Thanks to William for the meeting notes. TAC had an informal get together at Panera Beard.
BDPA TAC August 28, 2007 Meeting Notes
- Gesu can have as many monitors as they want, however the number of desktops is still up in the air
- William will check with them about a time to deliver them
- Discussion about blogs
- Blogspot , members showed off their personal blogs
- PHP tools for customizable web sites
- The BDPA podcasts now publish to iTunes
- The educational uses of Second Life
- More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whyville
- Can even be used to build online educational RPG games
- Need to figure out the what topics to discuss at the upcoming TAC meetings
- Cliff will come up with some ideas and will post them
- Will will post his ideas to the e-group later this week.
- Cost saving advantages of Linux versus Windows
- Much cheaper software
- Free versus 100s of dollars
- Less likely to be stolen, $200 LINUX laptops that are now available.
- Computers are cheaper and worth less
- Most criminals will not understand how to use Linux
- They can be marked and branded to further discourage theft; paint school logo or DPS ID on lid or laser etch it on.
- MIT OpenCourseWare available online to use by teachers/students.
- Free books in text and audio format are available through Gutenberg Project or use Google to locate other sources
- There is even technology that provides audio tones during certain audio books that accompany e-books in PDF format.
- This is similar to children books from the eighties that played audio as a child read and would tone, when the child should turn a page.
1 comment:
Good to see the TAC still going strong in Detroit. I recall when the committee was first created back in the day. Detroit chapter remains one of the few chapters to have such a committee.
Your notes mention Second Life. Are there any BDPA members currently inside of Second Life universe?
peace, Villager
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