[Community_studios] Re: [seul-edu] ISO & documentation...

[Alex]

Excellent experience! If you could write an article or something that can be
shared in an "official" or "serious" manner, we could turn a lot of heads.
Nothing would work better than a graphic testimonial by a fellow teacher to
convice other educators.

Alex Heizer
http://www.synchcorp.com/alex
http://www.synchcorp.com/alexheizer


tom poe wrote:

> Hi:  Sounds good to me. . . too!
> Thanks,
> Tom Poe
> Reno, NV
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> On Wednesday 01 May 2002 05:23, Chris Puttick wrote:
>
> > > Sounds good to me...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stephen C. Daukas
> > To: seul-edu at seul.org
> > Sent: 5/1/02 12:58 PM
> > Subject: [seul-edu] ISO & documentation...
> >
> > At 11:57 AM 4/26/2002, Doug wrote:
> > >"Stephen C. Daukas" wrote:
> > > > We should put together a structure for tracking feedback from the
> > > > participant teachers, as well as techies, etc., etc.  We could use
> >
> > CVS for
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > >This sounds like a good direction to pursue.  SEUL has a robust CVS
> >
> > setup,
> >
> > >along
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > So, I'm back and have caught-up on a number of things.  I have read a
> > lot
> > of the postings on the list (had to ferret out the stuff pertinent to
> > the
> > ISO effort) and am wondering what behind-the-scenes logistics has taken
> > place...
> >
> > Is there a list of who is doing what?  Any ideas on what the CVS
> > structure
> > should look like?  Anyone make any progress on an installer (I thought I
> >
> > saw someone asking Blue Tooth about this)?  Do we think there will be
> > development, or do we think there is enough already out there that this
> > becomes a packaging issue only?
> >
> > My questions may be premature (and you don't have to answer each one),
> > but
> > I want to get an idea of where to jump in and when.  Also, my new school
> >
> > (where I'm teaching an elective) ends in just a couple of weeks (college
> >
> > schedule), so if I am to try to get local resources for development,
> > etc.,
> > then I need to move on this quickly.
> >
> > I had a thought regarding being distro-neutral...
> >
> > I think we could get along very well with a killer HOW-TO for education
> > that addresses system administration issues, etc., with suggested
> > configuration options for small, medium, and large scale schools.  We
> > should also include instructions for using the bundled educational
> > software
> > (whatever that ends up being) in each of those three settings.
> >
> > What made me think of this is the work I've done in teaching a Linux
> > Course
> > this term.  I based the course on several sources of information from
> > those
> > who have done this before (thanks again!).  I decided to make things a
> > little more "vanilla" and essentially walk the students through an
> > install
> > and configuration, step by step, so that each would have a working
> > network
> > when finished with the course.  We now have several machines set-up as
> > servers running everything you would expect from an ISP, and the kids
> > are
> > having a ball!
> >
> > This has not gone unnoticed and a few folks have made comments along the
> >
> > lines of "gee, if they can build a functioning network in just 8
> > classes,
> > we ought to be able to put together a system that suits our needs.
> > Maybe
> > the kids can help?"
> >
> > Given the success of the class is completely based on walking through
> > existing documentation (books, HOW-TOs, etc.), might it seem plausible
> > to
> > explore this route?
> >
> > Steve
>
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