from the rural US. Not all /. readers or others who find the Net useful are from "this country"
It's hard for me to see what is insightful about this posting. Of course there are huge disparities within the US, but the resources available to the average American are hardly comparable to what poor people in South East Asia have to get by on.
It's fine that you worry about US schools - hope you're doing something about it, too. Don't deride others for trying to do get a higher return per donated dollar.
As a Norwegian, I hope to leverage experience from the progress of the Skolelinux project in Norwegian schools to make a difference in other countries, too.
If you don't read any kind of Norwegian, you'd better try this link: Info in English
Try this instead Developer pages in English, and if interested, have a look at the architecture.
I'm in the process of translating as much as possible of this material into English.The Skolelinux project is a major effort to provide office and other software in both versions of Norwegian as well as in the minority language of Northern Sami.
In addition it will provide a very ambitious Debian Woody based thin client school network with a lot of network services. Somewhat similar to the K12LTSP project.
If you're really interested in computers and education, take the time to read this article by Seymour Papert, creator of Logo and Gaston Caperton, former governor of West Virginia. For those of you with a special interest in math (I know there are some!), take a look at this . Also highly recommended is Papert's book "The Children's Machine" from 1993.