[TOS] EDU & Open Source at the Red Hat Summit

Fri Feb 12 19:09:50 UTC 2016

No problem - great - thanks for the links!

Dee

On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Matt Jadud <matt at jadud.com> wrote:

> They're all public blogs, and we are writing them with that awareness.
> Ultimately, portfolio-type content of their semester work will come
> together there as well.
>
> I have not yet had time to set up an aggregator, because I'm too busy with
> other infrastructure. Apologies.
>
> Cheers,
> M
>
> * http://austinlfarmer.me/blog/
> * http://ballz-csc-486.blogspot.com/
> * http://carricktel-csc486.blogspot.com/
> * http://paintwings.com/blog/
> * http://softeng.tumblr.com/
> * http://thefirstpersonaljournal.wordpress.com/
> * http://warnercr486.blogspot.com/
> * http://www.kristiantoole.com/
> * https://aikenash.wordpress.com/
> * https://bdenzell.wordpress.com/
> * https://codymyers93.wordpress.com/
> * https://comptengoma.wordpress.com/
> * https://csc486opensourcejournal.wordpress.com/
> * https://georgeh94.wordpress.com/
> * https://hellrungj.wordpress.com/
> * https://hooverkblog.wordpress.com/
> * https://iamishwar.wordpress.com/
> * https://indreswaranl.wordpress.com/
> * https://jacobstoebel.wordpress.com/
> * https://manningdawn.wordpress.com/
> * https://raunakshonathakur.wordpress.com/
> * https://reinharda.wordpress.com/
> * https://tokugeek.wordpress.com/
> * https://zinph9.wordpress.com/
> * http://jadud.com/
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Dee Weikle <dee.weikle at emu.edu> wrote:
>
>> I would love to see the blogs if the students are okay with that....
>>
>> Dee Weikle
>> Eastern Mennonite University
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 10:22 PM, Matt Jadud <matt at jadud.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Tom, all,
>>>
>>> I've submitted a proposal regarding privilege/empowerment in our deep
>>> dive into FOSS this term. I specifically pitched it as being something in
>>> the students' voices, and (if I can dig up support, somehow), I'd like to
>>> bring some of the students to be able to speak personally to their first
>>> jump into FOSS participation, with a particular focus on the human impact
>>> (in terms of confidence, vision for the future, etc.) that it has had.
>>> Already, their blogs are an inspiring thing to read, so I'm *really*
>>> looking forward to where our continued reading and reflection take us.
>>>
>>> Continuing to ramble for a moment... despite the advice of wiser
>>> colleagues, I gave the students in our "FOSS Engineering" class some
>>> options. As a result, we have:
>>>
>>> * 12 students contributing to OpenMRS,
>>> * 8 students contributing to OctoPrint
>>> * 4 students contributing to Libre Office
>>> * 4 students contributing to CodeWorkout
>>> * 4 students contributing to the Teensy audio libraries
>>>
>>> Structurally, the're in pairs (which I grouped intentionally), so they
>>> have primary support/collaborators on everything. The larger groups (which
>>> are really all groups of 4, because they're in a room that has tables that
>>> seat 4) provide some meta-structure, and we're doing a lot of blogging
>>> along the way. I still need to get an aggregator set up for all of their
>>> blogs... I'll share links to their blogs if people are interested.
>>>
>>> As of this week, all but one or two students have working builds for all
>>> of these systems, which (given the s ize/complexity of some of those
>>> builds) is absolutely incredible. Along the way, I've learned a lot about
>>> virt-builder, have installed Fedora 23 as our new departmental VM server,
>>> and really wish we had a full-time UNIX admin around here... but I WILL
>>> have a completely scripted, repeatable VM deployment before I'm done!
>>>
>>> Truly, I'm excited, and I think the students are, too. I don't know if
>>> they understand how large an accomplishment some of those builds are, and
>>> we're now zeroing in on bugs, and beginning a lightweight design process as
>>> they look at narrowing in the scope of their proposed contributions. (Thank
>>> you, Heidi... I'm lifting some of that structure from your 490 (?) there...)
>>>
>>> It is so nice to finally be teaching this course, after... what?... more
>>> than half a decade of  POSSE participation/conversation?
>>>
>>> Righto. I've been at it forever today, and I have a mid-midterm to
>>> write...
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Matt
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 3:11 PM, Tom Callaway <tcallawa at redhat.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> This year, for the first time ever, the Red Hat Summit (Red Hat's
>>>> mega-conference) is having a dedicated community track, vetted by the
>>>> OSAS team (our team at Red Hat). There is interest in having Open Source
>>>> in EDU talks!
>>>>
>>>> The Call For Proposals (not papers, notice) is here:
>>>>
>>>> http://community.redhat.com/blog/2016/01/community-track-at-red-hat-summit-call-for-proposals/
>>>>
>>>> Here are some areas which I think would be well received by the CFP
>>>> review committee:
>>>>
>>>> * HFOSS in edu
>>>> * Practical examples of how engaging students with open source matters
>>>> * Open Innovation as it applies to open source
>>>> * Students giving strong presentations on how open source has changed
>>>> their life/the world around them/their school/etc
>>>>
>>>> Things they are not interested in:
>>>>
>>>> * Sales pitches for your school
>>>> * Discussion of proprietary technologies
>>>> * Academic style papers (not that these are bad, just not for RHS)
>>>>
>>>> Red Hat Summit has an audience of top IT execs, administrators,
>>>> developers, and RH employees (from the CEO down). Presenting at RHS is
>>>> an excellent chance to have exposure to your programs (and students)
>>>> from a worldwide audience of employers and potential contributors, as
>>>> well as key developers from a wide range of upstream projects. Red Hat
>>>> Summit also runs in parallel with DevNation, which has a focus on
>>>> developers and draws a rather large crowd. You have the opportunity to
>>>> inspire and be inspired (and get on Red Hat's radar in a positive way).
>>>>
>>>> The CFP closes February 8th, 2016 (sorry, I know that's not a lot of
>>>> time, out of my control).
>>>>
>>>> In 2016, the Red Hat Summit will be in San Francisco, CA, June 28-30:
>>>> http://www.redhat.com/summit/
>>>>
>>>> DevNation happens June 26-29:
>>>> http://www.devnation.org/
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> ~tom
>>>>
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