> serve as random remote people drop-bys during the IRC time of the exercise
you can ping me, if you need some help Erkan Yilmaz On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Mel Chua <m...@redhat.com> wrote: > Those of you who've been through a POSSE may remember the first exercise > we do, which is creating wiki userpages while communicating only over > IRC. This is consistently one of the most polished/effective and > repeatable exercises we do at POSSE, so Sebastian and I finally wrote it > into an assignment document here at Doha. > > http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/IRC_and_wiki_introduction_exercise > > Text also pasted below for folks who are lazy like me. ;-) It's probably > not user-friendly enough and lacking some context that we don't realize > it's lacking, so feedback on what's missing would be great. > > We're also curious if anyone is thinking of using this in their > classrooms, and would be willing to serve as random remote people > drop-bys during the IRC time of the exercise if anyone wants to give it > a shot with their students. > > --Mel > > == Background == > > '''IRC''' is a text chat program. It is used by the vast majority of > open source projects as their form for real-time communication. This is > where meetings are held, but also a social place where people idle and > hang out while they are working, similar to the casual banter that goes > on in an office or a lab. One of the primary differences between IRC and > messaging programs most people new to open source are familiar with is > that ''IRC conversation is in group chatrooms by default,'' whereas AIM, > ICQ, Jabber, etc. tend to do ''individual conversations by default.'' > > A '''wiki''' is a publicly editable webpage. You may be familiar with > wiki-based sites such as http://wikipedia.org. What most people don't > know is that wikis are extremely simple to set up, so individuals, open > source projects, and other sorts of groups use them for notes, project > webpages, and general collaboration/documentation infrastructure. > > A '''wiki userpage''' is like a profile page for an individual user of a > wiki. These can be [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Mchua extremely > elaborate] or [http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/User:Ctzenben > highly minimalist]; most are [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Sdz > somewhere in between]. People decide what they want to show and share on > their userpages; it typically acts as a "homepage" for them for their > work and introducing themselves to potential collaborators who may not > yet know them. > > == Instructions == > > Your goal for this exercise is to have a wiki user page of your own. Use > the wiki specified by your instructors. Your page must be completed by > the end of class, and it can say anything (tasteful) you like; think of > this as a professional homepage for your open source activities. > > There are two additional constraints that you are under for this. > > The first constraint is that you ''may not edit your own wiki user > page.'' This implies that someone else needs to edit it for you. That > person can be anybody, in the classroom or remote. > > The second constraint is that you ''are only allowed to communicate > electronically'' during this exercise. You may not speak in person, > write on pieces of paper, show somebody else your screen, use hand > gestures, etc. Essentially, pretend that you are in a room by yourself > with your computer, and communicate and collaborate with your partner > that way. This constraint extends to finding your partner - you need to > find a way to match up with someone else for this (we suggest IRC) and > coordinate between yourselves online. > > The only exception to the second constraint is that ''you may > communicate with your instructors in-person,'' particularly to ask about > tool usage and communication strategies. Please do not use this > exception to secretly communicate with your partner. The point of this > exercise is to give you an experience in distributed collaboration; we > are particularly interested in what sorts of coping strategies you find, > evolve, and negotiate on your own while working on this. We expect this > exercise to be confusing and occasionally frustrating, so your > instructors will be walking around throughout the exercise to help you > turn that confusion into insight, because exploring new ways of doing > things should be slightly frightening, but ultimately a fantastic > adventure where you'll end up being surprised at how much you learn. > > == Deliverables == > > * An IRC log of the conversation > * Individual wiki user pages > > == Examples of usage == > > For an IRC log of attendees of an actual POSSE completing this exercise, > see > [ > http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/teachingopensource/2011-01-10/teachingopensource.2011-01-10-07.10.log.html > POSSE Doha transcript]. > > For sample wiki user pages that have been created during this exercise > (also from Doha), see: > * http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/User:Ctzenben > * http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/User:Rrix > * http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/User:Bilal > _______________________________________________ > tos mailing list > tos@teachingopensource.org > http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos > -- Find me at: LinkedIn http://de.linkedin.com/in/yilmazerkan/en<http://www.linkedin.com/in/yilmazerkan> XING https://www.xing.com/profile/Erkan_Yilmaz2 blog http://IaskQuestions.com http://www.systemswiki.org Systems Thinking World Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2639211&trk=anet_ug_hm ********************************************************************************************** This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. 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