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Talking Drupal Newsletter #395

Apr 13, 2023
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#395 Open Source in K-12 Education

Today we are talking about Open Source in K-12 Education with Stu Keroff.

Topics

  • What is the Penguin Corp

  • Why is Open Source important

  • How can educators bring open soiurce to their classroom

  • How difficult is it to change from closed to open source

  • What are some resources

  • Youtube Channel

  • Hurdles to introducing open source

  • Types of software you’ve introduced

  • Sourcing hardware

  • What to say to the question: Why is this important?

  • Video games

  • Statistics

  • Homeschooling

  • How to help

Resources

  • TD 329 Penguin Corps

  • H5P Examples

  • H5P Github

  • Linux Professional Institute: Clubs Program

  • The Linux Club Guide

  • Open source north

  • Open source jobs report

  • Gcompris

  • Audacity

  • Kdenlive

  • Veronica explains

  • The linux experiment

  • Youtube Channel

  • openshot

  • gnucash

  • SEH architectural

  • Caribou coffee

Guests

Stu Keroff - @studoeslinux

Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan
John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi
Kat Shaw - drupal.org/u/katannshaw @katannshaw

Module of the Week

Correspondent

with Martin Anderson-Clutz - @mandclu
H5P
Provides a toolset for adding HTML5 rich content to your site: interactive videos, presentations, quizzes, games, and more.


Upcoming Episodes

#396 Drupal Security Mark Shropshire & Benji Fisher. Recording April 18.
#397 Semantic Versioning with Michael Miles. Recording April 25.
#398 D9 Book with Selwyn Polit. Recording May 2.
#399 TBD. Recording May 9.

Submit your questions on the #alkingDrupal channel on Drupal Slack or DM us on twitter @talkingdrupal.


Drops of Drupal

Small Drupal tips and tricks

#006 Learn from Minimal

Installing the Minimal Profile is an excellent way to learn what functionality is provided in each Core module and how they interact with each other.

During the installation process, the Standard Profile is the default profile. Choosing the Minimal profile will install and configure the modules necessary to get started.

After installation, you will be surprised to see a home page like this.

Happy configuring!


5 open source principles that help organizational governance

Adopting organizational governance based on open source principles can lead your organization to reduce cost, lower technical debt, increase team collaboration, foster innovation, and, above all, propel your organization forward together.

by John Piccozi

Throughout my career, I have been fortunate to work with many organizations of various sizes on a variety of projects. All of these projects had open source software at their core, and most contributed what they could back to the open source community. I recently worked on a greenfield project using open source software within a large organization. After the MVP phase of the project, the organization's leadership was interested in learning what led to project success and how they could apply it to other teams across the organization. Upon reflection, I saw similarities between our team's way of working and open source communities and development. The following are some insights into how open source principles can help organizations save money, reduce technical debt, and bust internal silos. Continue reading at OpenSource.com.


Minifigure of the Week

by Nic Laflin

71005-7
This week I would like to share 71005-7 Ned Flanders! This is the 7th minifigure from the Simpsons Series 1. Released in 2014 this was one of the first licensed CMF series. I love the mug from his leftorium!


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