14/08/2015 – Throughout the day, attended by over 300 people including teachers, students and the general public in the technical school Mr. Maury.. Admission is free.
With a great call, today will be carried out in Campo Quijano the First Meeting of Free Software Lerma Valley. Involving more than 300 people, including high school students, teachers and the general public in several locations in the interior.
The meeting will begin at 9.30 in the technical school Ing. Maury organized by Quijano Bots robotics group, composed of 25 young people between 14 and 20 years from various localities of the Valle de Lerma.
The aim it is to promote the use of free software and a growing number of people can learn the different applications of free use. It is clear that is not the same as free open source software. “Free software is when it discloses the source code for a particular application. This allows any user to study, use and even modify the application. It can be paid or not,” said Carlos Rios, one of the organizers.
also added that it is important that the alternatives are known in terms of available operating systems, including Linux, in addition to the traditional Windows that is already installed on computers.
“Many PCs come with two operating systems, but only use Windows and know the benefits of others. For example, Linux lets you browse lighter because it has so many viruses, “said the teacher.
Knowing the source code of an application, users can improve and even share it with others. It is, somehow, a democratization of knowledge.
Different teaching areas
The training is intended for teachers and students of all races, not just for Informatics. “Many of these tools can be applied in teaching subjects like mathematics, for example. Knowing other allows teachers to expand the landscape of education systems,” Rios said.
The meeting will address issues such risks in the use of social networks, language python (Linux), free use of mathematical tools, free software licenses, educational platforms and free hardware (use control boards). For his part, Dr. Artificial Intelligence, John Carabajal will hold a videoconference from Europe. The meeting is free.
Share knowledge
“Many Windows programs only teach, most payments. This happens because of ignorance of the teachers themselves” Rios said.
The teacher said that the meeting also will deepen the free hardware. “This is the same philosophy, just moved to a tangible item. It consists of the design of electronic circuits and sharing the plans for others to also assemble the computers.”
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