[vox-outreach] Letter to local schools - draft

[Jonathan Stickel]

Rod Roark wrote:
> On Thursday 16 October 2003 11:00 pm, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> 
>>On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 10:53:14PM -0700, Rod Roark wrote:
>>
>>>Minor suggested corrections are inline below.
>>
>>Thanks so much! :^)
> 

Rod caught all the little things I noticed.  My general impression, 
though, is that the letter is a little too long and heavy on the 
philosophy.  What you say is important and true, but it's always the 
applications that will get people interested to start with.  I'd try to 
keep the top matter the same length as the description of the software 
you highlight (a very good selection, by the way).

Jonathan


> 
> It's the least I can do.  :-)
> 
> 
>><snip>
>>
>>>>Open Source provides people with the ability to share ideas and work
>>>>together freely.  It's like the scientific method, which works well
>>>
>>>                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>                    Open sharing of ideas and results
>>
>>Ooh, argh... I like the term "scientific method" in there.  I get this
>>feeling that the phrase will be something they, as educators, can relate to.
>>(Not that "Open sharing of ideas" isn't, but it's not a phrase that's
>>said a lot. ;^) )
> 
> 
> The problem is, that's not the Scientific Method.  As I
> recall, the SM refers to the practice of changing only one
> variable in an experiment at a time, to carefully determine
> cause and effect.
> 
> -- Rod
> 
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