Welcome to the Open Source Education Foundation Website
The Open Source Education Foundation (OSEF) was founded on the idea that technology in education should prepare students to excel with technology. It is the role of educators to help students become productive members of society. OSEF will research and develop the tools required to ensure that educators and students alike have the information needed to succeed in our technological society.

	OSEF is pleased to announce The Free Curricula License
We are very excited about The Free Curricula License. It represents many of the ideas we have about extending Open Source Ideology into the classroom. The initial public version was written by Christopher Hornbaker with the input of many OSEF and Schoolforge members. Please read it over and check out the initial FAQ. Project Last Updated: Sun Feb 24 18:54:37 MST 2002 by: Justin Zeigler

	GOVIA is Ostensible Video, Imagery and Audio
There are some great free (as in liberty) resources out there for teachers; Project Gutenberg, Nupedia, Wikipedia and many others. These are all wonderful because they are free to use, modify, and build upon with out having to worry if you are breaking the law by making a copy for each of the 30 student in your class. These are all almost entirely text based content, there needs to be similar resources for media. This is where GOVIA fits in Project Last Updated: Wed Jan 30 14:32:06 MST 2002 by: Justin Zeigler

	Pictures of The K12Box
Finally! we have some pictures of the k12 box prototype version B. You can check them out here and here. We are also hoping to announce our next model very soon. Project Last Updated: Tue Jan 29 10:12:322MST 2002 by: Justin Zeigler

	Schoolforge Press Release (February 20th 2002)
In its first month of operation, Schoolforge's membership grew from 31 organizations at its January 8 launch to 48 organizations by month's end. Members have also begun work on Schoolforge's first project, EduML, an XML-based open standard for educational software and content development. In addition to a description of Schoolforge's mission and methods, visitors to http://www.schoolforge.net will find news, software, and curricular resources made available by member organizations, as well as a full membership list and instructions for joining. Project Last Updated: Fri Feb 22 00:26:57 MST 2002 by: Justin Zeigler

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