Re: [TOS] Textbook: Getting the Code IRC log

2010-04-15 Thread Matthew Jadud
Hi David, On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 00:03, David Nalley wrote: > I largely agree with your analysis of the conversation from the talk page. > Looking back, I have seen this exact conversation occur previously > (and similarly disastrously (and I don't have any qualms saying that > as 1. I was part

Re: [TOS] Textbook: Getting the Code IRC log

2010-04-14 Thread David Nalley
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Matthew Jadud wrote: > Hi Mel, > > On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 08:58, Mel Chua wrote: >> I'm not quite sure what to do with this sort of thing. Here's a >> conversation log explaining a concept covered in the textbook (in this >> case, version control) to a student as

Re: [TOS] Textbook: Getting the Code IRC log

2010-04-14 Thread Karsten Wade
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 09:21:25PM -0400, Ralph Morelli wrote: > I think it would be great if there were resources ($$) to support more > summer efforts. > GSoC is great, but, as far as I understand it, faculty aren't involved in > that so you don't really have the mediating necessary if we're goi

Re: [TOS] Textbook: Getting the Code IRC log

2010-04-14 Thread Ralph Morelli
Hi Matt, I read through your very impressive analysis of the conversation and couldn't agree more--especially with your point about scaffolding: *In conclusion, "Productively lost" is a wonderful thing... but I suspect that * *more than 95% of potential contributors are lost simply because the *

Re: [TOS] Textbook: Getting the Code IRC log

2010-04-14 Thread Matthew Jadud
Hi Mel, On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 08:58, Mel Chua wrote: > I'm not quite sure what to do with this sort of thing. Here's a > conversation log explaining a concept covered in the textbook (in this > case, version control) to a student asking questions about it. > > http://teachingopensource.com/inde

[TOS] Textbook: Getting the Code IRC log

2010-04-14 Thread Mel Chua
I'm not quite sure what to do with this sort of thing. Here's a conversation log explaining a concept covered in the textbook (in this case, version control) to a student asking questions about it. http://teachingopensource.com/index.php/Talk:Getting_the_Code Participants: Annie Morino (morinoa