February 15, 2009 at 10:21Linux in schools. The dream of a teacher.
This topic is a continuation of maxh0.habrahabr.ru/blog/52002
Here and now I will try to give my suggestion, especially since the discussion showed the interest of the community in the topic. The only thing that surprised me was why everyone decided that I was waiting for help from the state. What do you think - this is possible for a person with the nickname Makhno. Not! I believe in community self-organization.
The discussion sounded the idea of creating a Pedagogical Habr. The idea is good, but it will not work right now - there is no critical mass to start a self-sustaining process. You must first increase this mass, i.e. Consolidate specialists interested in distributing Linux, and then attach educators to them.
Linux is an environment created by specialists for its comfortable existence. And, in general, using Linux at the user level means using it for other purposes. That is why, often, the Linux user interface is lame - the creators are simply not interested in it.
If we consider any solution in the field of computer technology, then its cost is (in a first approximation) the cost of hardware, programs and salaries of specialists. So Linux optimizes the third point. But the price is determined by the market and the demand for a solution.
It follows that Russia, as a country so far not producing significant volumes of either iron or programs, is interested in making money spin mainly in the third cycle, while remaining inside the country. Free Linux - an argument that attracts only amateurs. Capitalization is an important indicator of the health of an enterprise, and investments in personnel are often the most successful.
In general, most likely I have listed the obvious things. Now it remains to explain how this relates to the School. After all, a school is by no means a mecca of IT specialists. But this is not necessary. The school needs a social order. I will explain. Now, with the transition to per capita funding, schools depend on the occupancy of classes, which is determined by parents: they will send the child to this school or another. This is the first. And the second, formally, all additionally acquired property by the School including software is approved by the Parents' Committees. In general, Parents can become an important figure determining the face of education. And it is they who are interested in making specialists out of the children, not the button presses.
Based on this, we will try to determine a promotion strategy.
Firstly, it is necessary to form an initiative group. And where to form it if not on Habré.
Secondly, to maximize the consolidation of all Blog Writers on one resource. At least at the level of links to topics. There are also links to related resources, etc.
Thirdly, determine the real interest of the IT community in the topic. She must be. Many companies are interested in giving normal education to schoolchildren.
The same Infra-Resource is most likely interested in promoting the Open office, Cisco so that more people know what a router is, Yandex - in the skills of effective search among users, etc., etc. If you can form an effective opinion of the IT community, it’s ideal . In principle, the authorities are also interested in such an order. A commonplace has already been the assertion that our educational institutions are preparing a bunch of specialists that no one needs.
By this time, it would be better to prepare a draft textbook on free software, taking into account the wishes formed in Clause 3. Not strictly following, but according to the wishes. Computer science includes a lot of things not momentary, but what you need to know.
And then, with sponsorship, it becomes real to achieve the inclusion of this textbook in the federal registry.
Now, the teacher, if he wants / if he is forced to, the parents of the students will be able to teach Linux at school. All other amateur activities, permissible in Continuing Education (for example, to me), but not permissible in High School. Now the new standard of education is starting to form standart.edu.ru/doc.aspx?DocId=761 and I would like that by the time the discussion ends the community will decide what to want, what to forgive, and what to demand.
PS. Wrote, re-read and realized How inconsistently and chaotically stated. In principle, this is understandable. From my sixth, the whole picture is not visible. I am waiting for your strokes on a common canvas, but I do not welcome black. If it’s not difficult, proceed from the fact that the same people live in Russia as everywhere else - neither worse nor better
Here and now I will try to give my suggestion, especially since the discussion showed the interest of the community in the topic. The only thing that surprised me was why everyone decided that I was waiting for help from the state. What do you think - this is possible for a person with the nickname Makhno. Not! I believe in community self-organization.
The discussion sounded the idea of creating a Pedagogical Habr. The idea is good, but it will not work right now - there is no critical mass to start a self-sustaining process. You must first increase this mass, i.e. Consolidate specialists interested in distributing Linux, and then attach educators to them.
Linux is an environment created by specialists for its comfortable existence. And, in general, using Linux at the user level means using it for other purposes. That is why, often, the Linux user interface is lame - the creators are simply not interested in it.
If we consider any solution in the field of computer technology, then its cost is (in a first approximation) the cost of hardware, programs and salaries of specialists. So Linux optimizes the third point. But the price is determined by the market and the demand for a solution.
It follows that Russia, as a country so far not producing significant volumes of either iron or programs, is interested in making money spin mainly in the third cycle, while remaining inside the country. Free Linux - an argument that attracts only amateurs. Capitalization is an important indicator of the health of an enterprise, and investments in personnel are often the most successful.
In general, most likely I have listed the obvious things. Now it remains to explain how this relates to the School. After all, a school is by no means a mecca of IT specialists. But this is not necessary. The school needs a social order. I will explain. Now, with the transition to per capita funding, schools depend on the occupancy of classes, which is determined by parents: they will send the child to this school or another. This is the first. And the second, formally, all additionally acquired property by the School including software is approved by the Parents' Committees. In general, Parents can become an important figure determining the face of education. And it is they who are interested in making specialists out of the children, not the button presses.
Based on this, we will try to determine a promotion strategy.
Firstly, it is necessary to form an initiative group. And where to form it if not on Habré.
Secondly, to maximize the consolidation of all Blog Writers on one resource. At least at the level of links to topics. There are also links to related resources, etc.
Thirdly, determine the real interest of the IT community in the topic. She must be. Many companies are interested in giving normal education to schoolchildren.
The same Infra-Resource is most likely interested in promoting the Open office, Cisco so that more people know what a router is, Yandex - in the skills of effective search among users, etc., etc. If you can form an effective opinion of the IT community, it’s ideal . In principle, the authorities are also interested in such an order. A commonplace has already been the assertion that our educational institutions are preparing a bunch of specialists that no one needs.
By this time, it would be better to prepare a draft textbook on free software, taking into account the wishes formed in Clause 3. Not strictly following, but according to the wishes. Computer science includes a lot of things not momentary, but what you need to know.
And then, with sponsorship, it becomes real to achieve the inclusion of this textbook in the federal registry.
Now, the teacher, if he wants / if he is forced to, the parents of the students will be able to teach Linux at school. All other amateur activities, permissible in Continuing Education (for example, to me), but not permissible in High School. Now the new standard of education is starting to form standart.edu.ru/doc.aspx?DocId=761 and I would like that by the time the discussion ends the community will decide what to want, what to forgive, and what to demand.
PS. Wrote, re-read and realized How inconsistently and chaotically stated. In principle, this is understandable. From my sixth, the whole picture is not visible. I am waiting for your strokes on a common canvas, but I do not welcome black. If it’s not difficult, proceed from the fact that the same people live in Russia as everywhere else - neither worse nor better