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Hometown:: San Antonio, Texas, USA

About Me:: Author and Publisher.
Licensed Professional Counselor.
Retired educator.
Founder of the Open Source Instructional Material Project.

Website:: http://www.classroomtoolkit.com

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Classroom Toolkit Newsletter Drops Open Source Department

The Classroom Toolkit Newsletter drops its Open Source article focus if favor of a Professional Self-Development Department.

Classroom Toolkit is published monthly.

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Posted on September 18, 2007 at 4:58pm —

Open Source Marketing Checklist online...

The Open Source Marketing Checklist is now online.

http://www.classroomtoolkit.com/marketing/open-source-marketing-checklist.pdf

This checklist follows the pattern of the Open Source Marketing Presentation.

Posted on August 9, 2007 at 9:21pm —

Open Source Marketing Presentations available online...

Two presentations are available online...

Presentation #1:

The first, Open Source Marketing Solutions, provides an overview of what needs to happen to successfully market Open Source Solutions to our school districts.

This presentation outlines Eight Steps (traditional marketing strategies) that Open Source supporters might consider if they wish to become successful at influencing the adoption of Open Source Solution projects in our schools.

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Posted on August 8, 2007 at 2:09pm —

Text Outline of the Presentation

Text Outline and Overview of the Presentation

1. Presentation Component: Introduction

Summary and Focus:
What is Strategic Open Source Marketing in our schools?

2. Presentation Component: Summary and Focus: of Open Source Marketing Steps

Summary and Focus:
What are the steps to marketing Open Source Solutions in our schools?

3. Presentation Componen

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Posted on August 7, 2007 at 7:26am —

Open Source Marketing Presentation

(Note: This presentation is for the TCEA SOS SIG, Summer Meeting)

This presentation will...

* Invite the larger world to participate

* Focus upon Web 2.0 tools

* Demonstrate the power of Web 2.0 tools

* Irritate Open Source advocates who believe that Open Source for Education is a "software" issue

The presentation is divided into...

* Blog entries

* Forum interaction for pre-presentation briefing and for post-presentation follow-up

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Posted on August 7, 2007 at 3:59am —

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At 4:06am on August 7, 2007, Joseph Chmielewski said…: How can Open Source Solutions become widely adopted in our schools unless we...?

* Understand that these are educational, not software initiatives
* Build projects around positive, measurable student outcomes
* Understand the teaching and learning process
* Involve teachers in project design
* Focus on the needs of teachers
* Distance ourselves from failed "technology integration" projects
* Communicate the high cost of hardware, software, network infrastructure, technical support, and professional development that have to be part of the initiative