dude, keep git or svn in one of the last topics of linux talk, I can see a lot of problem that student face when they come to industry in these subjects.. and also there can be a session where we can motivate them to do.. on going open source project such as coprocessors...
Regards Akash Deep Shakya "OpenAK" FOSS Nepal Community akashakya at gmail dot com ~ Failure to prepare is preparing to fail ~ On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 10:34 PM, Jitendra kumar <[email protected] > wrote: > On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Sulabh Bista <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear all: >> >> Kathmandu University Open Source Community (KUOSC) is organizing a 3 day >> long Open Source exposure and training program called* Linux Talks >> 2010*starting from 6th June 2010 at the Department of Computer Science and >> Engineering of Kathmandu University. This program is the continuum of the >> Linux Talks series of program that KUOSC has been organizing since long. >> >> At Kathmandu University, we have various disciplines of science, >> engineering and arts studying together. This training will basically be >> focused on exposing this diverse mass to concepts of FOSS and at the same >> time teach them the basics of using Linux. Because we are focusing on >> students from science and arts as well, we will not be dealing only with the >> hard core linux stuffs like Linux terminal, /etc/ etc but will also try to >> incorporate topics like "Using Firefox addons to be an internet power-user", >> "Increasing productivity using Compiz" etc that might be interesting and >> helpful to everybody. >> >> The program will be held after the college hour ie 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm so >> we are expecting maximum participation from students. Some teaching >> faculties have also shown interest in taking the training. So we are very >> much enthusiastic about this as well. >> >> We want suggestions from the community to make this program more effective >> and successful. May be, you can suggest what can be a better way to present >> the concept of open source and Linux to the students of science and arts. Or >> anything that might be relevant to our training. >> > > Hi Sulabh and *Linux Talks* *2010* team members, > Great work guys! This is really a fantastic effort I believe. We > have reached a point where FOSS no longer is something JUST for Computer > engineers or science students. It now matters to people from other spheres > as well and programs like this should be of great value. > I would like to suggest you to show TED talk presentation by > Johanna Blakley [ > http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/johanna_blakley_lessons_from_fashion_s_free_culture.html] > where she convincingly argues that the lack of copyright protection in > fashion industry indeed encourages creativity. And, makes a similar case for > Open Source Softwares. Since, the presentation is based on fashion industry > that participants should easily associate with, I feel this would help > explain the concept of OSS more vividly. > > Regards, > Jitendra > > > >> Details about the program and the web link of the registration can be >> found at: >> >> http://kuopensource.ning.com/events/linux-talks-2010 >> >> >> Regards, >> Sulabh Bista >> KUOSC >> >> >> -- >> FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] >> http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >> [email protected]<foss-nepal%[email protected]> >> >> Mailing List Guidelines: >> http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines >> Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ > > > -- > FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [email protected]<foss-nepal%[email protected]> > > Mailing List Guidelines: > http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines > Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ > -- FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] Mailing List Guidelines: http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/
