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About Me

My real name is Alejandro Armesto but I prefer you to call me Xandru. I work as a teacher in a Primary School in Asturies (Spain) so I'm specially interested in educational software.

I focus my activities for Ubuntu specially on training courses, conferences and talks on it. I normally work with primary and secondary teachers.

Contact

• Launchpad Profile.

• Email: xandru(at)softastur(dot)org
• IRC: xandru_armesto (irc.freenode.net). I'm usually on:
  • #softastur
  • #ubuntu-ast

You can contact me and track my activity with Softastur and Ubuntu on:

• Webiste: http://softastur.org

• Blog: http://blogs.altuxa.com/tapaponga/

• Identi.ca: http://identi.ca/xandru

• Twitter: http://twitter.com/xandruarmesto

Membership

• Member of Ubuntu Asturian Translators since 2007-09-08.

• Member of Ubuntu Asturian Team since 2009-04-18.

• Member of Softastur, a Free Software Community for Asturian language.

• Team coordinator on GNOME Asturian Team.

• Translator on Tux4Kids (TuxMath and TuxType) since 2009-12-31 (https://alioth.debian.org/users/xandru-guest/).

• Translator on TuxPaint (http://www.tuxpaint.org/developers/).

Activities (sort by date)

• Translations in Launchpad.

• Leading conference about Free Software, Ubuntu and Digital Divide in Encuentros Internacionales de Juventud Cabueñes 08/International Youth Meetings Cabueñes 08 (from 2008/09/22 to 2008/09/26).

• Spreading Ubuntu in Sama de Llangréu Photo (2009/01/16).

• Giving conference about Free Software, Ubuntu and Digital Divide in Oviedo/Uviéu University. Voluntariado tecnológico. Nuevas tecnologías, educación y acción social/Volunteer technology. Technologies, education and social action. (from 2009/04/13 to 2009/04/20).

• Spreading Ubuntu in Xixón/Gijón Photo (2009/05/16).

• Talk on Free Software in Asturies in Tertulia Cultural Pachín de Melás/Cultural Circle Pachín de Melás. Press (2010/02/23).

• Spreading Edubuntu in Xixón/Gijón II Xornaes de Llingua y Educación/Second Language and Education Conference. Press; press; press; press; press (2010/03/20).

• Spreading Ubuntu in Asturian language (Iñigo Varela, Xandru Armesto, Ana Cano and David Planella). Press (2010/04/09).

• Spreading Edubuntu in the Educational Sciences Faculty, Oviedo/Uviéu University. Press (2010/04/28).

• Training courses for teachers in Oviedo/Uviéu CPR II Sestaferia del Profesoráu de Llingua Asturiana. Xornaes de Desarrollu Curricular y Didácticu/Second Meeting of the Asturian Language Teachers. Conference on Curriculum Development and Teaching (2010/06/04).

• Training courses in Infiestu. Photos (2011/02/11; 2011/02/18 and 2011/02/25).

• Training course for asturian teachers in Oviedo/Uviéu CPR: Competencias Básicas en Lengua Asturiana y Aplicación Didáctica de las TIC/Basic Skills in Asturian Language and Teaching IT Aplication. Photo (from 2011/03/01 to 2011/03/10).

• Spreading Ubuntu in Asturian Language Courses in CMX (Conseyu de la Mocedá de Xixón/Xixon Youth Council). Photos (2011/03/14).

Future plans

• Training curses for teachers in Asturias/Asturies.
• Promote the use of free software in teaching.
• Improve the quality and quantity of asturian language in Edubuntu and Ubuntu.
• Coordinate translations in Gnome and Launchpad.
• Begin a local program for using Free Software in teaching situations.

Testimonials