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Hi, <div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Zoey Kroll here. I am enthused about the introductions thus far - interesting people doing great work! As a user experience designer and information architect, I work with open source (Drupal) creating websites for progressive organizations. I am a Partner at CivicActions, a technology strategy and development company, and I also do media education for a gardening/ecology elementary school program in San Francisco. </div><div><br></div><div>I'd like to add social media as a topic to the list - issues and opportunities surrounding blogging, mobile technology, and social networking, as they are used or could be used by youth and by schools.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>It would be great to have a Bay Area meet-up to learn more from each other in person.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>- Zoey</div><div><a href="mailto:zoeyk@sbcglobal.net">zoeyk@sbcglobal.net</a></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br><div><div>On Oct 16, 2009, at 12:21 PM, Mike Huffman wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <font size="+1">Keep up the great introductions!<br> <br> Mike Huffman here. I am very excited about this effort and look forward to hearing all sorts of great ideas - and seeing them take hold.<br> <br> I was with the Indiana Department of Education for a long time, and had the pleasure of being the IT Director there for 10 years before moving into instructional technology. In the instructional technology area, I served as the Special Assistant to the Superintendent which gave me a good platform to begin talking to schools about open-source software. </font><font size="+1"> In future posts, </font><font size="+1">I will share some of those experiences and more importantly, where that led us in Indiana.<br> <br> For this group, my personal hope is that it becomes a communication forum that leads down many paths. To see real change in K12, we will need a clear vision, documentation that will back up our positions, some brilliant brainstorming, and a commitment to our kids' futures. Some of the topics up for discussion probably should be:<br> <br> - one-to-one computing<br> - affordability<br> - sustainability<br> - scalability<br> - repeatability<br> - cost effectiveness issues<br> - management methodologies<br> - professional development issues<br> - transition programs <br> - more ideas from you!<br> <br> If you have suggestions or ideas about how you would like to see this list run, please feel free to email me on the list or individually. I hope everyone participates. If you have suggestions for changing the web page, let me know. I plan to get a list of software that schools can begin using posted soon.<br> <br> I encourage you to go to <a href="http://www.doe.in.gov/olt/InACCESS/">http://www.doe.in.gov/olt/InACCESS/</a><br> to learn more about what we accomplished in Indiana. It is not perfect but was a good start. <br> <br> I am looking forward to a spirited discussion and your ideas!<br> <br> Mike<br> </font><br> <blockquote cite="mid:9a8ab6a50910161108l35611c83r7a3260405f4b3f4d@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> </pre> </blockquote> <span><mhuffman.vcf></span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">education-wg mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:education-wg@opensourceforamerica.org">education-wg@opensourceforamerica.org</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://opensourceforamerica.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/education-wg">http://opensourceforamerica.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/education-wg</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>