Planned Keynote speaker, Les Richardson, author of Open Admin for Schools will not be able to come to the conference as he is getting down to the important things in life like time with his family and staying near home after retiring from teaching. We have high hopes that Les, our friend via the Net for a long time, will be able to come next year.

We are glad to say that Les will be working with us from Canada, as usual, however, to help those interested in a powerful, reliable and tested Free Software solution for a Student Information System, Open Admin for Schools.

Richard M. Stallman to Speak at FLossEd

It is our pleasure to announce a conference kick-off speech on Friday, October 30th, 2009 at 7:30 PM by Mr. Richard M. Stallman, inventor of The Free Software License, a.k.a. the GPL, and president of The Free Software Foundation.

Bringing Open Source Solutions to Education

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Bringing Open Source Solutions to Education 2009 (Bangkok)

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Education
Ph.D. The University of Iowa, Science Education, 1993.
Emphases: Curriculum, Ecology.
M.S. The University of Iowa. Science Education, 1986.
B.A. Drake University, Biology, 1971.

Certification: 7-12 Biology, General Science, Chemistry—Iowa

Current Position (2008- )
HS Biology teacher, Ruamrudee International School, Bangkok

Previous Education Experience

Science Curriculum Consultant, 2004-08 Heartland Area Education Agency, 6500 Corporate Drive, Johnston, IA 50131.
AEA Science web site: www.aea11.k12.ia.us

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• My Antonia by Willa Cather
• As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

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The overview page for Webzine 2 lists all existing issues.

1. February 2009: 15 Years of the WWW: Where Are We Now?
2. March 2009: Commercialism in Education?
3. April 2009: What is an International School? (Dedicated to the late Dr. George Marsh)
4. September 2009: Language vs. Core (Dedicated to the late Dr. Bob Sills)
5. October 2009: Science and Math
6. November 2009: Trends and Trends Again

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FLOSSed in Bkk, 2009, The first Bangkok Free & Open Source Schools Conference to be held in October of 2009. Presently searching for a venue (place and exact time) (Link to Event on Calendar). Likely to be held in downtown Bangkok although a day trip away is possible for an attractive environment with good facilities. Looking for wireless, decent food, possibly accomodations at an affordable price.

The Webzine needs you, writers, thinkers, workshop presenters.  If you are a practicing or former teacher, principal, head or consultant (teacher of teachers), then we welcome your submissions.  Articles should be original although posting simultaneously on authors' personal blogs is understandable and permitted.  The Webzine has an RSS feed, and we can post feeds from other sites produced by writers.

Special Issues on International Education:
I. February 2009: 15 Years of the Web: Where are We Now?

Web-based Content Management Systems are important for clubs, schools and businesses because they provide a means by which a decently "computer literate" person can manage a Web site for an organization -- without the need of a "Web master." Drupal is the latest and greatest of a new kind of CMS that is flexible and powerful enough to serve several kinds of Web-site needs: "corporate," "newsy," "community" or "personal." Come learn to put it to use for your needs.