DebianEdu is about improving Debian to make it the best distribution for educational use.
The coordination of this project happens on debian-edu@lists.debian.org. You can subscribe to it by using the form available here (public archives of the list are at the same place) : http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu/
How to help
You can help in many ways :
package and maintain the software listed in ?DebianEduToPackage
package and maintain any software listed in Ofset that is not yet in
Debian
- sponsor non-Debian developers who are packaging education related software
integrate existing external packages into Debian : ?DebianEduToIntegrate
help with DebianInstaller to get a friendly installer for people with limited computer-skills
- write good documentation for the education related software
- ...
Metapackages
For an easy installation of the education-related software, there are some metapackages for DebianEdu.
see packages : education-tasks (and all education-* packages)
Feel free to propose enhancements to those metapackages on the mailing list.
Goals
- Classify and package all free software related to education.
- Write documentation to explain how to use the various software (in the educational context).
EyeCandiness aims at beautifying DebianEdu by creating eye candy graphics for it (contact: SurajKumar)
(Q: How about Localization / Internationalization?)
Links
This Debian sub-project should collaborate with many other entities which are interested in free software for education :
http://logiciels-libres-cndp.ac-versailles.fr/ (in french) (initial french-only DebianEdu)
http://www.skolelinux.no/ (in norwegian)
http://developer.skolelinux.no/index.html.en (in english)
http://www.skolelinux.de/ (in german)
http://www.linuxiskolan.org/ (in swedish)
http://www.gnuskole.dk/ (in danish)
http://www.k12ltsp.org/ Linux terminal server for K-12 schools
http://edu.laka.lv (in Latvian)
http://www.schoolforge.org.uk FLOSS in UK education
and of course DebianJr (http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-jr/) !
http://www.gleducar.org.ar ( in spanish - en espa\x{00F1}ol)
You'll find more links to various educational resources in ?DebianEduBookmarks.
A bit of history
This new Debian sub-project is the continuation of the "Debian Education" french distribution made by Logidee with the help of a group of teachers called [Linux & Pedagogie http://logiciels-libres-cndp.ac-versailles.fr/]