[TOS] SIGCSE pre-conference symposium on TOS

[Ralph Morelli]

I'm also planning to attend SIGCSE and would be willing to participate and
help out!

-- ralph

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Bonnie MacKellar <mackellb at stjohns.edu>wrote:

> I'm going to be at SIGCSE to talk about our HFOSS chapter experience on a
> panel on Community Based projects. I could help with this.
>
> Bonnie MacKellar
>
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> From: tos-bounces at teachingopensource.org [mailto:
> tos-bounces at teachingopensource.org] On Behalf Of Mel Chua
> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 11:06 AM
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> Subject: [TOS] SIGCSE pre-conference symposium on TOS
>
> So, the HFOSS folks aren't doing a pre-conference symposium -- do we
> want to?
>
> I think this might be an interesting opportunity to do something I've
> always wanted to try, which is an unconference at an academic gathering.
> The cost is minimal and the TOS budget can absorb it (including getting
> some sort of lunch brought in), so it's mostly a matter of "is there
> interest in this?"
>
> Basically, this is what folks requested at the last POSSE -- more of a
> chance to have semi-structured interactions and conversations with
> people who are also teaching open source. Talk with other people with
> gigantic software engineering classes! Share ideas for your first-year
> seminars! Discuss different approaches to grading! There just never
> seems to be enough time and catalyst-fu to get it all together in
> person, and this might do the trick.
>
> We'd have a bit more structure/formality/prep than your average
> unconference -- I'd plan on printing out "how unconferences work"
> instruction sheets, for instance, so attendees have something to hold
> and look at -- and ask a few people to arrive in Raleigh with ideas of
> what they want to discuss, so we'll be sure to have a few topics pitched
> (grading, capstones, etc). I can facilitate, but am equally happy to let
> someone else with more unconference-fu step up. :)
>
> Strawman: 4 "tracks" (the 4 corners of the room) and perhaps 6
> timeslots, with lunch break in the middle. That's 24 discussions,
> presentations, and general Chunks Of Cool Stuff.
>
> Who'd be in? Folks who've put SIGCSE pre-conference symposia together...
> any best-practice recommendations? (For instance, charging a minimal fee
> to cover lunch would go much lighter on our budget and let us help more
> people actually fly in.)
>
> --Mel
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