On 05/05/12 20:21, Bea Groves wrote:
Hi!
I'm actually the President of IfL -- so it sometimes helps in getting
educational bodies to do things they normally wouldn't ;-)
Er - yes I can see that you may have a bit of leverage there :-)
So I can expect to see a write up in the next IfL news? Might help the
rest of us!
I'm not against Unity. I just think I need to get my little bunch of
'pioneers' used to something closer to what they're used to
Windows-wise than go with the redesigned (and controversial) UI. I've
discussed with my group the possibility of upgrading the memory sticks
later in the course, as and when they're feeling confident.
Probably very sensible move.
On 05/05/12 19:20, kpb wrote:
On 05/05/12 19:00, Gareth France wrote:
I actually installed 10.10 (staying clear of Unity just for the
moment until all the controversy dies down a little) onto the 4GB
sticks using the Windows 'Universal USB installer'. Works like a
dream! Students plug in the stick, switch on the PC... and hey
presto! Later when we upgrade to a more recent LTS version we can
just reformat the sticks.
It's a shame you feel pushed into ditching Ubuntu's biggest unique
selling point. What Canonical have done with unity is amazing and I'm
certain they're on the right path in the long run. It's just
frustrating that people seem to have so much trouble ditching 20+
years of UI baggage.
Hello Bea
Really well done.
Your experience has confirmed my resolve to run a couple of workshops at
the FE College where I teach. I'll probably go for freebie/3 GLH type
taster courses to begin with to test the water. FE Colleges get less
'developmental' funding than adult education centres. I'll offer it as
staff development in June/July to begin with to see what activities work
best.
If the LibreOffice files for any of the resources below would help, just
let me know and I'll pop the dropbox links here. I guess you have lots
already for a 10 week course.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8403291/1204-poster-4.pdf
Unity 12.04 poster for those who use 10.04
http://sohcahtoa.org.uk/pages/files/unity2dguide.pdf
Unity 11.10 guide aimed at Windows people
http://sohcahtoa.org.uk/pages/files/live-cd-quick-start.pdf
A Live CD guide.
Gareth:
My teenagers and 19-24 students can sort Unity in a minute or two when I
lend them my little 1024/600px netbook in lessons. The adults struggle a
bit to be honest. Would need an overview/explanation, but a 10 week
course would be great.
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