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<define-tag pagetitle>Skolelinux for Schools in Rhineland-Palatinate</define-tag>
<define-tag release_date>2009-03-15</define-tag>
#use wml::debian::news
#use wml::debian::translation-check translation="1.14" original="german"
<p>The Debian Project is pleased to announce that
<a href="http://www.skolelinux.de/">Skolelinux</a>, the Distribution of
the official subproject
<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu">Debian-Edu</a>, will get used
in the Rhineland-Palatinate as a basis for schools throughout the land.
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 federal states (German:
Bundesländer) of Germany, has 4 million inhabitants and about 1700
schools (about 900 elementary schools).</p>
<p>The community of Skolelinux and Debian welcome the decision of the
federal state Rhineland-Palatinate. Following Hamburg this is the second
state which chose Skolelinux as Operating System for its schools. Kurt
Gramlich, spokesperson of the German Skolelinux project explains: <q>Wishes and
suggestions from teachers of Rhineland-Palatinate will be included in
the further development and adaptation of the software. I am looking
forward to continued cooperating with the 11 pilot schools. Skolelinux
will be enriched by the educational material that those schools is set
out to produce.</q></p>
<p>Mister Burkhard Schaefer, head of division in the Ministry for
Education, Science, Youth and Culture said, that the adopted Skolelinux
for Rhineland-Palatinate has been tested in a first phase at eleven pilot
schools in a 10-agenda: <q>Competency in medias make school</q> (an
untranslatable German play on words). This program is a cooperation
between the Ministry for Education, Science, Youth and Culture and center
for IT and multimedia of the Ministry of the Interior and Sports. It
offers schools the possibility of Open Source Software usage concepts for the
class and the development of media competency. At the same time schools
profit from Free Software networks available and build new networks.
Burkhard Schaefer illustrates: <q>Skolelinux was chosen because through the
pedagogical network solution available through the Debian community a
large-scale sustainability for development of software competency and a
sustainable development of modern and up to date educational concepts.
Through the support by external service provider teachers may
concentrate on their core duties and don't have to fight against the
technology.</q></p>
<p>The University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern has appointed
Prof. Dr. Bettina Reuter and certified engineer Klaus Knopper as project
leaders. Both are lecturers of the business economics faculty at the
University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern. They are in charge of the
adaptation of Skolelinux for Rhineland-Palatinate and the reintegration
into the international project.</p>
<p>The newly founded <q>Society for the advancement of Free Software at
schools in Rhineland-Palatinate</q> lead by Thomas Rohde has made it
their business, to forward the wishes and suggestions of the teachers and
school representatives to the project leaders. <q>The possibility
for schools to design their education based on free software has been long
over due in Rhineland-Palatinate</q> said Rohde: <q>Here everyone can
actively contribute to the future of information technology and have fun
at the same time.</q> Pupils can take the software they use at school
with them and also use it at home without any problems.</p>
<p>The federal state Rhineland-Palatinate has now announced a further
round in the <q>Competency in medias make school</q>. Schools may apply
until the 3rd of April, to be get the Software platform including an
associated hardware platform. More Information about that is available
on the <a href="http://medienkompetenz.rlp.de/index.php?id=11745">web
servers of the Federal state Rhineland-Palatinate</a>.</p>
<h2>About Skolelinux</h2>
<p>Skolelinux stands for Free Software from the server down to the
desktop in schools and at home. The aim of the project is to fulfill the
requirements of schools and other educational institutions. The project
was founded 2001 in Norway and is based upon the GNU/Linux distribution
Debian. Skolelinux is a Custom Debian Distribution, created by the
Debian-Edu project.</p>
<h2>About Debian</h2>
<p>Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system, developed by more than a
thousand volunteers from all over the world who collaborate via the
Internet. Debian's dedication to Free Software, its non-profit nature,
and its open development model make it unique among GNU/Linux
distributions.</p>
<p>The Debian project's key strengths are its volunteer base, its
dedication to the Debian Social Contract, and its commitment to provide
the best operating system possible. Debian 5.0 is another important step
in that direction.</p>
<h2>Contact Information</h2>
<p>For further information, please visit the Debian web pages at
<a href="$(HOME)/">https://www.debian.org/</a> or send mail to
<press@debian.org>.</p>
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