This is a collection of guides, tutorials, lessons, and references for helping children engage with technology and related topics while sticking to and learning about FLO (Free/Libre/Open) values.
The focus here is on kids learning together with the active guidance of a teacher (whether parent, older friend, or otherwise) who already understands FLO values (at least somewhat) and is able to set up a GNU/Linux system and follow instructions to adapt the settings. The learning approach is primarily terminal-first, GUI later, and no internet initially.
Eventually, this collection might expand to FLO in everything including art, music, and more.
Most everything here is prose text and is licensed under CC BY-SA.
Note that CC BY-SA is compatible with GNU GPLv3 and GNU AGPLv3 software licenses. Those are the suggested licenses (preferably AGPL) to use for any adaptation of code files (such as when using the guides here to write programs).
Many decent kids-focused tech resources and organizations exist (e.g. https://fairplayforkids.org/). However, most do not recognize the importance of FLO values whether in terms of FLO terms for their own writings and resources or in terms of the technology they recommend.
Please help expand and improve this project. You can suggest useful links or ideas that are missing, test the resources and suggest edits, and post issues with questions or other feedback.
TASK: Add a Code of Conduct
TASK: update these notes, maybe move to separate file
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