On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Vamsee Kanakala <vkanak...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 November 2010 09:16 PM, Prawin K wrote: > >> So, I suggest the mentors, to start a blog for themself (for mentorship), >> to >> list out the link urls, useful books and other resources in internet about >> the technology, which help the students to self start. And after having >> some >> basic knowledge, the students can do small codings and then personally >> contact the mentors. >> > > Dude, I don't mean to sound nasty, but let's get this straight, you mean > you're not even willing to do something as simple as "dear classmates, what > are you interested in, and what do you need?" and post it online? So we have > to guess what you might need to get started with and put it all up? Who's > doing the asking here, exactly? > > How exactly do we know how much you can find online through simple > googling, and where exactly do we have to step in to help you? Suppose, I > know Ruby/Rails. So how do I know if people are even interested in knowing > more? And which part of it? > > Sorry for getting ranty, but this attitude is what pisses me off. I've been > a student before, when there aren't even (local) forums like these to ask > and learn. You're saying you can't even edit a wiki and *ask what you need* > in a structured way. So what is it that you couldn't find info about? Ask it > now, and you'll see how you'll get the answers. Go ahead. And FYI, something > woozy like "whole student community will be grateful to you" is nonsense. I > would be happier if I know just one good student benefited in a measurable > way from my time spent. If you want help, do your homework, and then come to > us. > > The solution is to create a working environment within the college itself... an intranet webserver running within the computer lab.. a mail server .. a POP3 server.. a local wiki, which collates knowledge from students.. an intranet forum.. all these at one stage connected to wiki.. So if such a working environment is created within college, students should have to learn to use these.. Secondly, students should be encouraged to try new applications/ new initatives for the college use.. Colleges have 8 Mbps bandwidth.. and if properly used, students can publish their own website within their lab servers.. We have to train students to think practically.. The benchmark for any initiative/application is how far it is well received among the users.. Regards, Senthil _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
