No problem - great - thanks for the links! Dee
On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Matt Jadud <[email protected]> wrote: > They're all public blogs, and we are writing them with that awareness. > Ultimately, portfolio-type content of their semester work will come > together there as well. > > I have not yet had time to set up an aggregator, because I'm too busy with > other infrastructure. Apologies. > > Cheers, > M > > * http://austinlfarmer.me/blog/ > * http://ballz-csc-486.blogspot.com/ > * http://carricktel-csc486.blogspot.com/ > * http://paintwings.com/blog/ > * http://softeng.tumblr.com/ > * http://thefirstpersonaljournal.wordpress.com/ > * http://warnercr486.blogspot.com/ > * http://www.kristiantoole.com/ > * https://aikenash.wordpress.com/ > * https://bdenzell.wordpress.com/ > * https://codymyers93.wordpress.com/ > * https://comptengoma.wordpress.com/ > * https://csc486opensourcejournal.wordpress.com/ > * https://georgeh94.wordpress.com/ > * https://hellrungj.wordpress.com/ > * https://hooverkblog.wordpress.com/ > * https://iamishwar.wordpress.com/ > * https://indreswaranl.wordpress.com/ > * https://jacobstoebel.wordpress.com/ > * https://manningdawn.wordpress.com/ > * https://raunakshonathakur.wordpress.com/ > * https://reinharda.wordpress.com/ > * https://tokugeek.wordpress.com/ > * https://zinph9.wordpress.com/ > * http://jadud.com/ > > > > > On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Dee Weikle <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I would love to see the blogs if the students are okay with that.... >> >> Dee Weikle >> Eastern Mennonite University >> >> On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 10:22 PM, Matt Jadud <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Tom, all, >>> >>> I've submitted a proposal regarding privilege/empowerment in our deep >>> dive into FOSS this term. I specifically pitched it as being something in >>> the students' voices, and (if I can dig up support, somehow), I'd like to >>> bring some of the students to be able to speak personally to their first >>> jump into FOSS participation, with a particular focus on the human impact >>> (in terms of confidence, vision for the future, etc.) that it has had. >>> Already, their blogs are an inspiring thing to read, so I'm *really* >>> looking forward to where our continued reading and reflection take us. >>> >>> Continuing to ramble for a moment... despite the advice of wiser >>> colleagues, I gave the students in our "FOSS Engineering" class some >>> options. As a result, we have: >>> >>> * 12 students contributing to OpenMRS, >>> * 8 students contributing to OctoPrint >>> * 4 students contributing to Libre Office >>> * 4 students contributing to CodeWorkout >>> * 4 students contributing to the Teensy audio libraries >>> >>> Structurally, the're in pairs (which I grouped intentionally), so they >>> have primary support/collaborators on everything. The larger groups (which >>> are really all groups of 4, because they're in a room that has tables that >>> seat 4) provide some meta-structure, and we're doing a lot of blogging >>> along the way. I still need to get an aggregator set up for all of their >>> blogs... I'll share links to their blogs if people are interested. >>> >>> As of this week, all but one or two students have working builds for all >>> of these systems, which (given the s ize/complexity of some of those >>> builds) is absolutely incredible. Along the way, I've learned a lot about >>> virt-builder, have installed Fedora 23 as our new departmental VM server, >>> and really wish we had a full-time UNIX admin around here... but I WILL >>> have a completely scripted, repeatable VM deployment before I'm done! >>> >>> Truly, I'm excited, and I think the students are, too. I don't know if >>> they understand how large an accomplishment some of those builds are, and >>> we're now zeroing in on bugs, and beginning a lightweight design process as >>> they look at narrowing in the scope of their proposed contributions. (Thank >>> you, Heidi... I'm lifting some of that structure from your 490 (?) there...) >>> >>> It is so nice to finally be teaching this course, after... what?... more >>> than half a decade of POSSE participation/conversation? >>> >>> Righto. I've been at it forever today, and I have a mid-midterm to >>> write... >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Matt >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 3:11 PM, Tom Callaway <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> This year, for the first time ever, the Red Hat Summit (Red Hat's >>>> mega-conference) is having a dedicated community track, vetted by the >>>> OSAS team (our team at Red Hat). There is interest in having Open Source >>>> in EDU talks! >>>> >>>> The Call For Proposals (not papers, notice) is here: >>>> >>>> http://community.redhat.com/blog/2016/01/community-track-at-red-hat-summit-call-for-proposals/ >>>> >>>> Here are some areas which I think would be well received by the CFP >>>> review committee: >>>> >>>> * HFOSS in edu >>>> * Practical examples of how engaging students with open source matters >>>> * Open Innovation as it applies to open source >>>> * Students giving strong presentations on how open source has changed >>>> their life/the world around them/their school/etc >>>> >>>> Things they are not interested in: >>>> >>>> * Sales pitches for your school >>>> * Discussion of proprietary technologies >>>> * Academic style papers (not that these are bad, just not for RHS) >>>> >>>> Red Hat Summit has an audience of top IT execs, administrators, >>>> developers, and RH employees (from the CEO down). Presenting at RHS is >>>> an excellent chance to have exposure to your programs (and students) >>>> from a worldwide audience of employers and potential contributors, as >>>> well as key developers from a wide range of upstream projects. Red Hat >>>> Summit also runs in parallel with DevNation, which has a focus on >>>> developers and draws a rather large crowd. You have the opportunity to >>>> inspire and be inspired (and get on Red Hat's radar in a positive way). >>>> >>>> The CFP closes February 8th, 2016 (sorry, I know that's not a lot of >>>> time, out of my control). >>>> >>>> In 2016, the Red Hat Summit will be in San Francisco, CA, June 28-30: >>>> http://www.redhat.com/summit/ >>>> >>>> DevNation happens June 26-29: >>>> http://www.devnation.org/ >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> ~tom >>>> >>>> == >>>> Red Hat >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> tos mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> tos mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> tos mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > tos mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos > >
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