K12 Open Source

A free media-rich authoring environment and visual programming system for teaching children powerful ideas in compelling ways

Many of the 8% of schools [i.e. the 8% of schools that got a grant from the fundation] did not succeed: Their test scores were actually lower than the average scores of schools in their school district, and their college-attending rates climbed painfully slowly, up only 2.5 percentage points over five years. A main strategy of the schools, breaking large high schools into smaller units, on its own guaranteed no overall success, Gates said.

A PDF file equipped with well-formed tags may be "reflowed" to fit different page or screen widths, and will display well on handheld devices. Tagged PDF files also work better with the screen-reader devices used by many blind and other disabled users. In most cases, tags are necessary in order to make a PDF file comply with Section 508.

available in all EU languages

The case study outlines the objectives of the OpenLearn project; notes its relationship to The Open University's mission; lists the major internal and external benefits that have arisen from the project; and sets out the future directions for the project.

From eLearning Europe, available in all EU languages

This issue of eLearning Papers is dedicated to the thriving work around Open Educational Resources (OER) by committed individuals, institutions and user communities. Five selected papers by the guest editors investigate the organisational, social, cultural, pedagogical and technical aspects of implementing OER.

Ticket to Read lets your students practice important reading skills at school, home, or the library--anywhere they can get on the web. Designed for grades K-5, users can work independently on reading skills, which frees the teacher to focus on other students. Exciting texts, continuous feedback, and opportunities to earn points for prizes makes Ticket to Read your student-friendly ticket to success.

The project will create open content electronic textbooks that will be freely available from a website. Distribution will also be possible via paper, CD, or DVD. ...The goal is to make textbooks available to the many who cannot afford them. ... The Global Text Project is funded by the Jacobs Foundation.

Opening Doors to Education Worldwide

The Zenbox Project's main objective is to provide easy access to a Linux-based graphical desktop environment to blind users of notebooks.

PDF Lab allows you to create pdfs and lets you split and join them as well as insert images and blank pages

Welcome to the wiki page of Pakistani ICT policy. This wiki is meant for brainstorming ideas to redraft the National IT Policy for Pakistan. This is a Public Wiki Space Wiki, which means that everyone can participate - both public and private sector organizations and individuals. Being open and inclusive are the underlying concepts of this Public Wiki Space.

when you actually look at what happens when you add a lot of surveillance, it doesn't make it any easier to find the needles; it just makes the haystack bigger. On September 11 American intelligence agencies knew everything they needed to know to prevent the attack, they just didn't know they knew it.

CH Federal institute of intellectual property's info about Negotiations on an Anti-Counterfeiting and Trade Agreement (ACTA) + FAQ

it will have a far broader scope, and in particular, will deal with new tools targeting "Internet distribution and information technology"

The commission did not assess a fine, but it ordered Comcast to stop cutting off transfers of large data files among customers who use a special type of file-sharing software. [(free) registration needed to read the whole article]

Discovery Educator Network in Second Life

This article highlights a suite of education games called GCompris for K-6 students. It gives a good definition of what Edubuntu is and how it is different than just Ubuntu. It is one more reason to use Linux instead of MS Windows in schools.

Great article on Edubuntu Linux

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