On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 7:04 AM, Todd Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 6:58 AM, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If SDCS (or KPLUG) really want to make a difference, probably the thing > > which would attract the most attention would be folks actually standing up > > in front of groups and teaching. Most places are *ecstatic* to have > someone > > come in and talk who knows whats going on. However, this is actually the > > last thing most people in the SDCS clubs really want to do. > > I would *love* to do that! a) I'm not sure what teaching value I > could offer CS students, and b) I live several thousand miles away. > > -todd > This is the sort of thing I was hoping to do at NCAS during the installfests, but:
By no stretch of the imagination is it centrally located. NCAS may as well be ib TJ for most people not already in the fold. Installfests tend to attract the wrong crowds. The folks that are in the lab section are there to focus on getting Linux installed, the ones in the classroom section are focused on learning to use Linux once they get it installed. Due to budget constraints, and frequent loss of equipment during regular classes, the school has been reticent to let us use the classroom machines for much until recently. It occurs to me that all the machines at NCAS are equiped with KF-72 removable SATA drive bays. Might KPLUG acquire 20 or 30 of these and tell people they need only bring a hard drive of their own? Or perhaps George's(?) idea of providing a CD and instructions could be implemented in the context of their immediate use/demonstration and the hard disks forgone altogether or made optional?. All those boxes have 2GB of RAM and pretty fast CD/DVD RW drives. I also still cling to the hope that we may, somehow, be able to take those who attend the installfest for the first time and show them how to install Linux, and then steer them into the classrrom section and teach them how to use it at subsequent installfests. So far no luck, could be the wrong venue. That's easy to say, but doing it requires a bit of organization and a committed group individuals willing and able to take the time to craft a basic, core curriculum and schedule lectures. This is another reason why this idea never took off. If the members of this list would be willing to email me, off list, a list of subjects they consider themselves qualified to lecture, teach, or demonstrate, I would be willing to sit down and organize it, with the idea of creating such a curriculum. Don't limit yourself to "core subjects." For now let's open it up to everything. I'll compile and organize it in my somewhat more abundant spare time. Once we know what we've got on offer, we can sit down and discuss how best to go about presenting it, at whom, in what form, and where. Any takers? RD -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
