[ILUG-Cochin.org] Academic Projects And PHP

[.Kenney Jacob]

Thats well said. Lets do the mailing part. That would be really great.

http://www.kenneyjacob.com
Kenney Jacob


On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 11:10 PM, Sameer Mohamed Thahir <
sameer.thahir at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
>
> On Friday 19 December 2008 12:46 PM, .Kenney Jacob wrote:
>
>> Every large scale change starts with awareness.
>>
> I agree
>
>> Students should be aware of their freedom to choose their own topics.
>>
> It is not only about topics, freedom in a broader sense is being lost in
> academics on the whole,
> Of course, there needs to be a starting point which is this.
>
>> If this issue gets noticed by the academic community, we can push for a
>> circular from the university. For that to happen, this needs to be discussed
>> throughout the community.
>>
> What I feel can be done
> - Create a pool of project ideas ( there are a lot of Free Software
> Projects on the
> Internet at different stages of development, we need to create a sort of
> legend for
> students ,
> - Create a page on the Internet that will serve as a reference to teachers,
> so that they are convinced of the scope of the project and how it can do
> good
> to the student, college and most important the "Community".
> - Once projects are completed they are uploaded to the website and also
> are presented and spoken of at events and Community group meetings
> (like ILUG Cochin), and the project will develop wings.
> - This will serve as an example and lesson for the other students as well
> and then we have a whole lot of useful software created by the students
> for the community.
>
> - The Web page also needs information from the normal users and business
> people, so that they can put in their requirements into the page so that
> it becomes " a self sustaining community".
>
> - Finally let us begin upon, and reiterate on what is the aim of an
> academic project in our society and again " the free software community".
> Many times students do not know what path they need to take to create
> something useful for the society.
>
> We need to draft an open letter to all educational institutions
> which states what an academic projects means to the society and how
> important is the freedom for students to pursue their own interests and how
> they can guide them to the right path.
>
> There are lot of teachers and academicians in the Mailing List. I believe
> we can get lot of information from them. :)
>
>
>
> Thank You
>
> Regards
> Sameer Mohamed Thahir
>
>>
>> http://www.kenneyjacob.com
>> Kenney Jacob
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Mahesh Aravind <ra_mahesh at yahoo.com<mailto:
>> ra_mahesh at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>    Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
>>    -----
>>    http://maravind.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>>    --- On Tue, 12/16/08, .Kenney Jacob <kenney.jacob at gmail.com
>>    <mailto:kenney.jacob at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>    > Wanna join the fighting force ?
>>    >
>>
>>    Would like to.
>>
>>    What do I have to do?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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