>> A bigger question is, where would we find the volunteer >> resources to make house calls to configure DSL?
I thought my friends would be interested in volunteering to do these DSL installs. This was not the case. One friend is very "iffy" and wasn't interested, and I'm waiting for a response from another friend. >> One possible (partial) solution -- have a DSL Demo on Week 7, or >> after graduation on Week 6. Have printed handouts ready to go >> home with any student going for the DSL option. I created a wiki page with ideas for this: http://wiki.bworks.org/doku.php/internet_setup_class --- In [email protected], Sean Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 06:31:53PM -0600, tms wrote: > > That being said, the amount of time Robert spent on getting a > > used modem with no documentation configured, IMHO, should have > > been charged for, not free. > > I would second that. > > > One thing Doc pointed out is that our instructions on the wiki > > (installing/configuring AT&T DSL under Debian) are hard to find. > > I can always create a link to the AT&T DSL instructions on the web > site, but I'm not sure if it would do much good if they don't have > Internet connections in the first place. Yeah, they can print it > out from the library or something, but like Theresa says, maybe if > we were to give the students the instructions as a handout and a > bit of a primer on the last day of class. > > > A bigger question is, where would we find the volunteer > > resources to make house calls to configure DSL? > > You're not going to find those resources, I don't think, at least > not consistently. Saturdays take a big chunk out of everyone's > schedule as it is. > > > If a student brings in their entire setup, *can* we use our DSL > > line to configure everything? Or are there settings that must > > be done at the line where the service is to be provided? > > > > One possible (partial) solution -- have a DSL Demo on Week 7, or > > after graduation on Week 6. Have printed handouts ready to go > > home with any student going for the DSL option. > > Also, the wiki has lots of wonderful information, but do the > students know how to use it? Do they know how to search it or > find the index? I'm not a super fan of wikis as reference > sources, mainly because they're not systematically organized. And > they're complicated piece of software and not always user > friendly. Whether it's with Linux or Windows or any other subject > in the world, a lot of people's responses in life will be "RTFM". > I think we should definitely be teaching them a bit about finding > information. > > Sean > > -- > Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:14:28 -0600 >
