Thanks for the suggestion Jitendra dai. We will incorporate the lecture in the training program.
Regards, Sulabh Bista On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Akash Deep Shakya <[email protected]>wrote: > 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]<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/
