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["Douglass Clem" <crashsystems@xxxxxxxxx>]

It is funny that you mention that, as I had a back-and-forth email
conversation with Mr. Tauber just yesterday. As part of the Pinax project,
he is planning on making some Django based learning software. While his
project focuses more on the learning side of things, as opposed to the
administrative side, I think a lot of the underlying apps would be quite
similar.

I like the idea of the use of social software in schools, as well as the
ideas for learning software that Mr. Tauber has. I'd prefer to keep
everything modular enough that if a user *only* wants to use school admin
functionality, they only have to install those apps.

For the sake of legal compatibility with the Pinax project, I'm considering
re-licensing under GPL v3 and BSD.


Douglass Clem
crashsystems.net
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On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 1:05 PM, andylockran <andy@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> Douglass,
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> Since you've decided on that, [and mainly for the purposes of recording
> this on the mailing list] - I'd take a look at pinax.  Having a 'social
> network' setup for the students will be a very PC way of allowing
> children the ability to 'network' online within a defined environment of
> schoolfriends and tutors.
>
> One school in Bath, England found lots of success in using the Social
> Network tool 'elgg' in the school.  Children soon realised that material
> they were placing online was public information, and provides a sandbox
> before the children go out and put photos and stuff up on facebook and
> other similar sites.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andy
>
> Douglass Clem wrote:
> > As you have surely noticed, Django Schools now has a mailing list! We
> > shall use this list as the main area for developer discussion.
> >
> > Speaking of development I'm going to be spending the next few days doing
> > some more studying, followed by a reworking of the models. I want to
> > move Django Schools towards being more of a suit of interchangeable
> > Django apps, that together cover all the major functionality needed in
> > school admin software. Hopefully this collection of school related apps
> > can also be useful to others who wish to design Django software for
> > education.
> >
> > Anyways, ideas, thoughts etc. are very much welcome.
> >
> >
> > Douglass Clem
> > crashsystems.net <http://crashsystems.net>
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