> From: "maddog" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 12:22:40 -1000
Hi Don, > > Ben, > > First off I need to understand what it is you are saying. Are you offering a > lab environment where we can train you and others to adminster Linux boxes? Well, no lab environment actually exists. It would have to be created out of what we have and what we can get. With convincing, I feel I could get some space made available for a Linux lab that would be used for a variety of purposes including community and student training, and internal HDOE training. This is what I am exploring. As for my training, I will do my best to be a good student at whatever is Open Source and whatever training I can get, so I can help pass it on to others. I am looking to take a Linux class and I am actively exploring other ways of sponging up whatever information I can get. I feel my nature is that I would be able to teach others Linux (if only I could understand it better first), and this is an educational point of view: if I can't understand Linux with my Computer Science degree, how can I expect others who are more intimidated by computers in general to learn it good enough (whatever that means)? So in learning Linux, I am approaching from the point of view of: how can I get others to understand this? I have a lot of other non-Linux duties, so I need to allocate my time carefully. > > Software abounds for educational purposes, I believe a few weeks back there > was a publicized article I read on how Linux has been implemented in may > schools and how much educational software is available. Linux was developed > in the labs of major Academic institutions so that shouldn't be a problem. Yes, open source educational software would be a huge bonus if we could get it used. The best I can do at this point is explore what is out there. > > On the lighter side, I saw a signature on a bulletin board where I ask a lot > of questions and BTW is a great resource (www.justlinux.com), the sig said, > "if you have a problem open source can't solve, you have the wrong problem". > That pretty much sums up my view. I admire your enthusiasm. I am actually encouraged in general by the positivity of the people I've met around HOSEF. This industry in this economy sometimes seems like it is in bad need of enthusiasm. And what better way to be positive than with Open Source? > > I think Warren can point you to educational software sites as he works in > education. > > Warren? > > Don Thanks for your words, Benjamin
