Working Agenda

I. Opening Introductions (Dan) (15 minutes)

   A. Presenters (self introductions)

        - Amee Evans Godwin, ISKME

        - Cory Jaeger, D.C. Everest Area School District (WI)

        - Marie Wardall, D.C. Everest Area School District (WI)

   B. What questions do you have? 

            We would like to make this session a dialogue with all of you?

II. Looking at the Big Picture (Amee) (40 minutes)

    A. Some definitions

• Open Source
• Open Content
• Open Formats

     B. Who is ISKME and what do we do?

     C. What's Out There?

     D. Some Trends

     E. Some Resources

     F. Questions (10 minutes)

III. Taking a Look at What One School District is Doing? (Marie and Cory)  (40 minutes)

      A. Overview of district initiatives/projects

• Take home OSS CDs
• District Web Site information http://www.dce.k12.wi.us/opensource
• Asterisk Phone System
• Koha Library Automation Software http://koha.dce.k12.wi.us/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl
• Web filtering
• Spam/Antivirus eMail filters
• more

      B. Advantages/Disadvantages of Using Open Source

      C. Issues for Students, Teachers, Administrators

      D. Some Resources

      F. Questions (10 minutes)

IV. Group Discussion/Questions? (Dan, Amee, Marie, Cory)  (30 minutes)

       A. What questions do you have?

       B. What additional information would you like?

       C. What is your experience with open source?

       D. Are you planning to use open source in your district/school?