[TOS] POSSE Workshop - April at Google San Francisco Office

Heidi Ellis heidijcellis at gmail.com
Fri Jan 27 14:30:35 UTC 2017


*Professors’ Open Source Software Experience workshop (NSF funded) *

*April 20-22, 2017 *

*Google's San Francisco office *



Would you like to support student involvement in humanitarian free and open
source software (HFOSS)? Join us at the Professors’ Open Source Software
Experience (POSSE) workshop. Over 100 faculty members have attended our
workshops and we have a growing community of faculty members who are
helping students to learn within HFOSS projects.



Additional Information:

http://foss2serve.org



This three-stage faculty workshop will help you prepare to support student
participation in a Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software (HFOSS)
project.  HFOSS is open source software that has a humanitarian purpose
such as disaster management, health care, or economic development.



Join us if you would like to:

* Join the community of educators that involves students in HFOSS

* Learn how to support student learning within a real-world HFOSS project
environment

* Motivate students and raise their appreciation of computing for social
good

* Meet and collaborate with other instructors who have similar interests
and goals



*Workshop Format *

Unlike many workshops in which the content is concentrated in the
face-to-face meeting, this workshop has three stages:



Stage 1 - Starts February 23, 2017 with online activities. These activities
will take 2-3 hours/week and include interaction among workshop instructors
and participants.



Stage 2 - The face-to-face workshop held in San Francisco, CA, April 20-22,
2017. Participants will include the workshop organizers, POSSE alumni, and
open source community members.



Stage 3 - Starts immediately after stage 2 and consists of online
activities and interactions among small groups so that participants will
have support while involving students in an HFOSS project in the classroom.



How to Apply:

To apply, please complete and submit the application available at:

http://foss2serve.org/index.php/POSSE_2017-04.  Prior work with FOSS
projects is not required. Submit your application by* February 13th*. We
will notify you of the status of your application by February 23rd, 2017.



Participant Support

POSSE is supported by the National Science Foundation, Google, and Red Hat,
Inc.



NSF funding will provide 2 nights lodging and meals during the workshop.
Travel costs will also be covered up to $500.


Questions to Heidi Ellis (ellis at wne.edu)
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