[Linux-aus] FOSS in Edu? respond to ACARA - ACCE position paper

[Donna Benjamin]

Apologies for the cross-post.

Notice:
The Australian Council for Computers in Education (ACCE) has released a
position paper on the place of computing in the new Australian
Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)
http://acce.edu.au/ict-and-australian-curriculum-part-2 

Written in formal response to
 http://www.acara.edu.au/technologies.html 

Please take a moment to read the ACARA shape paper.
http://www.acara.edu.au/verve/_resources/Draft_Shape_of_the_Australian_Curriculum_Technologies_paper_-_March_2012.pdf

Please consider responding with your own submission to ACARA:
http://www.surveymethods.com/EndUser.aspx?E5C1ADB7EDA3B2BEEE

or to ACCE or your local ACCE affiliate
http://acce.edu.au/about-acce/members-and-affiliations
ICTEV, ICTENSW, QSITE, ITEANT, ECAWA, CEGSA, TASITE and the ACS.

Supporting ACCE's push to include Computing and Digital Technologies as
a subject (in addition to ICT inclusion as a "general capability"), with
supporting examples suitable for K-12 that promote the use of,
exploration of and participation in free and open source software and
hardware projects is a rare opportunity to promote the cause of tech
freedom in the school sector of our education system.

-- 
Donna Benjamin - Executive Director
Creative Contingencies - http://cc.com.au
ph +61 3 9326 9985 - mob +61 418 310 414