I'm going to be at SIGCSE to talk about our HFOSS chapter experience on a panel on Community Based projects. I could help with this.
Bonnie MacKellar -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mel Chua Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 11:06 AM To: 'TOS List' Subject: [TOS] SIGCSE pre-conference symposium on TOS So, the HFOSS folks aren't doing a pre-conference symposium -- do we want to? I think this might be an interesting opportunity to do something I've always wanted to try, which is an unconference at an academic gathering. The cost is minimal and the TOS budget can absorb it (including getting some sort of lunch brought in), so it's mostly a matter of "is there interest in this?" Basically, this is what folks requested at the last POSSE -- more of a chance to have semi-structured interactions and conversations with people who are also teaching open source. Talk with other people with gigantic software engineering classes! Share ideas for your first-year seminars! Discuss different approaches to grading! There just never seems to be enough time and catalyst-fu to get it all together in person, and this might do the trick. We'd have a bit more structure/formality/prep than your average unconference -- I'd plan on printing out "how unconferences work" instruction sheets, for instance, so attendees have something to hold and look at -- and ask a few people to arrive in Raleigh with ideas of what they want to discuss, so we'll be sure to have a few topics pitched (grading, capstones, etc). I can facilitate, but am equally happy to let someone else with more unconference-fu step up. :) Strawman: 4 "tracks" (the 4 corners of the room) and perhaps 6 timeslots, with lunch break in the middle. That's 24 discussions, presentations, and general Chunks Of Cool Stuff. Who'd be in? Folks who've put SIGCSE pre-conference symposia together... any best-practice recommendations? (For instance, charging a minimal fee to cover lunch would go much lighter on our budget and let us help more people actually fly in.) --Mel _______________________________________________ tos mailing list [email protected] http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos _______________________________________________ tos mailing list [email protected] http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
