[TOS] Open Source Education at OSCON 2012

Hi all - sorry I have been participating less than usual lately. I just wanted to chime in with this: OSCON is providing an education track this year, with CFP open until 5/25: http://www.oscon.com/oscon2012/public/cfp/214 Hope everyone is well -- Jeff Osier-Mixon http://jefro.net/blog Yocto

Re: [TOS] TOS Education Mini-Summit: LinuxCon

On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Mel Chua wrote: > >> One thing I don't have a good handle on - how does LinuxCon differ from > something like... say... OSCON, except for being focused on Linux? My > long-distance impression (possibly mistaken): It's a rather professional and > large-scale event

Re: [TOS] OSCON submission: POSSE workshop

You guys are so awesome. On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Mel Chua wrote: > Sebastian and I are on a roll tonight. Just shipped this one. (He also > just submitted a solo talk on Etherpad... I need to figure out if there > are other talks I want to give - anyone interested in hearing me blather

[TOS] TOS Education Mini-Summit: LinuxCon

I'd like to open up plans for a TOS education mini-summit at LinuxCon, following on last year's very successful event which I had the pleasure of coordinating with Sebastian. LF is interested in co-located events again this year ( http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon/co-located-event

Re: [TOS] OSCON followup

Hey all - I'd be submitting a talk to OSCON about using collaborative communities to teach open source to developers who may not have had previous experience with open source. Also submitting to Collab Summit, will send a note on that in a bit. On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Mel Chua wrote: >

Re: [TOS] OSCON CFP open through 2/7 - with education track!

Post-holiday is probably most likely :) Also worth mentioning that LinuxCon is on the west coast this year, in Vancouver BC the third week of August. Last year we had a very vibrant TOS summit, I hope we can do so again in 2011. http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon On Thu, Dec 16, 2

[TOS] OSCON CFP open through 2/7 - with education track!

Looks like our efforts last year were successful - OSCON now has an education track. Here is the CFP: http://www.oscon.com/oscon2011/public/cfp/144 I'll be submitting a few proposals & would be happy to bang heads with anyone else who plans to. Jeff Note: I'm only online occasionally through th

[TOS] LinuxCon Education mini-summit - some presentations up

Right now there are four presentations available at: ftp://ftp-osl.osuosl.org/pub/teachingopensource/ - Bryant Patten "Can Open Source Save The World...?" (video) - Ruth Suehle "Open source im

Re: [TOS] letter to editor in Linux Journal

Let me work on this tonight & get back to you. I know a few folks at LJ. On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Mel Chua wrote: > On 08/30/2010 05:30 PM, Clif Kussmaul wrote: > > Hi folks, > > The Oct 2010 Linux Journal includes my letter to the editor - see below. > > Is anyone interested in pitchi

Re: [TOS] LinuxCon Education Summit successful

The first session (Bryant Patten) is now up here, using open source codecs of course: http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/teachingopensource/ More in the coming days On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Sebastian Dziallas wrote: > 2010/8/9 Jeff Osier-Mixon : > > We had a long and vibrant day toda

Re: [TOS] LinuxCon Education Summit successful

The LinuxCon hotel network being what it is, I'm afraid the uploads will have to wait until next week. Re held captive - I guess I shouldn't be so literal with my "literals"! But I thought every one of the 9 speakers we had were extremely interesting and generated some excellent conversations. O

[TOS] LinuxCon Education Summit successful

We had a long and vibrant day today, just a few short notes: - There were some very active discussions, a few romping debates, and some really interesting demos - We had a varied participation of between 18 and 28 people, with fewest at beginning and end, and several people coming and going. Part

Re: [TOS] FW: Teaching Open Source at 16 Months: A Forward-Looking Retrospective

A 2-day POSSE intensive, or even a 1-day seminar, would be fantastic. There are many, many high-tech companies that would donate space for this over a weekend, and that sort of curriculum could adapt easily to conferences as well (like our 1-day summit at LinuxCon). Nearly all the techncial confe

Re: [TOS] sponsoring stuff (was Re: LinuxCon Education Summit: Schedule Announced)

We have 25 confirmed (figure from Linux Foundation), which sounds to me like there will be 30-40 attendees. It turns out the hotel does not allow lunch to be brought in, though we could sponsor a walking trip to a nearby restaurant. At $20/head or so, that could be up to $800. T-shirts... I'd lo

Re: [TOS] Preliminary schedule for LinuxCon 2010 Education Summit

Thanks all - yes, I agree that we need to fill in the session list more. At this point, I believe we have more prospective speakers than slots, so we're thinking of moving the slots around a bit and reducing them to 40 minutes to accommodate. I expect to get the schedule firmed up over the next c

Re: [TOS] Preliminary schedule for LinuxCon 2010 Education Summit

PM, Jeff Osier-Mixon wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Sebastian has found a few more speakers (we now have 6 and can >> accommodate up to 2 more), so we are well on our way into the Education >> Summit. All we need now are participants, but I think we will have a >> be

