On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 07:44, Heidi Ellis <heidijcel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Matt, > > Wanna join our submission? Greg and I didn't realize that it was so close in > content and more experience is welcome! Are you in the OSCON system already? > Let me know if you'd like to be added. > Heidi
Actually, I realized that I should post the one that Jeff and I put together, and we can decide that way. :) I have to run to class, but here's the cut-and-paste. I was aiming for something that's around 2 paragraphs max (with lots of links). It has a touch more revision to go, so I'll just paste it in the current state. Cheers, Matt I left the meta tags for the two paragraphs in for the moment, as well as Jeff's question about onboarding, which should be defined or cut. [DRAFT PROPOSAL AS OF WHEN THIS WAS SENT TO THE LIST] Onboarding and Jumping Ship: Perspectives from Education and Industry <Current State, Challenges> Programs like Red Hat’s POSSE (Professor’s Open Source Software Experience) or Google’s Summer of Code both aspire to encourage more young people to participate in free and open communities. While “summer of code”-style programs offer cash incentives directly to students, POSSE targets educators, helping them integrate FOSS projects into their curricula as well as trying to prepare teachers to be guides for their students. <What the talk is about> In this talk, we will discuss the experiences of faculty who are bringing their students to your projects, and the challenges they face – from “onboarding”, [what is onboarding?] to keeping students engaged for the long haul. We will discuss some of the strategies educators can use, as well as what your open-source project can do to support K-16 explorers within your community. [END OF DRAFT PROPOSAL] _______________________________________________ tos mailing list tos@teachingopensource.org http://teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
