[K12OSN] Fedora Education Initiative Launch

[Warren Togami]

David Trask wrote:
> On the topic of conferences....I'm not sure how effective a national
> conference would be as you'd only attract those who can afford to fly to a
> national conference.  

At least initially, we need to bring the message itself to existing 
Ed-Tech conferences or directly to educators, rather than create our own 
conference.  People attending an Open Source in Education specific 
conference would be mainly the already converted, so this would be 
mostly "preaching to the choir".  Not the most effective use of limited 
resources.

For this reason, I highly suggest the top initial priority should be the 
production of an educational documentary video.  This is an easy to 
reproduce message that scales cheaply, in a package that can more easily 
reach the uninitiated.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3189434260015988242
In addition to DVD distribution, the video could have the high 
accessibility and convenience of a simple URL like this example. 
(Requires Macromedia Flash.)

An educational documentary would simply be the most bang-for-the-buck 
and largest boost for the entire K12LTSP effort.  I believe if we do 
this, this makes all subsequent promotion much easier.  Entice educators 
nation-wide with this video.  Then say, "Come to our regional OSS in 
Education conference to learn more."

They will.

Warren Togami
wtogami at redhat.com