Contact Steve Hackenberg (I think he is now with IBM) from Candle. He made a video for a jury about multi-tasking operating systems using a chef for a model. He might be able to provide you with a copy.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Heritage Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 7:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Systems Programming for 8 Year-olds This is more of a Friday question, but I got busy Friday and didn't have time to post. At my son's school, they are having parents come in and talk to the class about their jobs. It's heartwarming that my son is proud of me and wants me to come in and speak, but I'm at somewhat nervous about trying to make what I do interesting or even intelligible to second graders. Somehow I don't think that HiperSockets will be as exciting to them as they were to me when I first heard about them. I have some ideas, but I'm hoping that some of you have been through this before and have some tips on things that worked (or didn't work!) for you. How do you explain such a technical occupation to young children? What props or visual aids would you use to illustrate work that mostly goes on inside either our brains or our computers? Any ideas you have will be appreciated. Richard Heritage Lead Systems Software Engineer IT @ Johns Hopkins ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
