[TOS] Summer efforts (was: Re: Textbook: Getting the Code IRC log)

Joel Sherrill joel.sherrill at gmail.com
Thu Apr 15 16:47:59 UTC 2010


On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Asheesh Laroia <asheesh at openhatch.org> wrote:
> I'm going to do something unusual for me: Snip out everyone's messages
> and write a quick summary of my thoughts message.
>
> (Maybe it's my lack of sleep talking.)
>
> This summer, OpenHatch is planning to set up a "training missions" part of
> the site where students who want hands-on experience playing with git, Subversion,
> tar, patch, and diff can go through exercises.

I'll bite.  How does one get a "volunteer opportunity" listed on openhatch.org.

-joel

> We'll have a programmatic backend for checking students' work.
>
> I guess with regard to the IRC conversation, my feeling is, "If this student
> needed to understand git enough to go through a real tutorial, then that's
> when you should start explaining."
>
> I look forward to open source projects having wiki pages like this:
>
> "To get the source code, clone this git link. (Don't know what git is?
> You can learn all about how to use it by going through a git training
> mission.)" And maybe we can give people a profile badge, or something...?
>
> I'm just thinking aloud. We'll be nailing down details and the ways to integrate
> this with the community in a few weeks....
>
> We'll swing around to this list for help with the material, I'm sure....
>
> -- Asheesh.
>
> --
> Of course you have a purpose -- to find a purpose.
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