Open Slate Project
Gary Dunn,
Feb 13, 2003
This innovative project (discovered by following URLs on mailing list messages) is worth a larger look. "The Open Slate project fosters the construction and use of personal computing devices designed to facilitate information sharing in loosely structured environments. A key component is Chalk Dust, instructional applications and content developed using the open-source model. These concepts are aimed primarily at high school and college learning, but success will lead to much broader appeal." The idea is that students build their own computers, which in turn are used to access freely available online learning applications known as "Chalk Dust." "A key property of Chalk Dust applications is that they are open-source and available for free. The elimination of licensing fees is the only sane way to manage software distributions that reach every student. As attractive as zero cost is, what will prove to be more important in the long run is the access to source code. Ultimately, Chalk Dust applications will replace textbooks."
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