[TOS] Preliminary schedule for LinuxCon 2010 Education Summit

Hi all, Sebastian has found a few more speakers (we now have 6 and can accommodate up to 2 more), so we are well on our way into the Education Summit. All we need now are participants, but I think we will have a better time drawing profs and students if we can announce a schedule. Here is a prel

Re: [TOS] Use of proprietary software in colleges and universities

I think Matthew's tone may be a bit harsh, but there are some good points in his message. I attended college in an era before open-source software was popular. In the computer science courses I took, I'd have to say one of the few positive things I learned was the inner workings of computer hardw

Re: [TOS] Scribd

I did some digging on Scribd. The format they developed is called iPaper - it is Flash based, similar to PDF in function, and has an open API. You can attach any license to a document, including Creative Commons. Think of it as Google Docs meets PDF, but the main goal is social-media-style shari

Re: [TOS] POSSE California 2010 cancelled

I'm sorry to hear this, but it sure wasn't because you guys didn't make a go of it. Hopefully all your hard work and network-building will mean big attendance in 2011. 2010/6/15 Karsten Wade > Earlier today I sent the below email to POSSE California applicants. > Mel and I both felt we got too

Re: [TOS] Meet to discuss LinuxCon mini-summit organization

une 8, 1800UTC (11am US Pacific time, 2pm US Eastern time, 6pm? Germany) On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Jeff Osier-Mixon wrote: > Hi all, esp. Karlie, Sebastian, and Mel > > I suggest we set up a regular IRC meeting on #teachingopensource to discuss > the LinuxCon mini-summit. (I

Re: [TOS] Public request for funds

Excellent, thanks Mel! I'll get in touch in a few minutes. On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 4:35 AM, Mel Chua wrote: > On 05/26/2010 01:45 PM, Mel Chua wrote: > >> My situation: I speak at several conferences each year, and I have two > >> talks confirmed at LinuxCon aside from the mini-summit. My com

Re: [TOS] Meet to discuss LinuxCon mini-summit organization

How about Friday afternoon, May 28, 12pm Pacific / 3pm Eastern? On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Jeff Osier-Mixon wrote: > Hi all, esp. Karlie, Sebastian, and Mel > > I suggest we set up a regular IRC meeting on #teachingopensource to discuss > the LinuxCon mini-summit. (If this i

[TOS] Meet to discuss LinuxCon mini-summit organization

Hi all, esp. Karlie, Sebastian, and Mel I suggest we set up a regular IRC meeting on #teachingopensource to discuss the LinuxCon mini-summit. (If this is onerous to other IRC participants, we can move it off to a separate room) As in all human endeavors, preparation is key. We have just under 8

[TOS] Public request for funds

to request funds, I'd be glad to follow it. Thanks, Jeff Osier-Mixon je...@jefro.net <mailto:je...@jefro.net> ___ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos

Re: [TOS] OSCON BoF proposal submitted

Excellent! I hope it isn't Weds, as I am running a different BoF then. Shirley Bailes is the person to talk to about requesting a particular day. (not that you should request a special day on MY behalf, LOL) On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 7:27 AM, Mel Chua wrote: > We've talked about this before but

[TOS] LinuxCon mini-summit thread

Starting a new thread for updates. Here are a few we discussed in IRC yesterday: 1 - The proposed format is a hybrid conference/unconference: 10am - 12pm four 30-minute sessions related to education, first should be a keynote from a TOS member 12pm - 1pm lunch (not provided) 1pm - 6p

Re: [TOS] LinuxCon presence ...

Here is a link to the LinuxCon room-sharing wiki page: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/LinuxCon2010/RoomSharing On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Jeff Osier-Mixon wrote: > Excellent questions. Distribution could be an interesting conundrum as > well. Perhaps we could open up a reque

Re: [TOS] LinuxCon presence ...

Excellent questions. Distribution could be an interesting conundrum as well. Perhaps we could open up a request for financial assistance (RFA) and evaluate grants as they come in. Since LinuxCon is in Boston, which I believe has a few universities, we may get a full complement of participants ev

Re: [TOS] LinuxCon presence ...

I have also added myself to the list & will come up with a couple of abstracts over the weekend. Go TOS! On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 4:32 AM, Karlie Robinson < karlie_robin...@webpath.net> wrote: > On 05/19/2010 08:01 PM, Sebastian Dziallas wrote: > > Alright, so if some of you are dropping by, add

Re: [TOS] LinuxCon presence ...

I am doing 2 other talks at LinuxCon and would be very happy to be involved. I would love to give a talk on teaching open source from an embedded systems perspective and can help organize. 2010/5/19 Karsten Wade > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 01:54:45AM +0200, Sebastian Dziallas wrote: > > 2010/5/2

Re: [TOS] Possible Education Mini Summit at LinuxCon

I just saw this mini-summit posted on the LinuxCon site - congrats! On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Sebastian Dziallas wrote: > Mel and I sprinted on a proposal for LinuxCon which I just emailed to > the foundation. Comments and thoughts appreciated: edit away! > http://teachingopensource.org/in

[TOS] Career benefits of teach open source - German prof at CeBIT

http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/CeBIT-2010-Career-Benefits-of-Open-Source ___ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos