Day4

OPEN DESKTOP

(Promotion of Open Source Software at schools)

“Freedom of Software is important for everyone, not just software developers…”
Open source software is any computer program with accessible source code. Anyone can change or share any open source program for free (legally and technically).It is often available at no cost.
The Objective of Open Desktop: to teach the children [...]

open desktop schedule & schools visited

Schools visited:
1.St. Antony’s Public School
2.Nirmala Thakkar High School
3.Fathima English Medium School
4.Sakhare English Medium School
5.J.K.High School

St.Antony’s Public School:
DATE:15-09-2008
TIME:2.30pm to 4.00pm
NUMBER OF STUDENTS:110
VOLUNTEERS:Sanjay Bellubbi,Varsha Kampli,Harish Savashe,Santosh Shetty,Rekha Inamati

Students Feedback:
1.Thanks for this wonderful,informative presentation….It is useful for all…We will use open source from today. We will support you for this activity…
2.Thanks for this open source awareness program…We were [...]

Reach out: KLE Institute of Technology (KLEIT)

Software Freedom Week 2008 , Reach out Team visited about 5 organizations in and around Hubli Dharwad and created FOSS awareness. They took FOSS beyond the SFW Venue.

3) KLE Institute of Technology
DURATION: 1:30-2:30PM
ATTENDEES OF WORKSHOP: Staff and Students of ENGG 1st year
MOTIVE: To spread awareness about OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE’S
GLIMPSE:
A seminar was conducted in KLEIT, Hubli [...]