This is laterally related to Teaching-Open-Source, in
the sense that it is a good example to show students
that open source is contributing solutions to government
challenges:
http://capitolcampdev.eventbrite.com/?utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=event_reminder&utm_term=event_tit
On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 11:21:25AM -0700,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
> What is the Teaching Open Source policy concerning Unsolicited
> Commercial Email, also known as SPAM? What are we doing to attempt to
> control it?
>
> I've found some apparent Search Engine Optimiz
On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 01:56:11PM -0500, Joel Sherrill wrote:
>
> If anyone has better solutions I am all ears. :)
Nothing better, just an experience to speak of.
Fedora's system works because it does prove someone is a human but
does require either removal of anonymity or lying.
What I use on
Hi Karsten,
Ditto for me on using the book. I'll be using it with students at Drexel.
Greg Hislop
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> boun...@teachingopensource.org] On Behalf Of Karsten Wade
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2010/8/17 Karsten Wade - kw...@redhat.com:
>
> I'll note that the content from the wiki does end up in DocBook XML in
> a git source code repository, and we could switch to that as the
> upstream source (instead of interim format) for the textbook.
> However, my experience and learned evidence is
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 07:59:27PM -0400, Charles Profitt wrote:
> Hello all:
>
> I recently got news that I have been approved for an eight hour hands-on
> session
> at NYSCATE. I will be 'introducing' FOSS to K-12 educators and though I have
> a
> rough draft of what I want to do I thought
Comments inline:
2010/8/17 Karsten Wade - kw...@redhat.com:
> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 08:05:57PM -0400, Matthew Jadud wrote:
>> 2010/8/16 Karsten Wade :
>> > Thoughts?
>>
>> My biggest concerns, when editing version 0.8, were that:
>>
>>
>>
>> I remain concerned about the authoring environment --
I'll be using wikis in my classes in fall with two objectives in mind:
1. Support, encourage, and demonstrate collaborative learning
2. Integrate means of assessment in wiki-based writing and contributions.
The TOS textbook project will be very useful in teaching me how collaboration
and attribu
Thanks! We'll do our best :-)
Heidi
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To: tos@teachingopensource.org
Subject: Re: [TOS] textbook 0.8.1
On Tue, Aug 17, 201
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:22:25AM -0700,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
> 2010/8/16 Karsten Wade - kw...@redhat.com:
> >
http://www.teachingopensource.org/index.php/Practical_OSS_Exploration_textbook_0.8.1_planning
> >
> > Some more materials landing there later from our Ethe
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:52:29PM -0400, Heidi Ellis wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I'll be using the textbook in the fall and I'd be happy to provide feedback
> and update as I can, but I'm not likely to have much time to devote to
> actually writing.
That's a very valuable contribution, Heidi, thanks
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 08:48:01AM -0400,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
> This sounds like the right step towards solving what I was concerned
> about. I could copy a page to my own part of the wiki space, make
> edits, and offer them up for discussion. Sadly, you don't ge
Hi Karsten,
2010/8/17 Karsten Wade :
> * There are ways with wiki tools to get more of what you are looking
> for.
Just a quick reply (and, possibly, all that's needed): this thread
helped me better understand how to use the tools. My complaints
weren't so much about the tools (eg. "Down with wi
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 08:37:09PM -0700,
tosmaillist.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote:
> I'm looking for other people to express their opinions of the efficacy
> of using a wiki to create a book. I agree with Matthew, there is a
> need for controlled branching so there is an ability to ca
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 08:05:57PM -0400, Matthew Jadud wrote:
> 2010/8/16 Karsten Wade :
> > Thoughts?
>
> My biggest concerns, when editing version 0.8, were that:
>
> 1. Each chapter clearly had a different "voice," and it was annoying
> to me as a reader. At some point, it seems that someone
2010/8/16 Karsten Wade - kw...@redhat.com:
> http://www.teachingopensource.org/index.php/Practical_OSS_Exploration_textbook_0.8.1_planning
>
> Some more materials landing there later from our EtherPad work today.
EtherPad?
The only mention of EtherPad on teachingopensource.org is in
http://teachi
Hi Folks,
I'll be using the textbook in the fall and I'd be happy to provide feedback
and update as I can, but I'm not likely to have much time to devote to
actually writing.
Heidi
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[mailto:tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org] On
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 23:37,
wrote:
> As I tried to indicate, this is not meant to be insulting, just to
> illustrate that a wiki is not an irrevocably single stream of edits.
No insult taken! I freely admit my lack of wiki mastery.
> User:Jadudm/Textbook/Forward/3605. All of this, of course,
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