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On 12/18/06, *Eldo Varghese* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: Hi All Had couple of ideas about making ubuntu, and computers in general, available to the newbie community by making a physical class available to them. Most end users are not very comfortable getting instructions from an IRC channel, but having an actual instructor there that can help them would greatly facilitate learning to operate Ubuntu as well as computers in general (getting used to the keyboard+mouse interface etc.) So I was thinking nun+marketing could develop a syllabus to help a lug or a group of people teach a novice class. This will help in many ways to spread ubuntu: a) there are lots of employers that need some sort of education system for educating employees before they will adopt a software. This greatly reduces their 'retraining cost' b) for white box sellers: they need to educate new users, so a lug/ the seller can do a class at a local school or college that can be open to public (I am speaking from a US perspective not sure how it could work in other countries) I would not be able to develop this syllabus as I am busy with college, but would be willing to help with this. Please cc me when you reply to this as I am not subscribed to the nun. Questions? Thoughts? - Eldo -- Ubuntu-nun mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-nun I think it's a great idea, even though it might take a year or so to fully set up... We might want to get help from the Documentation team as well. We would probably be able to take the material from the classroom project, add to it, and then teach it. But there's also the problem of location/building, computers, installation, etc. I'll think about it a bit more tonight and tommorow, Cheers, Ryan - -- Ryan K. (ryanakca) Get my public key: http://rkavanagh.homelinux.org/E95EDDC9.gpg - -- Jenda Vančura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG: 519D056A Jabber me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFh6BpkfxlW1GdBWoRApeaAJ9eNtnw+uPExkUx8XuNu8KqxRlyTACgh0xp edSfESzI5QAHwb0HU189e8I= =kLAs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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